Archive - 9 October 2004

MCA Youth delegates are a furious lot over recent statements made by two Umno ministers. They had the opportunity to speak their mind today.

It is something many MCA members want to hear. The party leadership will not impose 'a no-contest ruling' for key posts at next year's party polls, says Chan Kong Choy.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, without confirming that he is the 'Abdullah Badawi' named in the US report, denies any involvement in the oil scam of the former Iraqi dictator.

The education minister says this in response to the premier's statement that the current education system which allows for different streams will be reviewed to tackle polarisation.

In the run-up to next year's 60th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War, Dr Karl Hack shares his research on the experiences, collective memory and discourses of the Pacific War in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore

Malaysia sends a team of peace monitors to Mindanao to supervise a ceasefire between government forces and Muslim separatist rebels.

The PBDS faction leader urges members of his camp to remain united although the future of the party looks bleak.

With their endearing smiles, the six Burmese children certainly seem to provide comfort for their parents as they enter Day 12 of squatting in front of the UNHCR building.

Police are focussing on an inside job as they investigate into severed wires in a Malaysia Airlines aircraft, the third such case in nearly a year.

They argue that the government discriminative policies are more to blame for the problem rather than mother-tongue education.

Dalam Islam hanya ada satu ummat iaitu ummat manusia yang sama dan setaraf. Menentang, mengkritik dan menghapuskan sikap prejudis perkauman beginilah yang patut dijadikan suatu dari matlamat gerakan Islam progresif dewasa ini.

Can we discuss the May 13 incident in a way that will not promote hatred and incite violence, with the purpose of excavating hidden truths and promoting national reconciliation?

An Indonesian religious scholar says that Malaysian Muslims should not be that reluctant to criminalise marital rape and other forms of domestic violence.