Archive - 6 February 2007

Malaysia says it will discuss liberalising the lucrative Kuala Lumpur-Singapore air route for budget airlines at a regional transport ministers' meeting in Bangkok this week.

This is the charge levelled by some veteran media practitioners, who say that media reports that legitimise war crimes and military occupation should be scrutinised and challenged.

The Iraqi 'man under the hood' kept his audience in rapt attention as he described the ordeal of being tortured in Abu Ghraib prison.

It is shocking how Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and the government of the day continue to keep 'secrets' from the people, your 'bosses'. Responses like 'we know what's best' when confronted...

As in previous years, Hindu devotees were made to pay RM10 each to perform rites at the temple in Batu Caves.

Alfred Lambremont Webre elaborates on a theory of war and population control that some may think is far-fetched.

A new round of leadership crisis and factionalism in the party is about to unveil following the appointment of a new branch chairman.

The conference on war crimes will not cause discomfort to the government since it claims to be open to criticism, said the former premier. [video inside]

Malaysia's coast guard is to step up air and sea patrols of the piracy-prone Malacca Strait and increase its staff by thousands.

Now with a technical hindrance out of the way, a former student activist can pursue her case against the constitutionality of the Universities and University Colleges Act.

The situation of mother tongue education in Malaysia has been brought to the attention of the United Nations human rights special rapporteur.

We need to look into the ramifications and implications, the cost and how it is going to affect people to people contact, says foreign minister Syed Hamid Albar.

Parti Keadilan Rakyat advisor Anwar Ibrahim hits out at the police for harassing the opposition party instead of focusing on crime prevention.

Bribery and corruption are an embedded part of our culture and values today; and therefore we need to be proud of it! Really?

analysis Is the practice of Islam all that incompatible with the ethnic, cultural and linguistic background of converts?

As four ministers prepare to visit the Simpang Renggam detention centre, their sights must be set higher than just on the deplorable conditions.

The Kuwaiti banking group will lead a RM12 billion bid for the Malaysia's fourth largest lender in a bid to create the world's largest Islamic bank.