Archive - 15 December 2003

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today stressed that the Iraqi people should decide how captured former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein be brought to justice.

Langkah Datuk Shahidan Kassim melantik Adun Beseri, Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin sebagai Exco kerajaan negeri dianggap satu pakatan politik untuk berdepan dengan 'musuh politiknya'.

If the public expects Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to give them more democratic space, they are in for a heart break, says PAS leader Husam Musa. He cites his recent confrontation with the police in Shah Alam as an example of why he thinks so.

Before ex-premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad retired, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) was ordered to subscribe about RM3.36 billion (60 percent) of the Intisna Bond issued by Malakoff Berhad for its Tanjung Bin Projects.

In the latest custodial death case which took place in Sitiawan, Perak, the victim was allegedly assaulted by the police in his own home and in front of his sister.

Ampang New Village residents who have been fighting an eviction and demolition order issued by their local authority, will be able to stay put for another month.

Malaysia will be allowed to quiz captured leader of the Filipino kidnap-for-ransom group Abu Sayyaf, says a Philippine official. However no timeframe has been set.

The US Defence Secretary has asked his military officers to "think the unthinkable". But as the US projects its economic and military dominance to maintain the fiction of its strength and invincibility, doing that is unthinkable, says HARUN RASHID.

As the Coalition of the Willing exults that ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein is in their custody, analysts are rushing to define what this means for the US in particular and the world in general.

Pemuda PAS membantah perlantikan tokoh Umno sebagai pengarah Program Khidmat Negara. Sepatutnya ia dilantik dari kalangan pentadbir awam yang bebas dari gangguan politik kepartian.

After decades of standing by passively, men are finding a place for themselves in curbing violence against women. Abusers can now get help as well.

The premier's statement that he would 'save' PBDS has pleased at least one faction in the party while a leader of the other group says the BN top guns should decide what's best for the party.

The 15-minute rampage in the village in Melaka was believed to have been triggered by a fight between a soldier and a local villager.