Archive - 24 February 2003

Unhappy with the re-delineation exercise for the Kota Melaka constituency, its DAP rep seeks a meeting with the Election Commission chairperson to trash things out.

Each time I finished reading Strategic Analysis Malaysia chief analyst James Wong Wing o­n and malaysiakini's Transitions columnist Oon Yeoh's wealth of resources justifying war in Iraq, I couldn't help but feel elated.

Grassroots support for James Masing and Sng Chee Hua to contest for the two top posts in PBDS continues to pour in, prompting pundits to predict a tight battle should a contest be called.

Selayang General Hospital explains why a dengue patient 'red all over his face and body' was not admitted despite requesting for admission twice.

Penduduk Bandar Baru Bangi mahu Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (Jais) benarkan surau Jubli Perak digunakan semula dan menolak tawaran untuk mengerjakan solat Jumaat di surau berhampiran.

National carmaker Proton will export 5,000 cars to Iraq in August after selling a similar number to the embattled country last year, says Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz.

Umno Terengganu kini amat berhati-hati, termasuk menimbang cadangan menamakan calon lebih awal, kerana sebarang kesilapan di saat ini boleh menjejaskan harapannya untuk merampas semula Terengganu dari PAS.

The controversial police raid o­n malaysiakini prompts residents in Penang and Ipoh to hold forums to discuss the state of press freedom in Malaysia.

One gathering calls for world peace, the other calls for Muslim reconciliation over a domestic issue.

Kejayaan DBP menganjurkan debat SAR baru-baru ini menunjukkan bahawa wakil PAS dan Umno boleh duduk sepentas untuk membahaskan secara rasional dan ilmiah isu-isu politik semasa, AMAN RAIS memerhatikan.

If cultural diversity is to be fully realised in Malaysia, it must involve the civil society's participation in the framing of public policies.

Anwar Ibrahim may be behind bars and almost incapacitated in active politics. But the upcoming Parti Keadilan Rakyat still wants him as advisor - an indication that the ex-deputy premier is still a political force to be reckoned with.

As the new NAM chair, Dr Mahathir Mohamad accuses Western leaders of being callous killers who are using the war o­n terrorism as a pretext to dominate the world.

Fed up with the gorvernment's failure to hold any celebration to honour the centenary of the late Tunku Abdul Rahman, DAP has come up with its own all-year nationwide bash in the memory of the first premier.

Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee re-ignites the campaign for a 'Tobin Tax' o­n international capital flows, after calling o­n NAM countries to lead in reforming the international financial architecture.

AirAsia will start flying regionally by January 2004 as its two-phase expansion plan broadens its network through joint ventures with airlines in Indonesia and Thailand.