Archive - 10 November 2004

The opposition party has delivered its wishes for the recovery of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, but not without some difficulty.

Selain perjuangan politik, PAS dan Umno Kelantan turut berlumba untuk mendekati rakyat melalui penubuhan badan bukan kerajaan (NGO).

Ada penyokong PAS Kelantan kurang senang dengan keputusan kerajaan negeri itu membeli tujuh kereta Mercedes E280. Husam Musa membuat penjelasan mengenainya.

It says the charges were "designed to tarnish our reputation" and demanded that the newspaper provide evidence that the party was involved in such activities.

City Hall tells why it is becoming a uphill task to turn Kuala Lumpur into a 'world class city'.

When all's said and done, it is now clear that the majority of Americans approve of George W Bush and are willing to embrace more years of the same neo-conservative policies.

With Hari Raya approaching, more than 20 detainees are seeking a reunion with their families.

Former premier Mahathir Mohamad said today he feared things would become "worse and worse" during the second term of recently re-elected US President George W Bush.

Oriental Daily News has terminated a column after a contributor criticised the government's control over publishing and printing permits.

The results of the US election reflected a growing culture of fear and ignorance in American society. Democrats must now do some serious soul searching if they are to achieve change in four years.

Abdullah told the World Chinese Press Convention that misunderstanding towards Islam after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks had been "further fanned into prejudice and even contempt" by some in the international media.

In light of the festive season, an NGO reiterates its appeal to the prime minister to bring these vernacular schools out of the darkness by granting them fully-aided status at the start of the coming academic year.

The PAS government's decision to buy seven Mercedes E280 for its new state officials did not go down well with party grassroots. A senior state leader explains the purchase.

'There is a fundamental distinction to be made between illegal migrants, economic migrants who can go back to their own countries without difficulty and people who cannot go back for valid reasons, because of war, human rights abuse.'

Well-known for their satirical productions which take a humourous poke at Malaysian politics, two Weapons of Mass Delirium from the well-known comedy and drama house will strut their stuff at malaysiakini 's fifth anniversary dinner.

The property arm of Singapore state investment firm Temasek tied-up with Malaysian investment bank CIMB today to form the country's first private institutional real estate fund with initial capital of RM500 million.

Indonesia today said it wants talks with Malaysia to define a sea border off the coast of Borneo island to end a dispute over who owns the rights to lucrative oil and gas fields.

Rescuers today intensified a search for the pilot of a RMAF fighter jet a day after it crashed in Pahang.

The popular holiday destination has some of the world's best dive spots.

An express bus driver on drugs took eight terror-stricken passengers along on a half-hour high-speed police chase in Terengganu.

Anti-terror police hunting the bombmakers have hit an impasse after four men seized in an intense dragnet operation were released due to lack of evidence.

Anwar warns that if the problem was not solved soon, it would only lead to the mushrooming of terrorist cells.

'Among Muslims and many non-Muslims that I know, homosexuality is not accepted. Fair enough, but here the question is how do you use the law and intrude on people's privacy and their own private choices?'

Anwar Ibrahim has called for dozens of alleged Islamic militants detained without trial to be released or charged in court, warning that governments should not use terrorism as a pretext to silence dissidents.