Archive - 23 November 2003

Forty-eight people were killed in road accidents over the past three days as thousands of people travelled home before next week's Hari Raya festival, police said today.

The DAP explains that its decision to recall all 16 party representatives, occupying 19 posts in the Kelantan and Terengganu state governments, was necessary to give meaning and make clear their stand against the formation of an Islamic state.

In the first-ever address by a Muslim preacher to Catholic priests in Sabah, a senior cleric appeals to the priests to build interreligious harmony by stressing the common beliefs shared by followers of Islam and Christianity.

The summary dismissal of Abdullah Ahmad as the editor-in-chief of the New Straits Times by its Umno boss is said to be not "personal" or linked to "internal politics", but given the political climate within Umno, many still believe that it is related to factional politics.

MTUC warns Petronas-controlled MISC to quit its blatant union busting activities and 'illegal attempts' to root out its two-month-old in-house union, or it will take drastic measures against the maritime company.

Four teenagers, including two sisters aged 14 and 16, were charged in court for the murder of an Australian, who is the stepfather of the two girls.

This is an obituary of Alijah Gordon who passed away on Nov 18 and described intimately by the writer as an academic, actvist, traveller adventurer and "the gutsiest woman I have ever met and the biggest chain-smoker to boot".

According to a Japanese publication, Japan is likely to start negotiations for free trade agreements with the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia before the end of this year.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi condemns the recent suicide bombings in Turkey which left 27 people dead and injured hundreds, saying the attacks tarnished Islam.

A controversial multi-billion-dollar rail deal appears to have been shunted into a siding as steam rises in Malaysia, China and India over a contract seen as a policy test for new Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi