Archive - 11 December 2006

free If you are salivating to become a Datuk, chances are you will not get the title from Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.

The German carmarker could sign a preliminary agreement to enable it to do a full-fledged due diligence audit on Proton just before Christmas.

A Malaysian team due to bring emergency aid to survivors of a deadly typhoon in the Philippines was forced to delay its departure today because of a second typhoon.

Sex crimes are on the rise among teens as police statistics revealed that one in every 10 rapes this year was committed by schoolboys.

This follows a report that 50 Thai women were being trained here to replace male insurgents captured by security forces in restive southern Thailand.

A man was left perched atop a seven-metre billboard for nearly seven hours after an accomplice who was helping him steal its spotlight fled the scene.

Criticism regardless, the Ninth Malaysia Plan is being implemented smoothly, said a minister.

It is with much sadness and frustration that I am writing about the present state of affairs in my beloved country. My parents and I were born in...

A short video clip of this years Human Rights Day celebration in Kampung Berembang - the scene of a very recent rights violation by the authorities.

The prime minister has instructed the RM600 million to be disbursed through district offices, not Umno divisions.

The plaintiff wants a court order to prevent the police from removing the Bar Council's ballot boxes for investigation following discovery of forged ballots.

This will allay the fears of the natives in thinking that their NCR land was being grabbed and sold by the state government.

We were not sellers of the currency during or several months before the crisis; on the contrary, we were buyers when the currencies began to decline, George Soros tells Malaysiakini.

exclusive George Soros will be making his maiden visit to Malaysia this week and has hinted that he may meet his nemesis, former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Malaysia is being edged out by other Asian countries as a result of government policy failures and corruption, laments the former finance minister.

How do we even begin creating it if we do not yet have the tools of analysing what a corrupt society is?

Make adjustments or pay the price, warn environmental groups who are calling Malaysia's attention to this global phenomenon.

Restaurants, hair salons, pawn shops and microcredit centres are just some of the businesses that will do well in mosques, says deputy PM Najib.

The Umno delegates made those racist remarks in full view of the whole nation and yet the police did not spring into action.

Future Sarawak chief ministers would to leave office within 10 years, if opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat has its way.

This is the world's first completely halal supermart, aimed at tapping into the global billion dollar halal market.

Early intelligence allows the authorities to detect groups that plan to conduct acts of terrorism long before they are able to do anything.

If depression is not dealt with or treated properly, the long term cumulative effects may reach a manic or chronic level, and make life a living hell!