Archive - 15 June 2003

The National Service Training Bill 2003, aimed at criminalising those who defy call-up to the three-month national service scheme, gains attention.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid his last respects today to a senior police officer who died of a heart attack while performing security duty during his official visit to Malaysia.

Two key party posts - deputy president and Youth chief - are up for grabs at the PAS general assembly in September. However, party leaders prefer to keep mum on whether substantial leadership jostling will be occurring three months from now.

One way to resolve the current impasse between Keadilan and DAP on seat allocation for the coming general election is for the opposition to contest as a coalition, suggests a former politician.

A woman and her granddaughter were killed in Kelantan when lightning struck them while they were taking shelter under a tree, police said today.

Telekom Malaysia Bhd says there may be room for more mergers in the country's cellular sector but an analyst rules out any immediate merger activities

It's a month to the PBDS polls and the two factions are actively on the ground on an offensive and counter-offensive campaign to win votes. Why? A lot is at stake, of course.

Thailand's burgeoning health tourism industry could top an impressive figure over the next three years as the country expands facilities and teams up with neighbour Malaysia, say health officials.

Seven undergraduates were charged in 2001 for protesting against the ISA. Two years later, their case is still not heard and worse, they are still suspended from their universities. Now they are garnering support to highlight their plight.

Dr Mahathir Mohamad fears a power struggle may emerge in Umno after he steps down. He says the problem will be over the deputy president's post.

Dr Mahathir Mohamad will preside over his last annual Umno conference this week amid a lot of bickering from within the party ahead of the scheduled takeover in October by his deputy Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and elections due by the end of next year.