Archive - 7 August 2003

The plot has thickened over the MPPJ billboards controversy. Not only has the council's president been caught for not coming completely clean on the scandal, malaysiakini discovers today that more money is now at stake.

DAP takes another swipe at Keadilan for claiming that comments to the media should not affect the outcome of seat negotiations.

Anyone who can meet the basic requirements can become the country's first astronaut to boldly go where no Malaysian has gone before.

The duo and a 70-year-old businessman were charged in relation to their activities in the bogus Special Forces of Malaysia (FSFM), a shadowy paramilitary unit reputed to have about 8,000 members.

Just three days to its state convention, a squabble is once again brewing among Selangor DAP leaders. Ironically, this time around it is over an 'unity list'.

Movie-goers hoping to view the blockbuster comedy in cinemas tonight will have to reschedule their plans until the home minister delivers his judgement.

Asian governments cannot defeat terrorism through military means but needs political courage to address the root causes of the scourge, Malaysia said today.

The government expresses disappointment over New Zealand's treatment of three Malaysian cooks who were strip-searched last month at the airport.

'Sewage water from the bungalows drains into that pond. Many of us who are old, as well as the children on the plantation, have fallen sick after drinking the water,' claims one elderly resident.

A 'brutal attack' and 'un-Islamic' are just some of the words Indonesians are using to describe Tuesday's car bomb attack at the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta.

Leafing through the writings of Nobel laureate Albert Camus, MAZENI ALWI finds clarity on political violence that holds as much truth today as it did during the author's lifetime.

exclusive Even for an untrained eye, the patch of what was once 10,000 acres of virgin forest belonging to Umno Pahang could be easily spotted from satellite images.

The proposed Broga incinerator project continues to be mired in controversy, this time over an advertisements blitz. But the government claims it is an important public awareness campaign.

US oil giant ExxonMobil plans to invest some RM4 billion in Malaysia over the next two years to strengthen its presence here.