Archive - 6 March 2010

The outgoing president takes potshots at his detractors for using 'crutches' to topple him, in an obvious reference to Umno.

RM150 million has been allocated for the development of infrastructure for Orang Asli in the country, said Rural and Regional Development Minister Mohd Shafie Apdal.

Zulkifli Noordin, the Kulim Bandar Baru parliamentarian who was kicked out from his PKR party, said that he would “consider other options” before taking the next step in his political career. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The high commissioner said the call by the Australian lawmakers were their personal views.

COMMENT There must have been a huge sigh of relief among PKR members though the action brought to 27 the number of their MPs in Parliament.

PAS secretary-general Mustafa Ali has called on the government to amend the election law to allow party-hoppers to re-contest their seats.

'There are still three more years to go before the current term of the (Perak) legislative assembly expires.'

The survey, to be done in October, is to gauge the success of PM Najib's 1Malaysia concept.

Failure to do so, said Kedah Gerakan's Youth wing, would render clear the disagreement that Pakatan governments have on the issue of local council elections. 

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is concerned about possible misconduct in Afghanistan by the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater and has promised to review the issue, the Pentagon said.

Despite the order given by Chew, Heng and Tan had led 350 delegates to proceed with today's Wanita AGM.

The Goods and Services Tax is like a modern-day Robin Hood robbing the poor to give the rich, unlike the folk hero who did the reverse.

UPDATED 7.55PM The PKR supreme council today has decided to boot out Zulkifli Noordin, the Kulim Bandar Baru MP who has been a thorn in the flesh of the fledging party. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The caretaker CC responds to accusations of interfering in its wings affairs following a storm of criticism for refusing to put off its AGM.

INTERVIEW The MCA drama continues but no one is counting the cost to the party as the next polls steadily draw closer and ominously closer.

Mohd Ali, who is Umno supreme council member, also said that Umno was growing in strength in Sabah.

The meeting turned emotional at one stage when CC member Chong Sau Chan from Perak started crying, causing all other members to sob.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown came under fire on Saturday for the way he defended his role in the 2003 Iraq invasion, with some commentators saying he had slipped off the hook.

COMMENT Mutual loathing between two PKR heavies is set to make the party the object of its enemies’ derision.

Time for a relook at the dependance on the EO for use against minor offences which denies justice to even to the under-aged.

UPDATED 1.15PM Two days before Pakatan celebrates its second anniversary of its takeover of Penang, the state government announces it has moved to restore local council polls.

US President Barack Obama pledged to reduce both the number and the role of nuclear weapons as he recommitted himself to the abolition of the ultra-destructive arms.

UPDATED 1.03PM Controversial monthly Islamic magazine Al-Islam has issued an open apology to the Catholic Church and Christian Malaysians.

Some 230,000 Icelanders are expected to reject an an unpopular bank collapse repayment deal for Britain and the Netherlands in a referendum that is occuring today.

UPDATED 1.50PM The Wanita AGM drew more than 350 delegates - about one-fifth of the total reps - and the event proceeds in the absence of top leaders. [VIDEO INSIDE]

It looks like the MCA annual general assembly tomorrow will be solely an Ong Tee Keat affair.

An Italian ex-militant wanted for murder in his home country was sentenced in Brazil to two years in prison for passport fraud, sparking an extradition row days ahead of a visit by Italy's prime minister.

'You only need a two-thirds majority when you cannot convince the electorate and/or other MPs of the necessity and desirability of any law that you want to pass or amend.'

free 'Can we call the attorney-general nasty names and accuse him of hideous crimes and then plead ignorance and say "no offense intended"?'

US investigators Friday sought to uncover why a California man opened fire outside the Pentagon before being fatally shot by police, as Internet posts suggested he feared a vast government conspiracy.

Turkey warned of damage to its ties with the United States and protestors descended on the US embassy Friday after a Congressional panel labelled the Ottoman-era massacre of Armenians genocide.

Greek police on Friday fought protesters angered by tough new austerity measures, as European heavyweight Germany rebuffed suggestions that cash-strapped Athens needed a financial bailout.