Archive - 18 January 2010

The Foreign Ministry today said foreign tourists visiting Sabah need not be unduly worried as the situation there is peaceful.

A fire broke out on the 22nd floor of a 35-storey semi-completed hotel-cum-office building at Jalan Tun Sambathan in Brickfields tonight.

A KL City Hall worker wants the Court of Appeal here to declare as unconstitutional the provision criminalising that offence, contending that it is biased against the male gender.

A civil society lobby has succeeded in persuading the attorney-general’s chambers to drop all charges against Cheng Lee Whee.

Dad’s claim that the school was negligent and do not discount the possibility of taking legal action.

There is no ‘quick fix' for the state's long-standing power woes even though current needs are fairly modest.

NGOs say that the Klang PTA’s police report against Selangor exco Dr Xavier for abusing funds is unmerited.

It argues for termination of a project that is being seen by some as a 'white elephant'.

Political pundits predict that if woes faced by warring factions within the party are not solved fast, the party will die a natural death in the coming months.

Disabled group submits memo demanding an apology from MACC chief and disciplinary action against its counsel Abdul Razak Musa.

 

‘It is very clear that CC members who are against Thanenthiran would do anything they like in an attempt to topple the president'.

‘Unchallenged evidence’ proves that use of the word is well established among Malay-speaking Catholics, says KL High Court judge Lau Bee Lan.

As a minister, Mohd Nazri is obliged to hold to the government stance on the ‘Allah’ issue, says a political analyst.

Preliminary investigations showed that the school management did not adhere fully to the safety guidelines.

Most of them, or about 65 per cent, are Malays and Bumiputeras of Sabah and Sarawak.

The High Court is set to hear a negligence suit brought by the father of Nurin Jazlin Jazimin against the police and Government over post-mortem photographs of his daughter appearing online.

The contract to develop the Majnoon oilfield, one of the world's biggest, was signed yesterday.

The trauma and grief of individuals and families after a fatal bus crash are long-lasting, but the public-outrage and official interest remain only for as long as the spotlight is on.

PKR's Syed Husin cautions that the recent spate of church attacks could have long-term repercussions for the nation.

DAP national confab Delegates needed to go to the ground to serve the people if Pakatan Rakyat’s dream of taking control of the federal government is to be realised.

A Bangladeshi villager is transformed in the process of making a ‘participatory video’. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Those who returned because they were inspired by hopes...

The dragon boat tragedy which claimed the lives of a teacher and two students and PM Najib Abdul Razak receiving Saudi Arabia's highest honour grabbed the headlines of major dailies.

UPDATED 5.30PM Search and rescue team members have found bodies of all six students. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) denied that six of its leaders were killed in a Yemeni air strike last week, according to a statement published by the SITE monitoring group on Monday.

A billionaire media magnate, Sebastian Pinera, is to become the next president of Chile after a runoff election that put an end to a 20-year hold on power by the left-wing coalition of outgoing head-of-state Michelle Bachelet.

UPDATED 12.10PM A 'not guilty' plea was recorded from Tasyrif Tajuddin before the PJ Sessions Court judge this morning.

Seventeen Muslim and 13 Christian NGOs in Pahang met yesterday to seek consensus in addressing the issue of attacks on houses of worship which have been occurring of late.

He told Saudi press that the attacks on churches in Malaysia were a 'minor aberration' that did not reflect the feelings of most Muslims.

Haitians sought comfort in their faith Sunday, flocking to pray in church ruins as the government said 70,000 bodies had been buried in mass graves since the earthquake disaster.

free 'As a Roman Catholic Christian, I am totally against acts of vandalism or violence related to the use of ‘Allah' on places of worship, which are sacred grounds. For the alleged attack on the mosque, I strongly condemn it.'

free 'We have Umno misusing hundreds of millions of ringgit of taxpayers' money and arm twisting banks to write off loans.'

Saddam Hussein's notorious henchman "Chemical Ali" was on Sunday sentenced to death for ordering the gassing of Kurds in the Iraqi town of Halabja, a brutal attack that killed an estimated 5,000 people.

Clashes erupted between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria's central city of Jos Sunday, killing at least 10 people and prompting the government to impose a dusk-to-dawn curfew, residents and officials said.

The role of the Roman Catholic Church during the Holocaust hung over a landmark visit Sunday by Pope Benedict XVI to Rome's main synagogue.