Archive - 4 April 2010

Affirmative action stays, says PM

Affirmative action will not be done away with, but will be carried out in a fairer and more transparent manner.

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Lies against 1Msia due to its greater acceptance: PM

The 1Malaysia Concept is an idea mooted following discussions with various groups to create a new instrument to strengthen national solidarity, says Najib Abdul Razak.

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Jeffrey denies 'creating' Mahathir take on Umno

Sabah opposition strongman Jeffrey Gapari Kitingan denies that he made up comments attributed to Dr Mahathir Mohamad pertaining to Sabah Umno.

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BN to announce candidate for Hulu S'gor April 15

The BN candidate for the Hulu Selangor parliamentary by-election will be announced on Aprl 15, says DPM Muhyiddin Yassin.

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PKR will not use state gov't facilities to campaign

PKR will not take advantage of its position in the Selangor government when campaigning in the Hulu Selangor by-election, said the party’s election strategist Fuziah Salleh.

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Nik Aziz denies logging concessions for 'donations' claim

Nik Aziz's denial comes on the heels of claims that timber concession approvals are tied to 'donations' to entities connected to cabinet members.

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Pakatan still undecided on Hulu S'gor candidate

UPDATED 7.30PM PKR is nowhere close to naming its candidate for the Hulu Selangor by-election, says PKR leader S Manikavasagam.

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MIC confident of BN victory in Hulu S'gor

The MIC is confident the BN will recapture Hulu Selangor in the April 25 by-election, said MIC's Dr S Subramaniam.

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Book on children's rights to be published

Puteri Umno will coordinate with the Puteri movements to jointly publish a book on children's rights.

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Looking forward to a new dawn at Easter

COMMENT Christians make up only nine percent of Malaysia’s diverse population. Yet they certainly face great challenges.

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Last M'sian adult witness to British massacre dies

Tham Yong, 78, who died on Friday, saw 14 Scots Guards kill the villagers in what became known as the Batang Kali massacre.

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Pope to address world under cloud of scandal

The pope celebrates Easter mass and makes his traditional Urbi et Orbi message "to the city and the world" Sunday with the Catholic Church shaken internationally by paedophile scandals.

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S Africa white supremacist leader killed

The 69-year-old Afrikaans Resistance Movement leader Eugene Terre'Blanche was found with facial and head injuries and a machete on his body after an alleged dispute with the workers.

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'Perkasa not extreme but Hindraf is'

free 'While Perkasa can go on protesting, why not let Hindraf and other NGOs go and speak their hearts out? Will the PM then keep quiet and say that they too aren't extreme?'

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The end of mamak stalls: Boon or bane?

free 'It will be not only the mamak shops that should be shut down. The barbers, textile shops, garland-makers and scrap steel workers which depend on slave imported labour should go.'

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Hospital sub-contractor seeks to wind up princess' firm

EXCLUSIVE The construction of the troubled RM482 million Shah Alam Hospital has taken a new twist with two disgruntled contractors at each other throats.

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