Archive - 8 August 2006

A four-year-old boy in Sarawak today became the 13th fatality in an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease that authorities have been battling to contain.

"Ada pihak yang mencadangkan supaya kita membekalkan senjata. Ok, kita perlu melihat semua ini," kata Menteri Luar Syed Hamid Albar.

A lot of young brilliant people wants to borrow RM9.2 million but do not know where to go. As a service to the rakyat, perhaps Khairy can tell us whom we should see.

Tiga pindaan tersebut adalah mengenai jawatan pengerusi cawangan, penyelarasan tempoh pemilihan semua peringkat parti dan pengerusi negeri tidak secara automatik menjadi AJK pusat.

Kira-kira 70 orang berhimpun malam tadi untuk menyatakan sokongan mereka terhadap usaha mengadakan genjatan senjata dalam konflik Israeli-Lebanon.

Looks like Khairy Jamaluddin, deputy chief of Umno Youth, investment banker cum PM's son-in-law, is getting away with his so-called answers to all the allegations against him...

Kajian Institut Integriti Malaysia (IIM) mendapati mereka sanggup mengamal dan menerima rasuah jika mereka mempunyai kuasa dan diberi tanggungjawab terhadap sesebuah organisasi atau institusi.

A UN report says the iconic leatherback turtle is now virtually extinct in Malaysia, and there are fears their numbers are on the decline worldwide.

Eighteen years on, the bloody clampdown by the military regime is far from forgotten, even in Kuala Lumpur.

Three years after his 'retirement', the shenanigans of his rule are beginning to show, warts and all.

The police today launched its probe on malaysiakini by recording a statement from an editor of the online news portal over a report which the force claimed to be defamatory.

They gathered at Dataran Merdeka last night in support of an international call for a ceasefire in the Middle East.

Three proposals will be discussed at the national delegates conference next month.

Lawyers who asked for the meeting now say that the date set by the Bar Council may not allow for a quorum to be gathered.

Bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad berkata, seorang Perdana Menteri yang menjual negaranya tidak perlu dikekalkan hingga tamat tempoh perkhidmatannya.

The state's belligerent 'piratisation' of public spaces is depriving us of quality of life in our lived environment.

Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has apparently burnt his bridges with his hand-picked successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi by calling him to quit his post.

Empat bulan selepas pengkebumian anaknya, Sara memilih untuk menggunakan platform politik untuk berkempen untuk ketelusan dalam pasukan polis.

Ketua Pemuda Umno Bahagian Ipoh Barat itu mengumumkan peletakan jawatannya semasa berucap di mesyuarat perwakilan Pergerakan Pemuda Umno Bahagian Ipoh Barat, kelmarin.

The solutions have been set out for Sarawak, but there appear to be no takers, complains an Orang Ulu lawyer.

The premier suggested that proponents of MDC write in to appeal against the rejection of its application to register as a political party.

PKR has a new branch leader - G Sara Lily, who took on the police over the death of her son while in custody.

Air quality today remained at near-unhealthy levels in an area east of KL, where the reading was 91.

The foreign minister says Muslim nations should consider supplying arms to Hezbollah amid anger and frustration over Israel's offensive in Lebanon.

"We have plans to pull out on Aug 28 all Malaysian army troops deployed in East Timor after the unrest three months ago," Army chief Abdul Azis Zainal said.