Archive - 7 November 2003

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who chaired his first Barisan Nasional supreme council meeting today, said the coalition supported his stand on eradicating corruption.

In an unprecedented move, Judge Heliliah Mohd Yusof says the court may call on the Home Ministry to submit the evidence which was the basis for the ISA detention of two suspected terrorists.

HISHAMUDDIN RAIS menyelami dunia sufi dan zen untuk memahami nasib yang menimpa diri bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan tanda-tanda jawapan Yang Maha Esa terhadap doa-doa supaya Anwar yang teraniaya dibebaskan.

And the ensuing explosion looks set to cause great damage to the Muslim-based party as the memorandum does not allay the fears of non-Muslims.

Central bank governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz warns against prematurely raising interest rates in Asia and elswhere, saying this would harm the global economic recovery.

Konvensyen MIC Ahad akan meluluskan resolusi menyokong penuh Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu untuk terus memimpin parti politik terbesar kaum India di negara ini.

The veteran opposition leader claims the House adjourned earlier for a minister and this, he adds, is the most 'unhealthy, undesirable and unprecedented' parliamentary practice in five decades.

Dewan Pemuda PAS pusat akan menerima apa juga keputusan siasatan polis berhubung laporan parti itu terhadap bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad sekiranya ia dijalankan secara telus.

Kekurangan buku-buku bacaan tempatan mengenai Islam telah mendorong generasi muda negara ini beralih kepada buku-buku terjemahan tulisan ketua-ketua pergerakan radikal dari luar negeri yang antikerajaan.

A disgruntled schoolboy is suspected of posting doctored pornographic pictures featuring the school's discipline teacher on the Internet, according to a report.

The flags of the various political parties flapping in the wind in Jakarta are putting the whole spectrum of political opinion on display ahead of next year's key elections in Indonesia.

There are signs that the new premier is reluctant or incapable of bringing about any reforms to the current system. He appears set to continue the legacy of his predecessor.