As more SARS-related deaths occur worldwide, the government has gone into 'preventive reporting' mode ostensibly to avoid panic attacks among the public and foreign tourists.
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The home ministry says tough enforcement has discouraged the arrival of illegal immigrants since a new immigration law came into effect last August.
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Parliament's 'rubber stamp' image is substantiated yet again with yesterday's introduction of the '10-minute per MP' rule for the debate on the RM22 billion supplementary supply bill. A veteran politician slams MPs over this, raising the hackles of one.
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Speaker Tun Dr Mohamed Zahir Ismail hari ini mengingatkan ahli Dewan Rakyat supaya tidak mengulangi penggunaan perkataan tidak sopan sepertimana yang berlaku dalam berlangsung Selasa lalu.
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Last week's row involving a UN human rights envoy and the Burmese government has cast a shadow on the efforts of another UN envoy, Razali Ismail, to push for reconciliation dialogues. However, Razali hopes to resume efforts as early as next month.
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The rebel PBDS faction led by Dr James Masing is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that they have on record the support of party branches - the annual returns of branch meetings have been submitted.
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Seorang pemimpin PAS meminta kerajaan, khususnya Umno, supaya menggunakan pengaruh dan kedudukannya untuk membantu menamatkan perang Iraq, dan bukannya untuk mengeksploitasi isu itu untuk keuntungan politik dalam negeri.
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The Court of Appeal today gave a lifeline to the de-registered Sarawak National Party (Snap), allowing the party leave to file an application to set aside the de-registration order by the Registrar of Societies'.
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The Committee to Protect Journalists says the state of press freedom in Asia plummeted further last year with the region jailing the most number of journalists. It also takes Malaysia to task for exerting tight control over the media.
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Anwar Ibrahim and co-accused Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja claim that the prosecution in their sodomy trial went through considerable length to make "life" difficult for them.
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Amnesty International (AI) is documenting instances of human rights abuses and the inflicting of war on civilians within Iraq. But it is pointing in the meantime to violations of the right just to speak against the war.
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The government is paying for 30 local journalists to travel to the Middle East and cover the war in Iraq because of biased reporting by Western media.
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'Shock and awe' may be replaced with 'surprise and mobility', the longer the war on Iraq goes on - except that it will be the invaders who are at the receiving end of attacks, writes HARUN RASHID.
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Following an earlier incident in which seven women and children were killed by US soldiers at a checkpoint in Najaf, an Iraqi man who shot dead at a checkpoint in Southern Baghdad.
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