Archive - 9 August 2003

Dr Mahathir Mohamad offers Malaysia as a model for how world relations should be conducted. Ironically, while he urges others to call off the arms race, Malaysia inked an armaments deal with Russian just this week.

One of the 'badly bruised' MCA leaders in the party crisis, Ong Tee Keat, is now calling for party unity to be sustained and not just to ensure BN's victory in the coming general election.

It was a sad day for the family of Malaysian Mujahidin Group (KMM) suspect Nasharuddin Nasir as the Federal Court today ruled that a High Court's decision to release the suspect from an Internal Security Act (ISA) detention was wrong in law.

The government has finally given the nod for cinemas to screen Hollywood comedy "Bruce Almighty" despite a minister's complaints that it was against Islamic beliefs.

As members of the minority ethnic group, Chinese Malaysians thinking along racial lines will always be condemned to the fate of a minority, warns SIM KWANG YANG.

Malaysia Airlines will invest RM700 million to upgrade 32 Boeing aircraft in a bid to become more competitive, reports said today.

A battery-operated shaver that suddenly vibrated in a bag belonging to a Japanese tourist forced a security alert at the Kota Kinabalu airport, a report said today.

The prime minister will leave tomorrow for a 10-day trip to Algeria, Swaziland and Syria, the foreign ministry said today.

Sarawak native communities have come together to form the network group, PR Jeringan, with the aim to fight for land and rights issues - their common grouses. They now want to get the group formally registered as a society.