Archive - 25 August 2003

International Monetary Fund managing director Horst Koehler will visit Malaysia, Thailand and China in early September to discuss global and regional economic issues.

The government's unequivocal position against Acehnese arrivals in Malaysia has riled up civil society groups here, who have lodged a complaint with the human rights body (Suhakam).

UPM authorities carry out another raid at ungodly hours to 'check' on students - and intensifying the fight between the 'pro-government' and 'anti-government' student factions in the upcoming campus election.

Indonesia's top security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono today urges Malaysia to reject asylum seekers from Indonesia's conflict-hit Aceh province.

Malayan Banking Bhd today said first half net profit rose 20.5 percent from the previous year due to better contributions from transactions and a lower loan-loss provision.

Opposition party Parti Keadilan Rakyat may come up with 'specialised' manifestos to address problems afflicting three states in the next general election.

The government says allowing a bid for refugee status by Indonesians from war-torn Aceh province will spark a flood of illegal immigrants.

This contradicts Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's statement earlier today that Mohd Iqbal Abdul Rahman has already been deported.

Mystery shrouds the whereabouts of the Algerian opposition leader. The Al-Jazeera journalist says he met him when Abbasi arrived in Kuala Lumpur but Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar denies he is here.

The United States should cooperate with Southeast Asian countries in bringing alleged terror kingpin Hambali to trial, says Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar.

With the PMR and SPM examinations approaching, schools are ensuring that students are well prepared. In people's religious schools in Kedah, however, they have to fend for themselves.

Some 60 law enforcement and banking officials from Southeast Asia, the United States and Australia are gathering in Kuala Lumpur for a five-day meeting to fight money laundering and terrorist financing.

'Stay out and keep quiet' - is the message from a Snap stalwart to federal BN leaders who poke their noses into Sarawak politics when they have little knowledge about it.

Kesan paling dasar akibat projek "pembodohan" sosial adalah hilangnya kemahuan dan keyakinan untuk berfikir sendiri, termasuk di kalangan aktivis reformasi, pembangkang dan siswa. FATHI ARIS OMAR cuba membedah akibat-akibat buruk gejala ini.

No, the BN secretary-general's claim in media reports that he had tried to mediate in the PBDS crisis by proposing a no-contest formula is not true, says a PBDS leader.

Young and restless East Timorese youth are singing away their blues of being marginalised in a country that is itself still struggling for political, economic and social cohesion.

The religious preacher who is a Malaysian permanent resident was released from his two-year Internal Security Act (ISA) detention last Friday.

His capture ends the career of a successful and dedicated Islamic militant who was fired by zeal to wage war against the 'enemies of Islam'.