Archive - 11 January 2010

PKR deputy president Syed Husin Ali today said he has not resigned or sent any notice to that effect.

Hou Kok Chung was involved in an accident when his car crashed into the rear of a lorry near Tapah.

Yes, the Christians are retaliating. The Sunday after the attacks, they gathered in churches all across the country, as they do every week. Not to plot but to pray.

The government-linked 1 Malaysia Development Bhd said the news portal was not invited.

This will continue to be a burning fuse kept alight by extremists feeding the public the delusion that Islam in Malaysia is faced by all kinds of imaginary enemies.

There is a need for a proper mechanism where contentious religious issues could be channeled and resolved peacefully.

Volunteers from Muslim non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have begun patrolling church areas in the Klang Valley.

Penang PKR Youth takes the DAP politician to task over his 'derogatory, shallow and foolish' remarks.

He has to work within the Pakatan Rakyat framework, says veep Azmin Ali.

A Minister in the Prime Minister's Department says this would help maintain peace and security and ease tension over the claim to use "Allah" by the Herald.

UPDATED 6.47PM Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein today denied charges that the government was passive in preventing arson attempts on churches in the country.

The Home Ministry tells foreign diplomats that the situation in Malaysia is different from other countries.

Sabah strongman Jeffrey Kitingan confident that efforts won't go the way of previous attempts at bridging the religious divide.

The number of diabetics in the country has increased by almost 80 percent in the last 10 years from 1996-2006 to 1.4 million adults above the age of 30.

Jawi assemblyperson Tan Beng Huat has withdrawn his threat to quit DAP and become an independent elected representative.

UPDATED 5.15PM (Hindraf calls off vigil) Such actions, explains Father Phillips Muthu, will send the wrong message as if the non-Muslims are going against the Muslims.

A Malaysian-born neurosurgeon, Suresh Surendranath Nair, awaiting trial on drugs charges was refused bail today.

Forcing the Church to ‘compromise’ is akin to paying ransom to pirates, legitimising terrorism to solve debates.

COMMENT The premier is starting to look every bit as useless as his predecessor.

UPDATED 4.30PM The Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) church in Negri Sembilan was the latest target of an attempted arson, which left its front wooden doors charred.

How can Malays and Muslims hope to understand Christianity when the picture presented to outsiders are incoherent scraps due to restrictions imposed by our authorities?

Sunday services proceeded smoothly at vandalised churches, says one report.

The Arctic freeze gripping Europe left hundreds of people stuck in vehicles in deep snow or stranded at airports with scores of flights cancelled and power cuts to thousands of homes.

President Barack Obama says he has "no intention" of sending US troops to fight militants in Yemen and Somalia, despite growing concern over the presence of militant cells there.

Social Democrat Ivo Josipovic, who pledged to lead Croatia into the European Union and crack down on corruption, was elected president with over 60 percent of the vote, official results showed.

COMMENT The PKR supremo can silence critics by getting recalcitrant MP Zulkifli Noordin to publicly recant his views.

free 'There must be no compromise in the face of arson, although it might have been considered in its absence.'

free 'Mr PM, you keep drawing examples from the past Umno. That is dead and gone. The new Umno is racist and tramples on the rights of the minorities.'

The United States has developed contingency plans to address Iran's nuclear ambitions if negotiations falter between the Islamic republic and Western nations, a top US general said Sunday.

The United Arab Emirates and Germany said on Sunday that Iran must do more to allay the international community's concerns about its nuclear programme or fresh sanctions would be likely.

Israeli warplanes killed three Islamic Jihad gunmen in an air strike on Sunday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the military would respond harshly to rocket and mortar fire from Gaza.