Archive - 25 October 2003

The Keadilan president and Anwar Ibrahim's wife describes the SBS report suggesting that her husband had supported terrorist activities as "slanderous".

Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his Papua New Guinea counterpart Sir Michael Somare sign a bilateral cooperation pact PNG hopes will help loosen the influence of the country's former colonial master, Australia.

Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman says the whereabouts of the gunmen who abducted six foreign workers from a resort earlier this month are still unknown.

Papua New Guinea organisations want Malaysia to take responsibility over illegal forest activities said to be perpetrated by Malaysian firms.

In renowned author Mark Palmer's vision, dictatorship should be declared a crime against humanity and dictators prosecuted in international courts.

Alfred Jabu has been praised for his sterling leadership quality and the Dayaks have been urged to unite behind him.

The Australian SBS television report, which kicked off a storm in the local media for linking Anwar Ibrahim with terrorists funders, was roundly decried by his supporters as a ploy hatched to smear the ex-deputy premier.

Mahathir was being racist when he accused the Jews of ruling the world by proxy, thinks SIM KWANG YANG, who also feels that if a national leader has made a racist remark in public, then we are all responsible.

United Engineers Malaysia says it has won a RM903.70 million (US$238 million) project in Qatar to build a national highway, marking its successful foray abroad.

Sabah police beef up security along the states's coast to prevent any possible intrusion by militants from the neighbouring Philippines, according to a report.

Pakistan says it will deport the brother of terror suspect Hambali and 18 other Malaysian and Indonesians who were arrested last month on suspicion of having links with Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).

A leading opposition politician says the imminent retirement of Malaysian Premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad is unlikely to herald a brighter future for human rights and democracy in the country.

Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) said Saturday it would resume direct flights to Kuala Lumpur after a five-year absence. PAL first flew to Kuala Lumpur in 1977.