Archive - 17 December 2004

Perdana Menteri Thai mendakwa sekolah agama di Kelantan melatih sekurang-kurangnya satu kumpulan militan yang disyaki menjadi pejuang pemisah di Selatan Thailand.

Mohd Sapawie Tussin says his company Accodon Sdn Bhd had donated the site for the 13-storey building which is being constructed in the heart of Kota Kinabalu.

The opposition party deems the increase as unfair and burdensome. It calls on Malaysians to register their protest at the next polls.

The DAP chief wants Pak Lah to direct his home minister to say 'sorry' to Indian Muslims for using the word 'mamak' in an insulting manner recently.

In many ways Anwar today is on the same threshold as Onn Jaafar in 1951. Onn Jaafar, the man most likely to become an Umno prime minister in an independent nation, had a vision of turning his party into a multi-racial organisation ...

The anti-incinerator Broga residents question the state government's directive to acquire their land even before the contractor for the incinerator has been named.

Delegates will deliberate on the adverse effects of globalisation on the local job market besides taking to task the government for siding with employers.

Market forces are currently determining the prices of medicines, resulting in the Malaysian rate being much higher than other countries.

An open approach, say NGOs, will help foster ties and guarantee that consumer grouses are addressed.

Global and well considered solutions to the international refugee problem must be guided primarily by humanitarian concerns, if there is to be positive changes to the status quo.

The special status accorded to Islam in the Federal Constitution is shown in the restrictions which include controls against the propagation of any religious doctrine or belief among Muslims.

The party's information chief urges those attending this weekend's special convention to state their views and criticism without any reservations.

The High Court's decision to issue option to Forest Department employees will be challenged in an appeal by the Sarawak government and Sarawak Forestry Corporation.

The deputy internal security minister however claims he never made any such promise and that his words were 'twisted'.

The Thai premier points finger at religious schools in Kelantan for having trained at least one group of suspected militants who are waging war for a separate state in Southern Thailand.