Archive - 10 February 2006

Sebuah lagi akhbar tempatan, Guangming Daily juga didapati telah menyiarkan gambar yang menunjukkan karikatur yang menghina Nabi Muhammad, yang telah mengakibatkan akhbar Sarawak Tribune digantung.

Another newspaper, Guangming Daily, has landed itself in the same hot soup as the banned Sarawak Tribune after it was found to have also published a photo which showed the controversial caricature of Prophet Mohammed.

The report is on the controversy surrounding the MRR2 and it also calls on the minister to step down.

Perletakan jawatan Toman Mamora memang dijangkakan, walaupun beliau dan penasihat akhbar berkenaan Datuk Idris Buang, meletakkan kesalahan terhadap pengarang berita.

The boutique investment company obtained the ex-parte injunction against PAS big wig Husam Musa and the party's official website.

His resignation had been expected even though the paper had laid blame for the unauthorised reproduction of the caricature on a junior editor.

The minister has made an about-turn after previously claiming she had more objections to the controversial act than women's groups themselves, says one coalition

S Hendry, 18, mati semasa dalam tahanan di Simpang Renggam, tahun lalu. Inkuiri awam itu akan diadakan pada 17 dan 18 Februari ini.

TNB wants to raise prices despite arguments that the move is completely unnecessary more so at the present moment. Inflation and reduced debt are among the more persuasive reasons.

Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi hari ini menggesa dunia Islam dan Barat supaya 'menerima satu sama lain sebagai setara", dan mengecam perbuatan memburuk-buruk Islam yang berlaku di Barat.

The New Straits Times made a successful switch from being a broadsheet to a tabloid. The talk now is that Berita Harian may follow the example.

Penerbitnya tidak akan merayu atau memohon pembaharuan lesen penerbitan akhbar itu yang tamat pada Ogos depan sekalipun selepas perintah penggantungan ditarik balik.

updated version A sea of protestors descend upon the Danish embassy in Kuala Lumpur to vent their anger over the offensive caricatures of Prophet Mohammad.

The Public Works Department has been instructed to inspect the structure of all flyovers and elevated highways nationwide to look for any non-permissible cracks.

The commissioner says the move to suspend the daily is right to protect national interest and security.

The powers-that-be have yet again shown how far their arms can reach and how strong it can grip the minds of the public. That which should have been a decision of the newspaper's management to 'punish' and make right themselves...

Media take heed. The fate that befell Sarawak Tribune should serve as warning for others to be more responsible about media freedom.

The university is being urged to probe the allegations of irregularities in the campus polls instead of dragging the whistle-blowers to the guillotine.

I have viewed the cartoons and could not say that my iman (faith) was shaken by the roots. I was not incited to rush out and burn the nearest Danish flag in town. But I am not living in Europe.

new Idlan observes globalisation, flag burning and race in the 21st century from her throne in Mid-West England.

Here's a common tale in Malaysia: A businessman goes to a government department to put in a tender. He loses. But why?

It's not going to be easy for the world to decide on who should be the next UN sec-gen. The field is wide open and even Clinton is said to be interested.

The proposed signature campaign to call for a probe into the influx of foreigners in Sabah has irked local politicians.

A Malaysian was to be trained as a pilot by al-Qaeda to crash a plane into a Los Angeles skyscraper but told officials he pulled out after witnessing the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Ia selaras dengan amalan antarabangsa yang mensyaratkan semua dokumen perjalanan perlu mempunyai tempoh sah sekurang-kurangnya enam bulan sebaik tiba.

In the memorandum to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a group of Muslim NGOs have also mooted a number of changes to the controversial syariah system.

Malaysia's low-cost aviation hub will begin operations on March 23, just three days ahead of rival Singapore's budget terminal, to become Southeast Asia's first dedicated no-frills terminal.

As Muslim fury simmered around the world following the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed that are seen by Muslims as blasphemous, Abdullah called for an end to the "mockery of any religion".