Archive - 13 February 2008

Padang Besar 'selamatkan' Azmi Khalid...

Tindakan Umno bahagian Padang Besar mencalonkan 24 nama untuk dipilih bertanding kerusi Parlimen Padang Besar dianggap untuk 'menyelamatkan' karier politik Menteri Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar, Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid.

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Did the King really approve the dissolution?

And was the prime minister influenced by his son-in-law Khairy to dissolve the Parliament today, asks Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang.

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'RM25,000 to retract foul play claim'

The son of the late prominent anti-logging Penan leader Kelasau Naan claims that a certain quarter had tried to bribe him into keeping mum on his father’s death.

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PM dissolves Parliament

updated 1.20pm Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today announced the dissolution of the Parliament at a specially arranged press conference at his office in Putrajaya. [VIDEO INSIDE]

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'Guns and roses' in Parliament?

A standoff between the police and Hindraf supporters near Parliament is likely this Saturday as the police have denied a permit for the movement's 'children with roses' gathering.

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Can MCA pull off another big victory?

Malaysiakini interviews the party's former research and planning department head, Stanley Koh, to find out the answer.

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Anwar says early election 'shameful'

It is unprecedented that you would call elections after three and half years with a more than two-thirds majority, says the de facto PKR leader.

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Siasatan klip Lingam ditangguh hingga Jumaat

Siasatan suruhanjaya diraja yang menyiasat kontroversi klip video Lingam ditangguhkan hingga Jumaat ini untuk mendengar permohonan untuk membatalkan keanggotaan suruhanjaya tersebut, Datuk Mahadev Shankar dan Prof Datuk Dr Khoo Kay Kim.

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MIC to turn the tables for the polls

We are ready, anytime, anywhere, charged MIC president S Samy Vellu when asked to comment on the dissolution of the Parliament earlier today.

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Pak Lah, 'protector of corrupt system'

The gloves are off! Opposition PKR lists the ‘sins’ of omission and commission of Barisan Nasional and its head, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

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RTM doesn't know what typical Chinese are

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Book ban: who are we to question gov't?

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Siasatan klip Lingam ditangguh hingga Jumaat

Untuk mendengar permohonan untuk membatalkan keanggotaan suruhanjaya tersebut, Datuk Mahadev Shankar dan Prof Datuk Dr Khoo Kay Kim.

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Q&A: 'The King had to consent first'

Caretaker premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi explains why he could not even hint at the intended dissolution of Parliament.

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Botox and body-snatching (Pt 1)

In their opportunistic overzealousness the ulama forget that Islam is a religion of peace and compassion, of purity of heart and mind, of justice, mercy and forgiveness, of love, empathy and respect for other fellowmen.

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Penang Hindu board must go, says DAP

The opposition party wants the abolition of the Penang Hindu Endowments Board on constitutional grounds.

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All you wanted to know about local u's

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Parliament dissolving insensitive

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Judiciary sold to the highest bidder

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ACA should learn from VCD sellers

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Seven qualities my elected rep should have

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Samy having sleepless nights

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Why Samy Vellu will be retained

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Samy's 'seven issues' outdated like him

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BN heads for polls amid ethnic, economic woes

The 2004 election was based on expectations, this one is based on the prime minister's performance in the last four years, says a political analyst.

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Headlines online: Feb 13

Major dailies today highlighted the testimony of VK Lingam’s former secretary, G Jayanthi at the royal commission.

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Take up land issue with Risda, Orang Asli told

The Semai community in Ulu Slim, Perak, should petition the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority for return of their ancestral land.

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Lingam inquiry adjourned to Friday

updated 1.45pm The royal commission of inquiry into the Lingam tape has been adjourned to Friday to hear applications to disqualify commissioners Mahadev Shankar and Prof Dr Khoo Kay Kim.

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PM to announce dissolution today?

breaking news The prime minister has called for a press conference at his office at 12.30pm where he is expected to announce the dissolution of the Parliament.

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Girl friends and girlfriends

new There are ways to keep one from turning into the other.

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ACA goes down the drain

free Never in history has an accusation been so explicit - that a complainant or witness was bribed by the very institution that is regarded as the guardian of honesty and integrity.

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