Despite needing another 22 nominations in order to qualify to contest for the number two post in Umno, Muhammad Muhd Taib is confident of pulling it off.
0Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah’s is on his third attempt to become Umno president. He may receive only one nomination - from his own home base of Gua Musang - and fail to qualify.
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The government today cut fuel prices 15 sen across the board - the fourth time in as many months as global oil prices continue to fall.
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In an incisive speech, former law minister Zaid Ibrahim does not mince his words in lambasting the shortcomings of the hegemonic policy.
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Will the new party president focus on leadership reform as promised or resurrect the political career of former secretary-general Ong Ka Chuan?
0The Hartford Courant in 244 years has only endorsed a Democrat once. Today, guess what: it did it again. My readers are proof that I, a Republican and Reagan sub-cabinet officer, predicted this somewhat earlier, even before John McCain chose a running mate whom Colin Powell called ‘unqualified’ and the New York Times , not known for hyperbole, called ‘unfit’.
Ed Rollins, Ronald Reagan’s pollster, beat me to the punch. He said it ‘may’ be a landslide. I’m saying it without qualification. No one wants to be in the seat of the Chicago Tribune in 1948, saying John Dewey had won.
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The court however ordered Azilah and Sirul to enter their defence to a charge of murder in the Altantuya Shaariibuu case.
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Lead prosecutor Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden dropped the bold remark in court today to argue why the Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy case should be transferred to the High Court.
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‘If Japan's Nissan can employ a Brazilian as its CEO and turn the loss-making concern to a profitable one, why not the same initiative in Malaysia?'
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