Archive - 9 October 2006

free A reader feels that God does not have to shed a tear for Malaysian football at all because the reality is that we will not qualify for the World Cup in a long while yet, possibly never at all.

The senator, who is implicated in a report concerning a company allegedly cloning Approved Permits, claims it is an attempt to defame him.

Even a lengthy shower in many parts of the city failed to stop the haze from wrecking the earnings of outdoor business operators.

UK's Stanley Leisure operates 45 casinos across the UK and has international gaming interests in Italy, Belgium, Germany, Croatia and Romania through joint ventures.

The police says it had no intention to stop the media from covering the handing of a memorandum regarding a woman detainee's death.

They cannot accept the fact that so many people are supporting PKR, says the politician who joined the opposition over the weekend.

In 2002, Narayan Sastry a Princeton-trained demographer published a paper entitled 'Forest Fires, Air Pollution, and Mortality in SE Asia'...

Mukhriz was among several Malaysian leaders - including former police chief Norian Mai - who were involved in secret year-long negotiations between the two sides.

The agreement would enable security agencies in both countries to share information in a bid to prevent terrorism and transnational crime.

Visibility is also poor at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport - at just 500 metres - although flights have not yet been disrupted.

The peninsular is blanketed by the thick smog, with Nilai on the verge of falling into the 'very unhealthy' category.

The idea is to secretly monitor students in some schools to curb discipline problems and improve security.

To counter the numerous cases of deaths in detention, a watchdog calls for the prosecution of police personnel who deny or delay detainees medical attention.

Mohd Ali Rustam is concerned that the 'inaccurate' figures in the think-tank's study will make the Malays complacent.

Sabah social activist Patrick Sindu is 'thinking over' an offer of admission into the state Umno.

According to reports, North Korea has blasted its way into the elite nuclear club by detonating its first nuclear bomb this morning.

Malaysians should think for themselves rather than take as gospel every statistic presented to them.

Misguided writers have fallen victim to poor understanding of Islam, in turn transplanting invented concepts that spread like wildfire.

AirAsia's chief Tony Fernandes scotched reports that his management team was behind a new budget long-haul airline.

'I believe that the kind of closeted university education the government in Singapore mandates for its people is not a good example for Rafiah to emulate for UM,' says a reader.

The auction was necessary to finance further paranormal investigations and research, said paranormal investigator Syed Abdullah.

Shops have been ordered to stop rationing, and the government has set up a round-the-clock hotline to register supply problems.

'I hope the Russians and Chinese can use their good influence to convince North Korea they should stop all these nuclear testing activities. We do not need another cause for global conflict.'

Malaysia has come under repeated criticism by environmental groups for acting as a base in which illegal timber from Indonesia and other neighbouring countries are 'laundered' and exported.

Health Minister Chua Soi Lek warns of resentment against Indonesia and economic fallout as thick haze caused by Indonesian forest fires caused a sharp deterioration in air quality.