Archive - 3 May 2009

updated 10.51pm The 28 Pakatan Rakyat reps in Perak will boycott a meeting called by state police chief Deputy Comm Zulkifli Abdullah tomorrow.

Egyptian riot police clashed with stone-throwing pig farmers who were trying to prevent their animals being taken away for slaughter as part of a mass nationwide cull.

Two press freedom watchdogs have today marked World Press Freedom Day by calling on PM Najib to reveal a road map on media freedom in Malaysia.

A New Zealander in Penang who complained of being unwell and was tested for the A(H1N1) has been told he is not suffering from the deadly flu.

Snap's deputy president Ting Ling Kiew has yet to receive his 'show cause' letter for supporting the BN candidate in the Batang Ai by-election.

'(1Malaysia) is merely a re-coining of the words (used before) just to show that there is a new guy on the block - Najib is the prime minister.'

Sri Lanka's cornered Tamil Tiger fighters appealed to Britain and France to broker a truce to halt a government military offensive that threatens to wipe out the rebels.

A small local restaurant is once again proudly trading as 'McCurry', after its unlikely victory over fast food giant McDonald's.

PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim said that differences in opinions expressed by Pakatan leaders on the Penanti by-election are now resolved.

Mexico has said its H1N1 flu outbreak appeared to be 'in a stabilisation' phase, as it tried to mitigate the economic cost of the crisis.

comment It is a matter of national importance, as well as personal importance for Kugan’s family, to try to cut into the dense fog of medical jargons in the two reports.