Archive - 27 April 2005

Usul mengenai Burma ditarik balik atas arahan Perdana Menteri berikutan bantahan kerajaan tentera negara berkenaan.

Minister Shafie Apdal felt the heat of disapproval over the acute diesel shortage, but said the situation will normalise soon.

The premier has insisted on a hands-off policy on Burma after receiving a protest from the military junta.

Many participants at a forum on public morality feel that Islamic laws should not just be a topic for discussion among Muslims alone in a pluralistic society.

Kes demam kepialu di Kelantan terus bertambah hari ini dengan 311 pesakit dirawat di hospital seluruh negeri berbanding 302 orang semalam.

The hearing of a civil suit filed by a former ISA detainee continues with the examination of police officers.

Buku tulisan dua ahli sejarah dari Universiti Cambridge memaparkan foto sepuluh wanita muda dari Malaya yang menjadi 'hamba seks" tentera Jepun yang diselamatkan di Pulau Andaman pada tahun 1945.

Much more needs to be done before the ambit, intent and enforcement of Syariah enactments are clearly understood, said a three-member panel in discussing the policing of morality.

The ongoing war of words between the MPs and the newspaper does not benefit anyone, said the minister.

Beliau yang baru pulih daripada tekanan darah tinggi dan kandungan gula berlebihan, mahu semua pegawai sentiasa sihat dan mampu menjana kekuatan jentera kerajaan negeri ini.

Perbicaraan bekas pengarah urusan Perwaja Steel ditangguh kerana pihak pendakwaraya memfail rayuan terhadap keputusan Mahkamah Sesyen Kuala Lumpur menolak keterangan saksi dari luar negeri.

Farish A Noor's latest book Islam Embedded is not for the faint-hearted and woolly-headed. Read, with focus.

The trial of ex-Perwaja Steel managing director Eric Chia has been deferred for the prosecution to appeal against the surprising KL Session Court's decision to reject evidence collected abroad.

Mereka ditahan Isnin lalu dan mahkamah membenarkan mereka ditahan reman selama 14 hari untuk bantu siasatan.

Dewan Perhimpunan Cina Selangor (SCAH) berikrar untuk meneruskan tekanan dan bantahannya terhadap usaha Jepun untuk menjadi anggota tetap Majlis Keselamatan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu.

There is something amiss in the process of awarding the contracts for such work in Penang, says DAP.

In light of the recent debate over our call to repeal religious and municipal laws that attempt to regulate moral behaviour, Malaysians Against Moral Policing (MAMP) would like to clarify...

The book by two Cambridge historians has a photograph of 10 young Malayan women rescued from the Andaman Islands in 1945.

Three months after the controversial Jawi raid, it is clear that the cultural component has proven to be the field for major engagement.

Bau, a Sarawak gold-mining town in its heyday, is at the heart of a heated debate between those who want to relocate it and those who want to stay put.

As Burma comes under pressure over the Asean chair, perhaps close and trusted friends should quietly and privately encourage the country to think big.

A disappointed SCAH vows to keep up the pressure against Japan's bid for a permanent membership in the UN Security Council.

School and commercial buses, trucks, taxis and even fishing vessel operators are also finding it difficult to get enough for their daily needs after quotas were introduced for petrol stations.

Directives have been issued to all marine police commanders to detain any private armed escort services which encroached into Malaysian waters.

The two men were detained on Monday and a local court had ordered them to be held for 14 days to assist in investigations.