Archive - 12 August 2005

Kementerian Luar nafi Malaysia pernah menjalankan sebarang program perkayaan uranium seperti yang didakwa majalah Time di lamanwebnya Rabu lalu.

A group of them marched through KL today, determined to raise awareness on abuses under the ISA as well as the fate of nine of its detainees.

Ini kerana pihak Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia (FRIM) khuatir keadaan jerebu akan menjejaskan kesihatan para pengunjung.

On three occasions, the MCA president has turned down his challenger's invitation to an open debate. His latest excuse being 'sensitive' issues.

Sebilangan pengikut Ayah Pin telah meninggalkan Kampung Batu 13, di Hulu Besut, Terengganu, yang sebelum ini dikenali sebagai 'Kerajaan Langit' kerana tidak pasti dengan masa depan mereka jika terus tinggal di situ.

Ini kerana harga diesel untuk nelayan akan meningkat kepada RM1.23 seliter mulai esok, berbanding RM1.18 sen sekarang.

Kira-kira 60 ahli dan penyokong DAP membawa sepanduk yang mengkritik kerajaan Indonesia yang didakwa gagal menyelesaikan masalah jerebu dan menuntut gantirugi.

Ini kerana mereka tidak mempunyai geran hakmilik individu berikutan kegagalan Yayasan Islam Negeri Kedah (YINK) menjelaskan bayaran premium tanah projek tersebut bernilai lebih RM8 juta.

updated version Air quality got worse before it got better in the Klang Valley. Emergency areas Kuala Selangor and Port Klang are also breathing a bit easier.

The business community in Malaysia is suffering loses because of the haze. DAP, in a protest outside the Indonesian embassy, demands redress.

Presiden Indonesia telah memaklumkan perkara tersebut kepada Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi bahawa pihaknya akan melakukan apa yang terdaya untuk memadam kebakaran di Sumatra.

In analysing the attitudinal differences between Germany and Japan towards WWII, one must take into account their historical backgrounds and social conditions of the time.

Keadaan jerebu di Lembah Ke semakin baik petang ini berikutan angin yang bertiup ke barat dari Sumatra bertukar arah ke Selatan dan Barat Daya membawa jerebu ke kawasan utara tanahair.

The haze is here again. It hovers over, haunts, and hides Bolehland, turning parts of the country into a hell hole. The citizens of Bolehland find it hard to understand.

Despite being elected as a MCA vice-president for three terms, Yap Pian Hon was never offered a cabinet position. Simply because, the former president never fancied him.

The haze is back - and with a vengeance. The air quality in Kuala Lumpur today is far worse than it was when I was the United States ambassador in 1997...

Perhimpunan agung MCA yang dijadualkan pada 20 Ogos akan ditunda ke satu tarikh baru jika darurat jerebu diisytiharkan di ibu negara, kata presiden MCA Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting.

The once thriving spiritual commune is fast turning into a ghost town as many families move out amid fear and uncertainty.

He's back. Anonymous's memoirs of schooldays.

Forgotten promises have devastated the once thriving lake and this is taking a toll on the indigenous communities that depend on its resources.

Almost 1,000 forest fires and blazes started to clear land in Sumatra are blamed for the smog that has blanketed peninsular Malaysia for more than a week.

They say that big palm oil producers in Sumatra and Kalimantan had for years used the slash-and-burn method to clear land for their plantations but little action was taken by the government to stop the practice.

Many pharmacies in the haze-hit Klang Valley say masks were flying off the shelves, and anxious citizens were demanding sturdier models with carbon filters.

Many tourists don't mind paying a 50 percent penalty for changing their return flight tickets as they just want to leave KL as soon as they can, says a tour operator.

The prime minister also says that with China having acceded to a non-aggression pact with Asean, it was becoming a trusted friend and responsible regional actor.

Jakarta responds to the tensions by pledging to take firm action against those responsible for the hundreds of fires raging on Sumatra, where farmers use fire to clear land.

Their president had informed our prime minister that Jakarta will do all it can and utilise local and national apparatuses to put out the forest fires which is producing a choking haze here.

The Malaysian media says the country was running out of patience over Indonesia's inability to control forest fires which have sent air pollution levels soaring to extremely hazardous levels.