
Gov't targets lower budget deficit in 2010
Malaysia pledged today to cut its budget deficit next year after years of poor fiscal control and a surge in spending in 2009 pushed it to its highest level in 22 years.







The prime minister is the one who determines the position of anyone in the cabinet, says DPM Muhyiddin Yassin.




The Syariah High Court in Kuantan however agreed to waive the arrest order should the six strokes of rotan be carried out within seven days.

Bintulu MP Tiong King Sing rents out eight four-storey buildings to MCA-owned TAR College Sabah at RM1.
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Industry players have been asked to increase their sugar output while smugglers and racketeers are being nabbed. The public however should not get into panic-buying mode.

The announcement will also cover the types of masks to be listed as price controlled items following the hike in the price of surgical masks in recent weeks.

An Umno leader lambasts the PAS spiritual leader over his alleged 'no room in heaven for Umno' remark. But Nik Aziz claims that it is the media which has sinned.
employed four decades ago, says an Umno leader.



Selangor exco Ronnie Liu fumes over their lack of courtesy in mounting an unannounced visit to his office yesterday, without explaining the basis of their probe.







Kim Dae-Jung, who survived assassination attempts and a death sentence to win South Korea's presidency and the Nobel peace prize, died at aged 85.








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UMMC forensic pathologist Dr Prashant Samberkar told the inquest that Teoh was still alive at the time he hit the fifth floor landing from the 14th floor.










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PKR's Padang Serai MP N Gobalakrishnan was charged with obstructing the police during the Permatang Pasir by-election nominations yesterday.

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Many feel Merdeka has less meaning than the politicians would like us to believe. They may exhort us to be '1Malaysia' but...


















Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that militants in Pakistan were plotting new attacks on India as he urged security forces to stay on high alert.
