Archive - 9 February 2006

Family members loyal to the patriarch in his fight for RM100 million in assets are claiming that their opponents are in cahoots with the police.

Contrary to fears, the implementation of the Islamic Family Law in both 'spirit and letter' would benefit all Muslim women and children, the minister says.

Datuk Param Cumaraswamy mendakwa setiausaha agung pertubuhan itu mempersoalkan 'daya ingatannya' dan ia menjadi punca beliau meletakkan jawatan.

According to the movement, the formation of IPCMC will be turned into an avenue by certain quarters to expose the weakness in the country's administration.

The vocal Kota Baru MP plans to table a Private Member's Bill for the formation of a press council. Journalists brought his views down to earth.

Terhadap keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi menolak permohonannya untuk mengebumikan suaminya mengikut adat Hindu pada Disember tahun lalu.

Param Cumaraswamy reveals how the organisation's secretary-general had allegedly stopped short of calling him a lunatic thus prompting his resignation.

Jemaah menteri rasa cukup malu dan memutuskan hukuman seberat-beratnya dikenakan bukan sahaja kepada akhbar berkenaan, tetapi juga kakitangan terlibat yang kini dalam siasatan polis.

Lima bulan selepas berlangsungnya pilihanraya kampus, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) di Pulau Pinang masih lagi menerus langkah mengambil tindakan disiplin terhadap pelajarnya.

When I first heard about the cartoons I had a reaction I am deeply ashamed of now. With a sinking heart, I thought, "Oh, no, we're in for some more violence now."

Five months after the last campus polls, the university is still hauling up students for talking to the media and instigating a boycott.

Muslims are potentially subjected to two conflicting or at least competing legal jurisdictions.

This should not be a surprise at all as the BN government had undertaken a massive illegal campaign to recruit illegal immigrants as voters in order to take over Sabah. And who has been betrayed?

DAP assemblyperson Goh Leong San says Malaccans have unknowingly been enjoying themselves at 'open house' revelry at the tax payers' expense.

Pemuda Umno berpendapat penubuhan IPCMC mahu dijadikan landasan oleh pihak tertentu untuk mendedahkan kelemahan pentadbiran negara.

Bekas Pengurus Besar Lembaga Kemajuan Tanah Sabahitu didakwa di Mahkamah Sesyen Kuala Lumpur terhadap dua pertuduhan rasuah membabitkan RM1 juta.

Pesuruhajaya Polis Sarawak Datuk Talib Jamal berkata polis bagaimanapun menghadapi kesukaran menghubungi beberapa pegawai atasan akhbar itu untuk mengambil keterangan mereka.

It was first published as Sarawak Times in Sibu but changed its name to Sarawak Tribune after six months when it moved to Kuching.

Ia juga bercandang mengenakan deposit penginapan sebanyak RM10,000 bagi setiap kontingen yang menyertai sukan tersebut Mei ini.

The bank says it will end three months of merger talks with the investment giant after it failed to make a formal price offer.

Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami will be among the participants at the two-day international conference on "Who Speaks for Islam? Who Speaks for the West?".

new There's a new breed of men in town: abstinent, celibate men.

updated version A Sarawak institution, the 60-year-old Sarawak Tribune , is no more following its indefinite suspension by the government yesterday.

Indian Malaysians were to commence celebrations at midnight tonight marking the start of the major three-day Hindu festival of Thaipusam

The marine police will obtain 10 to 15 new small strike craft to patrol the pirate-infested Malacca Strait.

The Malaysian palm oil producer will build two biodiesel plants, including one in Singapore, amid higher prices of fuel and increasing demand for alternatives.

The issue is a wrangle over slaughtering methods which make them unfit for Muslim consumption, reports said today.