Archive - 14 August 2006

It says that the government has already notified the consortium in charge that the massive project is to be scrapped.

Anwar can return to government. In fact, he should return to the government, says his friend and former tennis partner KS Nallakaruppan.

The Public Accounts Committee still feels that critical questions remain unanswered in the merger that created ECM Libra Avenue Bhd.

The former tennis partner of PKR adviser Anwar Ibrahim will also bring 2,000 others into the opposition party.

This question was posed by ECM Libra Avenue chairperson Kalimullah Hassan when asked why a loan was extended to the prime minister's son-in-law.

Chinese educationists want to put the policy back on the agenda at a meeting with the premier.

Those contacted want checks and balances to the powers that the Election Commission is seeking in order to update the electoral roll.

The former deputy premier will be away in Hong Kong and according to an aide, his absence from the forum has nothing to do with his ex-boss.

We need to believe in our journalists, or else it's all a lost cause. Which begs the question, do we have a reason to believe?

Now that the prime minister and Khairy Jamaluddin have provided some 'clarification' to the allegations that the latter had misused his position to amass wealth, what are we...

They have accused the party president of campaigning for the opposition in the state polls.

Mafrel chairperson Abdul Malek Hussin fields questions on reform of the electoral process and answers allegations about his organisation's finances.

Thailand's next government will have to win back foreign investors who have begun to turn to neighbouring countries out of concern over months of political turmoil here.

Groups in Malaysia launched a boycott of US drinks Coca-Cola and Starbucks coffee to protest Israel's ongoing military offensive in Lebanon and Gaza.

The voluntary election watchdog wants the Election Commission to bare the specifics of its plan to clean up the electoral roll.

The deal will substantially increase the salaries of Indonesian maids and also specify a range of rights including regular time off.

Thick and acrid haze from fires set to clear land is blanketing parts of the Indonesian section of Borneo island.

Indonesians working overseas are expected to send home US$20 billion (RM73.6 billion) over the next five years as their importance to Indonesia's economy grows.

Khairy had sold his RM9.2 million worth of shares in the financial company after ex-prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad suggested he had obtained them through nepotism.

International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz said Southeast Asian nations had to make serious efforts to cut red tape.

Under the new agreement, which is to be implemented in November, are four key areas.

Demand from China is among the factors pushing up the price of natural rubber, along with sky-rocketing oil prices which are boosting the cost of synthetic rubber.