Archive - 19 April 2009

If BN did not contest the seat, the ruling coalition's members and supporters in the area would be disappointed, said the former PM and Umno strongman.

Abhisit Vejjajiva today urged Thais to remain calm after a week of deadly protests and an assassination attempt pushed the nation to the edge of chaos.

Non-payment of levies, no insurance coverage and absence of written employment contracts are holding up the issuance of passports to illegal Indonesian workers in Sabah.

updated 4.30pm Minister Rais Yatim says private TV and radio stations have failed to deliver the government's aspirations resulting in BN’s poor performance in the March 8 polls.

A summit attended by US President Barack Obama and Latin American leaders ended on positive note with hopes that the US and Cuba might be burying a half-century of hostility.

His decision to suspend the outlawed movement's coordinators has not gone down well with some grassroots supporters who have questioned his 'remote' leadership from London.

As the civil war in Sri Lanka moves into what appears to be a bloody end game, the big question is: Where is the elusive leader of the Tamil Tigers?

US President Barack Obama is disappointed at news of the eight-year jail sentence given US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi by an Iranian court, a spokesman said.