Archive - 13 May 2006

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi berbincang dengan Presiden Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ketika menghadiri sidang Kumpulan Lapan Negara Membangun (D8) di pulau peranginan Bali.

Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki warned the Europeans "not to make the same mistake" they did last August when they came up with a list of incentives.

In the first Wanita contest in recent memory, party members have been cautioned by boss Samy Vellu not to wash their dirty linen in public.

Pencabarnya dari DAP menggesa Datuk Bandar Bandaraya Kuching, yang mempertahankan kerusi Batu Lintang, supaya mengambil cuti tanpa gaji sepanjang berkempen dalam pilihanraya negeri Sarawak.

Tidak ada tanda-tanda yang menunjukkan lelong itu berlaku, atau sama ada wanita yang disebut itu sebenarnya seorang rakyat Vietnam," kata Datuk Hadi Ho Abdullah.

Ballot papers would be kept only for election petition purposes otherwise they would be destroyed six months after the conduct of an election, the EC explains.

Tidak seorangpun calon dalam pilihanraya negeri Sarawak menarik diri dalam tempoh tiga hari yang diberikan kepada mereka yang ingin berbuat demikian.

Harold Leonard Wrigglesworth died in a Kota Bahru hospital yesterday at 88. He was a bachelor.

There is no indication of an auction having taken place, nor can we be certain if the woman in question was a Vietnamese, says Hadi Ho Abdullah.

The DAP candidate asks the incumbent mayor to apply for unpaid leave from his council if he wants to campaign for himself during office hours.

Mohd Said views a forthcoming meeting with the prime minister and his deputy as 'an opportunity' to tell his side of the story.

Culturally, the Dayak traditions are dying out, overwhelmed by the forces of modernity and impeded by their political helplessness.

No candidates contesting the Sarawak election withdrew as at 5pm yesterday within the three-day period allowed for them to do so after the May 9 nomination day.

Syarikat minyak negara, Petronas mempunyai rezab antarabangsa sebanyak enam bilion tong minyak hasil usaha berterusannya menjelajah ke seluruh dunia bagi mencari gali telaga minyak baru.

Katanya, beliau akan menggunakan peluang mengadap mesyuarat khas untuk memberi penjelasan kepada Perdana Menteri mengenai rampasan kayu balak bergergaji dari Indonesia.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi held talks on the issue with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the sidelines of a summit of eight large Muslim countries in Bali.