Archive - 30 December 2009

Former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid died in hospital on Wednesday aged 69, after a long battle with illness.

Police believe Raja Petra Kamarudin is still in London and have asked the authorities in the British capital to trace him.

Malaysiakini is ninth in Google's top 10 of the most popular searches for 2009 in Malaysia.

How many Malaysians participate in citizen activities to correct the abuses by government and corporations?

The new coaches can carry 800 passengers, twice the number of the existing two-car trains.

The veteran Umno leader remains unconvinced that KPIs are the solution to the country's problems. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Twin attacks in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi today killed 23 people and wounded 30, including the governor of Anbar province.

Johor police are expected to organise a special meeting in January with foreign investors to brief them of the safety aspects in the state.

Judge needs more time to deliberate on whether Catholic weekly The Herald has the right to use the word 'Allah'.

Forty seven Sri Lankan refugees who spent weeks refusing to leave an Australian customs boat in Indonesia have been sent to Australia and Romania.

Police have re-submitted the investigation papers in connection with the two missing jet engines to the AG.

He lashed out at systemic intelligence failures, after learning a US security agency had prior information that might have averted the attempted attack on a US jet.

GST bill is dogged by questionable powers accorded to the finance minister, who is also the PM.

Wain's Mahathir book is a testament not to the man, but to the corruption so endemic to Malaysia.

DAP labour chief ticks off MIC supreme Samy Vellu for not doing enough about Indian representation in the civil sector.

It would be an insult to the Malay race to call Ridhuan Tee ‘Melayu celup’ as he gives this nice, warm people a really bad name.

Developments in the case of the express bus accident that killed 10 dominates most headlines today.

COMMENT Frustrated by global condemnation of Malaysia’s destruction of the rainforests, the authorities may be taking out their frustrations on SAM.

Margaret Thatcher's personality is laid bare in secret files released in Britain today which cover the first few months of her premiership.

Malaysiakini honours this year’s newsmaker, an unassuming individual who moved an entire nation, both to tragic tears and the pinnacles of civil activism.

Deputy Minister in the PM's Dept Ahmad Maslan said the two missing RMAF F-5E jet engines would be explained to the people next month.

free 'If the BN chief is indeed serious, he would have placed major institutions under the direct scrutiny of Parliament.'

free 'Stop blaming them and the rest for being subservient to the government. It is our fault that this has happened because we allowed it by voting BN into power every election since independence.'