Archive - 20 September 2004

The business tycoon had allegedly claimed that former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad had given him the mandate to do so.

Seramai 2,500 perwakilan serta 30,000 pemerhati akan membanjiri Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC) ketika Perhimpunan Agung Umno berlangsung selama lima hari mulai malam esok.

Tinjauan pendapat Harakah Online menunjukkan ahli dan penyokong PAS masih berbelahbagi sama ada Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim akan kembali menjadi tunggak Barisan Alternatif (BA) atau sebaliknya.

A break-in at the NUBE offices over the weekend has led to suspicion that the 'burglars' were after specific documents.

Who will be the next US president? You decide. Ex-US Army serviceman Eric Ossemig is letting malaysiakini readers decide who he should be voting for in the Nov 2 American presidential elections.

The Sarawak party is reluctant to use the delegates list of 2000 for fresh elections, saying it was already riddled with problems then.

However the presidential poll turns out, Indonesia will still be the loser.

It's the final countdown to the Umno general assembly and even the Dewan Rakyat has not been spared, as parliamentarians make the best use of their campaign period.

If the opposition envisaged for the future, with Anwar Ibrahim playing a key role, focuses on the Islamic state, then DAP can be counted out.

'Why aren't mosques utilised as support groups for after-treatment of recovering addicts?' asks a drug rehabilation activist.

All the 94 scientists recruited for the 'brain gain' scheme have left the country due to grievances in payment and equipment. This has prompted the government to re-look the scheme.

When an opposition representative slips up, he is slapped with a suspension. But when it's a BN leader, it is just ignored.

A majority of the respondents felt that the coverage for the March 21 general election favoured the ruling parties.

The grand finale of the long running Anwar Ibrahim trials came on Sept 15 when the Federal Court delivered its judgment on his application to review its own judgment (on corruption)...

If the Malaysian courts are to regain credibility, they must maintain a standard of consistent, fair and independent decisions over a decent period of time.

translation While Muslims still face towards Mecca when praying, Muslim governments turn to Washington DC for political matters.

Veteran Malaysian historian Professor Cheah Boon Kheng says the Communist Party of Malaya under-estimated the power of nationalism in the struggle for independence.

Nur Malena Hassan has just five days to go before reclaiming a bizarre world record.

The H5 strain of avian flu was detected in three free-range chickens six kilometres from the first village where the deadly H5N1 strain - responsible for 28 human deaths in Asia this year.

'I am not interested in rejoining Umno. I haven't shown the slightest indication of rejoining Umno,' says ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim.

The former premier is on a four-day visit to exchange experiences on national construction and development.