Archive - 20 March 2007

PKR and DAP leaders are locking horns over who should contest for the state seat in Malacca. If there is no compromise, voters may see a three-way battle.

The Frenchman was arrested because he climbed the building without a permit from the management.

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Integrity decides to call of the hearing with the ACA chief and whistleblower until the related court cases are disposed of.

Though 24 NGOs have urged Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to put his money where his mouth is, I bet the PM will continue to drag his heels on the matter.

Works Minister S Samy Vellu is being prodded to meet a PKR Youth demand for details of declassified toll concession agreements. [video inside]

The PKR advisor says while the rich have the luxury of choice, ill-equipped schools in rural areas are robbing the poor of a sound education.

Consumer and political leaders support the request on one condition - taxis must use the metered system and abide by all the rules and regulations.

The government's concern is to make sure that whatever happens within the domestic domain of Thailand does not overflow into Malaysia, says Syed Hamid Albar.

Rafidah warns that a failure to sign the FTA with the US would result in a drop of crucial investment from its biggest trading partner.

The reconciliation talks in Kuala Lumpur broke off after midnight without any concrete or conclusive outcome.

Che Din Yusof, don't insult our intelligence. When you hold a sword of Damocles over someone's head, any request or suggestion is an order.

Being optimistic without being over-confident - this is the target for Parti Keadilan Rakyat in the next election.

Both have been told to stop making public comments in the wake of a heated spat in recent days.

Day 2 and the name calling starts. The opposition leader likens the prime minister to the magician David Copperfield while Nazri Abdul Aziz rises to his defence.

news analysis When a publicly-funded state museum holds an exhibition on 'ghosts and djin', controversy will almost certainly follow.

What is the common basic law that applies to all Malaysians, whether male or female, child or adult, young or old?

Malaysia today urged the United States to withdraw its troops from Iraq as the war there entered its fifth year.

Only certified masseuses would be allowed to work and operate spas, which would help shut down illegal, sex-oriented massage parlours.

A museum in Negri Sembilan is defying calls for it to stop a popular exhibition featuring ghosts and other supernatural beings.

free You issue licences to 3,000 money-lenders and then you tell people not to borrow from them. That doesn't make sense, or does it?