Archive - 12 April 2007

breaking news The ruling coalition won handsomely with a 4,081-vote majority, which is 481 votes lower than in the 2004 general elections. [VIDEO INSIDE]

BN denies it was involved in vote-buying by offering up to RM200 each to voters in Machap today following a police report lodged by the DAP. [VIDEO INSIDE]

'How can the official crime statistics for the same period and locality between the Internal Security Ministry and the police vary so widely?'

Seventeen Chinese fishermen received sentences of 18 months for poaching two turtle species and encroaching on Malaysian waters.

Another 33 proposals made by the royal police commission are in the process of being implemented, reveals the prime minister.

Three more cities have been included in the Health Ministry programme where drug addicts can exchange their used syringes with new government-issued needles.

Residents of Kampung Broga are waiting with bated breath for the mention of a suit that will reveal the status of the mega-incinerator project.

About 20 divisions are said to be facing problems which will be ironed out by the party's supreme council this weekend.

These case and others like the S Shamala, Lina Joy, M Moorthy and R Subashini cases have brought to the fore issues like the rights of individuals to...

Thousands flock to hear the PKR advisor speak on eve of polling day, and Anwar - known for his fiery oratorical skills - does not disappoint. [VIDEO INSIDE]

An election watchdog claims that four Barisan Nasional politicians, including the by-election candidate, were influencing voters by handing out food.

Racial supremacists often also happen to be religious zealots, be they Christian, Jew or Muslim.

In the wake of the raging debate over yet another legal controversy, the 'Civil-Syariah Courts jurisdiction fault-line' has again been brought to the fore.

'Susan Schwab and I have agreed that we will take our time.'

Lubok Antu MP Jawah Gerang was officially welcomed into the Sng group of PRS in absentia.

He also scolded Malaysians for being cynical about the government's anti-corruption efforts.

updated version Although it was a slow start, the voter turnout at the end of the polling period is 74.35 percent, marginally higher than the 2004 general election.

A check reveals that the government had not even started to acquire land, clear the sites or even start piling works to commence the project.

Terengganu's Islam Hadhari and Welfare Committee, which oversees the practice of Islam in the state, said a rehabilitation centre may be set up if numbers of transvestites and cross-dressers increased.