
Penans, SIS and RPK win civil society award
The award is given to organisations and individuals who have contributed to the development of civil society and opening up democratic space in the country.






Taiping parliamentarian Nga Kor Ming is planning to take action against the daily for twisting his statement on places of worship







The right to manage water and provide cheaper tariffs should come under the state government, says DAP parliamentarian.




If the party continues to be trapped in the old outdated ways of racial politics its in danger of becoming irrelevant.

Justice Gopal Sri Ram's former legal partner C Vijaya Kumar has filed a police report against the Federal Court judge.
















Despite two decades of absence, her application for admission to the Bar is granted by virtue of her birth in the state.

California-based online social networking pioneer Friendster has accepted a buyout from MOL Global for an undisclosed sum.








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Four-month-old Parti Cinta Malaysia announced its arrival on the big stage by unveiling independent Ngemah state rep Gabriel Adit.


Finally, we have heard it from the horse's mouth ('Ma' in Mahathir Mohamad means 'horse' in Mandarin).

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The minister said he is still talking with the government to give prominence to vernacular languages at the SPM level.

PKR MP accused of attempting to Islamise the country, however he also showed concern for other public issues.


With almost 58% of Swiss voted in favour of a referendum to ban construction of minarets in their country, it remains to be seen whether the result of the referendum will be good for Switzerland.

When violence is committed in the name of Islam, the perpetrators often say that Muslims were never meant to enjoy good relations with followers of other religions.


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The ex-PKA chief was charged with CBT amounting to RM254 million and was joined by two others.
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US President Barack Obama will dwell on the sombre paradox of waging war in Afghanistan even as he is lauded as a man of peace on Thursday when he accepts his surprise Nobel prize in Norway.



The first cracks appeared among developing countries at the UN climate talks on Wednesday, revealing divisions between emerging giants and nations most exposed to the ravages of global warming.

Thousands of demonstrators rallied outside the Israeli prime minister's residence in Jerusalem on Wednesday to protest a 10-month moratorium on new building permits for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank.

Al Qaeda-linked militants in the Philippines have beheaded one of three Filipino factory workers they seized in the troubled south of the country last month, an official said Wednesday.