Archive - 8 November 2004

Police visit self-styled spiritual leader Ayah Pin at home in Hulu Besut and caution him against allowing a large crowd at his house and to 'bar' foreign visitors.

Malaysian logging giant Rimbunan Hijau was alleged to have bribed police officers in Papua New Guinea to use force against landowners.

Anwar Ibrahim holds a berbuka puasa dinner with his supporters in Shah Alam yesterday where he expresses his wish for a stronger and more united opposition front.

The family of eight living outside the agency's building in a show of protest for more than a month are now housed in an undisclosed location and receiving financial aid.

There have been has been a lot of letters to the editors in the mainstream newspapers which highlight the achievements of our prime minister in his one year in office. However, one cannot deny...

They were adamant that they would not allow a takeover of their native land for the building of a new inland port.

Malaysiakini today launched a Bahasa Malaysia version of its news portal to become one of the first online media in the country to have a website in two languages.

The re-election of George Bush marks a new political era for the USA, with scarily striking similarities to the politic climate described in George Orwell's 1984.

A year after his passing and over twenty-five years after his original thesis on Orientalism, Edward Said's call for humane understanding of the 'other' continues to resonate in todays volatile global climate.

Two passengers were injured when the Boeing 737 with about 100 passengers aboard skidded during bad weather while landing at Kota Kinabalu airport.

The Inland Revenue Board says the IRB had detected 33,000 companies that had failed to submit their return forms.

However, the two sides agreed to continue the talks in the hope of reaching an agreement by the end of the year.

'We are sad that this man who has caused the mass killings in Iraq has been re-elected to lead his country,' said Mahathir.

Both governments will now study the reports and the recommendations made in them, the two countries said in a joint statement.