Archive - 14 July 2004

Jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim has been given only one choice over his request for surgery on his slipped disc.

He says he will wait for the 'right time' to talk about his ambition to contest for the Umno president post.

A group of Orang Asli who have claimed that their lawyer has misappropriated money due to them, have taken their case to the Bar Council.

The killing of 24 men in Batang Kali during the Emergency has not been forgotten - those left behind want a full accounting from the British, whom they blame.

Some of them applied about three years ago and are still unsure whether they will get their licences as certain councils view the government's directive differently.

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah serah kepada parti untuk membuat keputusan mengenai hasratnya bertanding jawatan presiden.

I am glad that parliamentary Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang has taken the step to raise the issue of Anwar's deteriorating health in the House. If parliamentarians in the BN government have no sense of decency to discuss...

Are all stops being pulled out to ensure that challenger Ku Li does not get a single nomination for the Umno top post?

The communities living near Niah in northern Sarawak also protest a private company's threat to use force against the residents, if they failed to vacate their land.

India may be in a hurry to expand economic growth, but it cannot dither over pro-poor reforms either.

Mahkamah menolak satu lagi petisyen pilihanraya di Perak, selepas kerusi Parlimen Kuala Kangsar dan kerusi negeri Rungkup. Perbicaraan bagi kerusi Pantai Remis masih berjalan.

The chairperson of national oil firm Petronas, Azizan Zainul Abidin, has died aged 69, the company said today.

Five governments intend to challenge the monopoly of global drug companies in producing medicines to treat Aids.

Rescuers today continued to search for seven people, including an assistant minister, aboard a helicopter feared to have crashed in the jungles of Borneo.

Apakah Ku Li akan terus bersara daripada politik sekiranya gagal mendapat pencalonan untuk bertanding jawatan presiden Umno September ini?

The availability of drug therapy should not deflect the government's attention from a basic strategy to contain the pandemic in Malaysia.

Incensed activists have complained that the Bangkok conference on Aids is not living up to its theme.

The deficit will be the result of prudent expenditure and higher revenue, which rose to RM93 billion last year from RM62 billion in 2000.