Archive - 13 June 2009

The air quality in the country has improved slightly with no areas considered ‘unhealthy’ today, according to the Environment Department's Air Pollution Index.

The state land office cannot caveat the land as it is the second defendant in the on-going civil suit filed by the villagers.

updated 7.42pm PKR delegates gave their stamp of approval to major changes after four and a half hours of 'lively debate' behind closed doors.

They turned up for work as usual but they suddenly found themselves jobless when termination letters were given to them.

updated 4.30pm Anwar calls for the government to allow the ex-communist boss come home despite knowing that his statement will be exploited by the mainstream media. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The democratic spirit released by the current presidential election in Iran is the kind nowhere to be seen in many American allies in the Arab world from Egypt to Saudi Arabia.

The family of an Australian Aboriginal elder who died after being "cooked" in the back of a scorching hot prison van may sue after a coroner branded his treatment inhumane.

updated 2.40pm Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim, who quit the cabinet and was sacked from Umno last year, has today joined opposition party PKR. [VIDEO INSIDE]

'The MPs from Sarawak are among the least active when it comes to speaking in parliament, thus they have very low rate of involvement during debates.'

All the 15 multimillion-ringgit scams involve the substitution of the original title of land plots with a new one for fraudulent purposes.

updated 4.11pm Anwar stresses there will be no unity government with arch-rival Umno even though Pakatan is prepared to meet PM Najib to break the political deadlock in Perak.

Desperate to find out what had really happened to Cin Hong, family members went to his rented house in PJ in search of answers.

free 'They have to be made answerable to all Malaysians for this project gone awry. They have used the taxpayers’ hard-earned money to finance this botched job.'

free 'The home minister should know better. Is he trying to score points with the royalty? Let the police do their job and ministers should refrain from passing their comments.'

Parliament is to resume on Monday and the opposition is gearing up for a debate on a host of issues including the Port Klang Free Zone scandal.

updated 2.05pm He was heading for a victory in Iran's fiercely-contested presidential race, official results showed, in a major upset against his moderate rival.