Archive - 16 February 2010

The Kulim Bandar Baru MP says he suspects this as the date for his appearance before the party disciplinary board has been fixed for Thursday when he will be overseas.

The PKR leader says he made some wrong decisions when selecting candidates for the last general election and promises that the party will be more careful the next time.

The Pahang Islamic Religious Department says a decision on her caning sentence can only be made after she meets with the Pahang crown prince.

He points out that mediation by Umno would help avoid a long drawn-out court battle and allow all quarters to benefit from a ‘win-win’ situation.

Pakatan Rakyat’s Perak leader says the coalition will not subscribe to a marriage of convenience that will see BN getting the political credit for Pakatan’s groundwork.

The move is to ensure that illegal immigrants know that the authorities are tracking them and as such they woukd be dissuaded from overstaying. 

They make it to the list of the country’s 40 richest people on the back of a stock market recovery, a magazine survey reveals.

Full body scanners introduced at two British airports after the failed Christmas Day bombing of a US-bound jet may breach human rights, the country's equality commission warned.

The US, France and Russia denied a new nuclear fuel supply proposal had been given to Iran, as claimed by Tehran, while Israel pushed for harsh sanctions.

A group of ‘peneroka bandar’ is evicted from the land in a northern Perak hamlet they had been working on the past 12 years.

Ten Americans charged with kidnapping in Haiti faced another night in jail after a power cut delayed a ruling on their fate, as their ex-adviser was probed separately for sex-trafficking.

free 'MACC should go for the boss and not him. How could he be the middle-man between projects when he has no power to approve them.'

A child samba queen who broke down in tears as she fitfully paraded in the harsh glare of the media, and two killings marred the climax of Rio's famed carnival.

Pope Benedict XVI opened talks with Irish bishops in a bid to win back trust after shocking revelations that Roman Catholic Church authorities covered up for paedophile priests.

A UN special envoy began a five-day visit to Burma to discuss human rights ahead of national polls, days after the military regime freed democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's deputy.