Archive - 11 June 2003

The process of pumping water out of the flooded underground complex at Dataran Merdeka will be a slow and labourious one - and the contractor hopes for dry weather tonight.

Philippines separatist guerrilla group MILF may heed the call by Malaysia to extend its ceasefire with the Arroyo government, but the republic is warning of a wave of terrorist attacks as soon as the unilateral ceasefire expires.

National oil firm Petronas announces it has been awarded by Ethiopia an exploration block in the western part of the country believed to be rich in oil and gas.

The huge turnout of guests at the wedding receptions held for Nurul Izzah, daughter of jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim, are indicative of his continuing popularity and political influence.

The ISA 6 do not plan to take their detention quietly. Even as the remaining two in the group await release tomorrow, their counterparts are acting to take the police and government to court.

Teresa Kok was told that should she fail to apologise for her allegations of impropriety involving a politically-connected cargo company, the opposition MP will be slapped with a multi-million ringgit law suit.

The government plans to manufacture its own guided missiles and is eyeing technology from Bosnia and Brazil, says Deputy Defense Minister Shafie Apdal.

The pointed reluctance of many Asian governments to comment on the detention of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has prompted the US government to act.

Datuk Sirajuddin Salleh was handed the role of the Datuk Bandar of Ipoh by the powers-that-be last December. In other words, he was not selected nor voted in by the citizenry.

Victims of attacks by tigers, elephants or wild boars will be given financial assistance under a trust scheme to be set up by the government.

Reading the news that matters has never been easier, with the launch of malaysiakini's new short-messaging service (SMS) payment system.

Kerajaan digesa supaya memulihkan semula pilihanraya kerajaan tempatan. Menurut LEE BAN CHEN, selagi ia tidak dipulihkan, penduduk tempatan tiada kuasa untuk memantau dan mengawal tingkahlalu penguatkuasa pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT), termasuk melakukan amalan rasuah.

She was invited to present a paper on HIV/Aids at an international Muslim leaders' conference in Kuala Lumpur, but was then accused of blasphemy. Islamic scholar Dr Amina Wadud talks about her traumatic experience.

Peluang Barisan Nasional (BN) untuk mengekal kerusi serta merampas semula 13 kerusi negeri dan 8 kerusi Parlimen dari pembangkang, adalah lebih cerah sekiranya peratusan yang mengundi melebihi 80 peratus.