Archive - 7 October 2005

Mengenai hak asasi manusia 131 warga Thai beragama Islam yang melarikan diri ke Kelantan bulan lalu dan menyifatkannnya sebagai mencampuri urusan dalamannya.

Dalam mesyuarat 24 Jun lalu, Lembaga Disiplin Umno mendapati Tan Sri Isa Samad bersalah terhadap lima tuduhan membabitkan politik wang semasa pemilihan Umno tahun lalu.

Heavy rain did not dampen the spirits of some 150 university students who solemnly marched in a 'funeral procession' to mark the death of democracy.

The party president says this is the final decision and thus the federal territories minister must now resign from his post.

BIMB Holdings Bhd kerugian sebelum zakat dan cukai sebanyak RM480 juta di peringkat bank bagi tahun berakhir 30 Jun 2005. Kerugian sebelum cukai di peringkat kumpulan berjumlah RM400 juta.

The now retired policeman claims he cannot remember the family visits of ex-ISA detainee Abdul Malek Hussin, who is claiming RM30 million in damages.

A three-hour 'frank and honest' meet between the two failed to create a platform from which both parties could address Chinese education issues.

Mahathir makes no apologies for calling his ex-deputy a 'sodomiser'. A letter from his lawyer states that the former premier is prepared to defend himself in court.

The residents, who say a highway is threatening their homes, see a ray of hope after they are informed that KL Mayor Ruslin Hasan may issue a 'stop work' order.

The new Iran president boldly treads where others fear. He soon learns why that is the case besides getting a lesson in International Relations 101.

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menuntut pemohonan maaf dan bayaran pampasan RM100 juta berhubung perkataan-perkataan memfitnah yang didakwa dilafazkan oleh bekas Perdana Menteri itu.

A controversial book on the separation of Malaysia and Singapore has been given the green light by the Internal Security Ministry.

Timbalan Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk M Kayveas menjelaskan beliau tidak pernah menyamakan majlis kerajaan tempatan (PBT) sebagai'kongsi gelap', tetapi 'ditadbir secara gelap'.

As far as I am concerned, if someone wants to stop the debate on the AP issue now, it is because the truth hurts.

Keputusan untuk temuduga Kursus Perguruan Lepasan Ijazah (KPLI) sepenuh masa dan program Jawi, al-Quran, Bahasa Arab dan Fardu Ain (j-Qaf) pengambilan Januari 2006.

Majlis Peguam perlu mengadakan semula mesyuarat agungnya (AGM) selepas Mahkamah Persekutuan menolak rayuannya berhubung pertikaian mengenai korum ahli yang hadir di AGM sebelum ini.

Beliau mendakwa ada ahli Dewan itu menunjukkan sikap "bodoh", dan masing-masing ingin tunjuk samseng, termasuk meninggikan suara dan tidak mengendahkan arahan Speaker supaya duduk.

The mechanical enforcement of legal rules, even if such rules are the product of interpretation of divine texts is not sufficient for the achievement of justice.

Sememangnya bukan mudah untuk bermain dengan perasaan. Segalanya di luar dugaan. Dan ianya lebih rumit. Aku seorang suami, dia seorang isteri.

Sounds far-fetched doesn't it? But this is a concern raised by a BN MP over the firearms training provided for National Service trainees.

'Secret society' may have been the wrong words to describe local councils, but the deputy minister says it has definitely brought about the right kind of attention.

The US embassy in Malaysia warns its citizens to watch out for the dengue-carrying Aedes mosquito as the number of deaths and cases reported looked set to hit record levels.

Security fears continues in Kuala Lumpur after police and diplomats confirmed the Spanish embassy became the thirteenth mission to receive a suspicious package in the mail.

Thailand began issuing fingerprint-embedded "smart" ID cards to 1.2 million residents of its Muslim-majority provinces today, in the first step toward ending dual citizenship with Malaysia.

Malaysia's industrial output rose 4.1 percent in August compared to the same period a year ago and increased 0.6 percent from July.

Anglo-Australian miner BHP Billiton and Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corp have announced they are to jointly build an alumimium smelter in Sarawak.

A minister says that poultry farmers will be compensated if their livestock are hit by the deadly bird flu virus in a bid to ensure any outbreaks are quickly contained.