Archive - 21 February 2006

The past two weeks saw punishment being meted out on two newspapers for publishing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Will the NST be the next victim?

The two groups handed in their memos to the Education Ministry today in conjunction with International Mother Language Day.

The police have so far recorded statements from 11 witnesses, including those from the top management and editorial department.

Ketua Pemuda PAS, Salahuddin Ayub yang juga Ahli Parlimen Kubang Kerian menggesa pihak polis menjalankan siasatan segera ke atas akhbar New Straits Times kerana menyiarkan kartun tersebut.

Hishamuddin Yahya has been shown the door after more than 11 years of service. There are numerous unflattering speculations as to why this happened.

If it was not Mahathir or the government, then who forked out the RM4.6 million to arrange the brief meeting at the White House?

At the second public hearing of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Integrity, individuals and groups poured out anger, frustration and resentment over a broad range of issues.

Jurucakap tentera Thailand semasa dihubungi di Narathiwat berkata keenam-enam mereka dibawa ke kem tentera Senanarong di Songkhla untuk disoal siasat.

DAP mendesak kerajaan supaya memansuhkan Seksyen 95 (2) Akta Mengenai Bangunan dan Jalan 1974 kerana ia memberi kekebalan kepada kerajaan tempatan daripada tindakan undang-undang.

Mahathir admitted that money had changed hands to arrange the meet. This prompts an opposition leader to reopen the can of worms and call on the premier to state his stand.

A vocal critic in his time, the veteran journalist had strong words about the state of journalism in the country today.

Hospital Kuala Lumpur yang mempunyai kemudahan dan kelengkapan yang mencukupi bagi merawat pesakit yang dijangkiti selesema burung, diarah bersiap sedia.

I am shocked and disgusted with Shahrizat Abdul Jalil's spinelessness. It is an insult to the intelligence of Malaysian women, and I wonder how she manages to sleep at night knowing that...

He believed more in prevention than punishment. And during his tenure as deputy internal security minister, he touched the lives of those within and without the bars.

Pengerusi Badan Bertindak Hak Agama Hindu (Hindraf) akan bertemu pelbagai pihak, termasuk Kesatuan Eropah dan Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PMM) ketika berada Washington, New York dan London.

The Sarawak government may have pleased many by opening up more land for oil palm, but native landowners are not likely to be among them.

A court in southern Vietnam handed down a 12-year jail sentence to a woman who brought several Vietnamese women including her own daughter to Malaysia to work as prostitutes.

Its chairperson will meet numerous officials, including those from the UN and EU, during his two-week trip to Washington, New York and London.

Antara yang dikatakan kecewa dengan rombakan kabinet Pak Lah ialah Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Walaupun tidak dinyatakan dengan jelas, kritikannya terhadap dasar AP umpama "pukul anak, sindir menantu".

new What makes a marriage tick? Zaim Al-Amin's wrecked Sunday morning has him pondering over marital woes.

For the avid gambler even a golf course can become a casino. He will bet on anything. 'Five bucks says that the mosquito flies right'.

Jawatankuasa Disiplin MIC telah menerima laporan berhubung insiden itu dan notis tunjuk sebab akan dikeluarkan secepat mungkin.

The visit was expected to take place in January but the generals in Rangoon said they were too busy to receive the Malaysian foreign minister.

It's the first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in more than a year, with 40 chickens dead on a poultry farm in Gombak.

All poultry in and around four villages in Gombak will be slaughtered following confirmation of another outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu.

Sebagai langkah berjaga-jaga, sejajar dengan protokol yang diwujudkan antara pihak berkuasa veterinar kedua-dua negara bagi pengimportan ayam itik dari zon bebas penyakit di Malaysia.

Pertanian dan Industri Asas, Tani Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin kata kematian 40 ayam kampung di Batu 4, Jalan Genting-Kelang minggu lalu adalah kes terpencil.

He has denied paying US lobbyist Jack Abramoff to set up a meeting with President George W Bush but said money did change hands.