Archive - 8 April 2003

Their objections to the redelineation proposals of the Election Commission ignored, opposition leaders walk out from the Dewan Rakyat - to no avail.

DAP demands that cabinet ministers and elected representatives behave responsibly towards the people because it is the taxpayers who pay their salaries.

Human rights activist, lawyer and campaigner against police brutality P Uthayakumar will know early next month whether he will have to answer a charge of intimidating a police officer.

It was a sad day for the journalists covering the war-torn city of Baghdad today. US missiles landed in the offices of two Arab satellite stations, killing o­ne al-Jazeera journalist and another attack at the Palestine Hotel injured four Reuters journalists.

The Health Ministry reveals that there was another probable Sars case in the country but the 84-year-old patient has recovered and has been discharged.

Jawatankuasa bekas Surau Jubli Perak memberi tempoh dua minggu kepada Menteri Besar Selangor Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo supaya menarik balik kenyataannya yang menuduh surau Jubli Perak telah diresapi unsur-unsur militan.

Satu lagi aduan polis dibuat terhadap presiden Parti Progresif Rakyat Malaysia (PPP) Datuk M Kayveas berikutan kenyataannya yang didakwa menyarankan supaya sekolah Tamil ditutup. Bagaimanapun Kayveas menafikan beliau pernah menyaran demikian.

The Sarawak BN government has bought itself time until end June to resolve differences among its component parties over the distribution of councillors' posts in local authorities.

The prosecution claims that Anwar Ibrahim's evidence o­n his alibi to counter his sodomy charge should not have been admitted. And even if the evidence was admissible, it says the jailed deputy premier would still have been convicted.

Unconvinced about the Health Ministry's transparency regarding the Sars outbreak, DAP chief Lim Kit Siang wants Suhakam to keep an eye o­n the ministry.

Semua kempen yang dirancang oleh Kementerian Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Pelancongan untuk menarik pelancong dari Eropah dan rantau Asia terpaksa ditangguhkan sementara kerana masalah wabak Sindrom Pernafasan Akut Yang Teruk (Sars) dan perang Iraq.

A former army general is ready to establish administrative authority in Iraq to assist the locals to set up a post-Saddam Hussein democratic government

The invasion of Iraq is far from over, but America's thoughts are already turning to the question of bringing war criminals to justice . It should ensure that its own backyard is clean.

The fate of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein comes into question today following the bombardment of a building in which he was believed to be in.

The memories that this month stirs are not happy o­nes for MAZENI ALWI, who revisits events of Aprils of the past.

The appalling lack of character and humanity in the present US president is all the more obvious when compared to a past president who possessed both qualities in abundance, and was a true liberator of people.