Archive - 22 March 2010

PARLIAMENT The PAS president says this was because the Al-Quran did not bar followers of other religions from using the word ‘Allah’.

UPDATED 10.02PM While everyone talked about the need for unity, the tension the upcoming elections were generating was unmistakable . [FULL LIST INSIDE]

She was called in to help in investigations regarding a press release issued by the organisation over the recent canning of three Muslim women.

EXCLUSIVE Ong Ka Ting led MCA to a disastrous electoral outing in March 2008 and its coming back to haunt him in the upcoming polls.

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is ready to defend his allegations that the 1Malaysia concept had its roots in the Zionist 'One Israel' idea.

Film-makers can depict homosexuals for the first time in strictly censored Malaysia -- so long as they repent or even go straight in the end, an industry group said Monday.

The US Congress narrowly passed an historic health overhaul, taking the United States closer to universal medical care and handing Barack Obama the biggest triumph of his presidency.

Malaysia's auto sales rose 8.7 percent year-on-year in February, an industry group said Monday, as demand picked up in Southeast Asia's biggest passenger car market after the global downturn.

Independent MP Ibrahim Ali says this is because Anwar Ibrahim has gone public with information relating to the ongoing sodomy trial. [VIDEO INSIDE]

An NGO is seeking to prohibit SIS Forum from using 'Sisters in Islam' as its name and identity.

DAP’s Lim Kit Siang and PKR’s Jeffrey Kitingan want greater accountability of the oil and gas corporation’s reserves.

PARLIAMENT updated 8.25pm PKR MPs insist that Apco Worldwide is linked to Israel,and engaging this company would earn the wrath of other Islamic nations. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The three Umno Youth branches have based their complaint on "hearsay in Parliament", argues one lawyer.

Khalid Ibrahim has denied speculation that this would be his last term as Selangor MB and that he would be returning to the corporate world.

UPDATED 5.45PM The most vocal group were an orange brigade who would welcome rival leaders with repeated shouts of "Ong Tee Keat!" at the building carpark.

EXCLUSIVE  In the first of a three-part interview, Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin addresses the emergence of Malay rights NGO, Perkasa. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Thailand's government Monday extended a tough security law and furnished weapons to personnel guarding key sites, raising the stakes in a standoff with thousands of red-clad protesters.

Hong Kong's air pollution soared to record levels on Monday, the Environmental Protection Department said, warning that a toxic stew enveloping the city was a danger to the public.

Israeli warplanes struck the southern part of the Gaza Strip in an overnight raid following Palestinian rocket fire, Palestinian witnesses and the Israeli military said on Monday.

A medical practitioner has alleged that wrong diagnoses and wrong prescriptions were detected in recent study in Kampar.

UPDATED 5.01PM The home minister responds to allegations made by IGP Musa in an interview published in Mingguan Malaysia yesterday.

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy was left scrambling for a way to relaunch his once relentless reform drive on Monday, after a humiliating defeat in nationwide regional elections.

The poor, who need it most, are the ones deprived.

The Cambodian government has threatened to expel a United Nations envoy if UN agencies continue "unacceptable interference" in the country, according to a letter seen on Monday.

With the MCA party polls this Sunday, the race for positions, major and minor, continued to be the focus of attention in the media.

If Anwar Ibrahim loses their trust, there will be no going back, either for him or them.

COMMENT Its self-cannibalism is rooted in domination over vast amounts of money and patronage.

PARLIAMENT UPDATED 3.05PM He must back up his claim on the 'One Israel' slogan. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The former mufti of Perlis, well-known for his progressive and forthright opinions, will be starting his column 'Tinta Hujah' this Sunday.

free VOXPOP 'Chua Soi Lek has committed a crime which is the same as the charge that is preferred on Anwar Ibrahim.'

free YOURSAY 'Who started the rot? Who watched, participated and allowed the police force to be used by politicians for their political survival?'

COMMENT The police force should know that there’s a distinction between serving to the state and serving the government of the day.