Archive - 31 January 2009

English issue: 30 activists gather to protest

English issue: 30 activists gather to protest

gmp protest 310108 The event at a Kuala Lumpur shopping centre, however, did not draw the anticipated crowd of 500. Nonetheless, the organisers manage to make their statement.
2 Perak excos 'missing', PKR fears defection

2 Perak excos 'missing', PKR fears defection

Perak PKR has confirmed that two of its excos have gone missing for four days and they believe that DPM Najib Abdul Razak has a hand in it.
Cleric is new Somali president

Cleric is new Somali president

The youthful Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed promptly vowed to form a broad government and invited all armed groups to join the UN-sponsored reconciliation effort.

Samy calls for MIC-IPF merger

Samy calls for MIC-IPF merger

samy vellu For the first time, the MIC supremo has called for the Indian Progressive Front to merge with his party - a sign of a ‘more open’ MIC now, perhaps.
Dayaks told to get rid of BN govt

Dayaks told to get rid of BN govt

daniel tajem Former deputy chief minister Daniel Tajem says the only way for the Dayaks to remedy the injustices they have suffered is by replacing the present State BN government.

New LCCT flip-flop: Who's in charge here?

New LCCT flip-flop: Who's in charge here?

The apparent flip-flopping over the new low-cost airport in Negri Sembilan has gotten the Penang chief minister extremely worried and demanding for answers.
Sabah deports 5,000 Filipinos

Sabah deports 5,000 Filipinos

illegal immigrant The deportees refer only to those who arrived in the state since July 24 last year and do not include those who were previously repatriated to Zamboanga.
Thought for food

Thought for food

comment It is the long collective memory of acute hunger in the Chinese cultural gene that food has become the most important need in their life!
UN special envoy arrives in Burma

UN special envoy arrives in Burma

Envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived in Burma today for fresh talks with the ruling junta, less than six months after his last trip ended in deadlock.
No plan to replace Perak MB

No plan to replace Perak MB

PKR and PAS brush aside a report suggesting that Mohamad Nizar Jamaludin could be replaced as Perak menteri besar soon.
'Stop the petty squabbles, MIC!'

'Stop the petty squabbles, MIC!'

free ' Have the leaders of MIC been so damaged by the March 8 General Election that they have lost all sense of reality and sanity?'

Iraqis vote in landmark polls

Iraqis vote in landmark polls

The ballot being held in 14 of 18 Iraqi provinces will be a crucial test of the country's fragile stability and measure the popularity of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.