Archive - 18 April 2003

Iban Bible ban: Abdullah to meet Swak churches

Iban Bible ban: Abdullah to meet Swak churches

Acting Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi promises to address the controversial banning of the Iban translation of the Bible.
Bar Council raps court for not hearing bail applications

Bar Council raps court for not hearing bail applications

Anti-incinerator activists meet Japanese envoys

Anti-incinerator activists meet Japanese envoys

Japanese officials in Kuala Lumpur insist that their government is not involved in funding of the proposed mega-incinerator and have offered to clear the air o­n the issue.

PBDS crisis: Tajem says party rival losing support

PBDS crisis: Tajem says party rival losing support

Party No 2 Daniel Tajem scoffs at claims in a Sarawak paper of the number of branches supporting his rival Dr James Masing.
Anwar files appeal to Federal Court

Anwar files appeal to Federal Court

Unbowed over the Appeal Court's decision, jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim files a notice of appeal to the Federal Court. This will be his last avenue to overturn his sodomy conviction and jail sentence.
Criticisms rain on courts verdict on Anwar

Criticisms rain on courts verdict on Anwar

The rejection of ex-deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim's appeal against his sodomy conviction and sentence has o­nce again put the judiciary in the spotlight and tight spot.
US unhappy with Anwar verdict

US unhappy with Anwar verdict

The US government had expressed its disappointment o­nce again with the continued incarceration of ex-deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Suspend cops in ACA probe, IGP told

Suspend cops in ACA probe, IGP told

DAP publicity secretary Gobind Singh Deo wants the senior cops being investigated for corruption to be suspended pending the outcome of the probe.
Grouses of Selangors pub owners

Grouses of Selangors pub owners

Minimise risk of getting Sars, take Vitamin C

Minimise risk of getting Sars, take Vitamin C

Hypocritical for Msia to help manage Iraqs oil industry

Hypocritical for Msia to help manage Iraqs oil industry

EPF declares lowest dividend rate in 40 years

EPF declares lowest dividend rate in 40 years

The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) - a mandatory savings fund for private sector workers - has declared the lowest dividend rate in 40 years, 4.25 percent for 2002.
Its realpolitik that matters

Its realpolitik that matters

PAS, Umno mengakui dapat sokongan pelajar di luar negara

PAS, Umno mengakui dapat sokongan pelajar di luar negara

Perang mulut tercetus di antara pemimpin Umno dan PAS berhubung cadangan parti pembangkang itu untuk menubuhkan Kelab PAS di United Kingdom dan Ireland.
Americans are not bigoted, only ignorant

Americans are not bigoted, only ignorant

Virulent hatred for the Jews

Virulent hatred for the Jews

Mahkamah tolak rayuan Anwar

Mahkamah tolak rayuan Anwar

versi terkini Mahkamah Rayuan hari ini menolak rayuan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan adik angkatnya Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja untuk membatalkan hukuman penjara yang dijatuhkan ke atas mereka bagi kesalahan liwat.
What is so threatening about an Iban Bible?

What is so threatening about an Iban Bible?

No cover-up on Sars, Penang doctors tell forum

No cover-up on Sars, Penang doctors tell forum

Iban Bible ban an attack on religious freedom

Iban Bible ban an attack on religious freedom

Ling controversy: the silence is deafening

Ling controversy: the silence is deafening

'You broke it, you fix it', Mahathir tells US, UK

'You broke it, you fix it', Mahathir tells US, UK

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad was asked about newspaper reports that the national Petronas oil company president Mohamad Hassan Marican would be asked to help in the rebuilding of Iraq's oil economy.
A meteoric rise and fall in politics

A meteoric rise and fall in politics

Sacked deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim, who lost an appeal today against his conviction and nine-year sentence for sodomy, had an unconventional but meteroric rise in Malaysian politics until his spectacular falling-out with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
Total eclipse of the past and future

Total eclipse of the past and future

The cradle of civilisation destroyed, its historical treasures looted, its library records gone, the aftermath of the war o­n Iraq also leaves the true ideals of democracy buried.

No reprieve for Anwar, court upholds conviction

No reprieve for Anwar, court upholds conviction

No, no and no; the appellate court rejects ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim's bid to set aside the conviction and nine-year jail sentence meted out to him for a sodomy offence, as well as his application for bail
Sars: Incorrect X-ray report causes false alert

Sars: Incorrect X-ray report causes false alert

The Health Ministry took to task designated hospitals again. Be fast but not at the cost of accuracy, it says.
Anwar slams judges as spineless

Anwar slams judges as spineless

Although chances for an early release appeared slim, supporters of former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim nevertheless harboured hope for an overturn of his sodomy conviction. They were today dealt another disappointing blow.
What a wonderful war. We won. Didn't We?

What a wonderful war. We won. Didn't We?

In what he calls a stranger theatrical production, HARUN RASHID relates a story of Bush and the Americans going after an unidentifiable white whale.
Penang tourism hard hit by Sars scare

Penang tourism hard hit by Sars scare

The Penang tourism department has recorded a significant drop in the arrival of tourists since the Health Ministry announced Penang's first probable Sars case o­n April 8.