
S'pore don barred from speaking on Perak crisis
Prominent Singaporean law lecturer Kevin Tan has been barred by the police from speaking at a forum in Petaling Jaya tonight.






Six senators have been appointed from the Orang Asli community to date and the most recent five have something in common.


Despite the fate that befell his predecessor, Lim Swee Kuan is upbeat about his appointment as the new pol sec to Ean Yong Hian Wah.



Prior to his retirement in 2003, the former PM was heralded as the 'Father of Modernisation'. Now Nazri confers him a new title.
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Local Umno warlord Ahmad Ismail said Gerakan's top leaders must apologise to him if they want to work together.





Deputy Tourism Minister Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Abdul Taib's decision to quit the post has "nothing to do with politics".

New electricity tariff may be introduced from January if it is approved by the cabinet.



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Despite a whopping RM1.14 billion overrun in cost, PAC does not detect any wrongdoing in the Rawang-Ipoh double-tracking project.






James Masing, who has dismissed the claims, has been told by a global NGO to issue an apology. He is unlikely to do so.









Iraqi leaders were set to come under fire Wednesday, having failed to prevent a spate of attacks in Baghdad that killed 127 people, the third major set of bombings to hit the capital since August.



The NATO commander in Afghanistan on Tuesday predicted a surge of US troops will reverse the momentum of Taliban insurgents within a year and ensure their ultimate defeat.


'Forget about revamping the course. Even with the best of intentions, is it possible to teach patriotism and unity in a few days?'





EU nations agreed on Tuesday that Jerusalem should be the capital of both Israel and a future Palestinian state, assuaging Israeli anger over earlier mention of east Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital.