Archive - 11 April 2010

He says he had agreed to be a mediator to help monitor the distribution of oil royalty in Kelantan, not negotiate to resolve any dispute in the matter.

The DAP will meet PKR leaders, including its president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail here tonight to decide on the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) candidate for the Sibu parliamentary seat by-election.

The PM arrived in Washington yesterday to kick off a week-long working visit during which he will have a bilateral meeting with US President Barack Obama.

Investigators trawled through flight recordings and debris Sunday to work out why pilots of a jet crash which killed Poland's president ignored warnings not to land, as the nation began a week of mourning.

"It is becoming clear that Ahbisit and the old elite are bringing the country towards a fascist dictatorship. Thailand has entered a new phase of class war."

They have been using the land for more than 15 years to grow rubber and fruit trees and vegetables, says village headman Lai Swu Chong.

"We in PKR do not look at that aspect but instead look for an eligible candidate who can win the hearts and minds of the voters in Hulu Selangor," said Selangor PKR chief Khalid Ibrahim.

Gobind Singh Deo says this is not the first complaint of harassment Pornthip has faced, while fellow DAP MP Lim Lip Eng said he believes the Malaysian government is eyeing the Hulu Selangor by-election.

UPDATED 6.30PM 'She lied in the inquest and she is lying now,' says de facto law minister Mohd Nazri Aziz.

Penang CM Lim Guan Eng launches another attack against the Federation Chinese Associations (Hua Zong), urging them to declare their links to MCA.

Party insiders say PKR may change its candidate at the 11th hour if the BN decides not to field MIC deputy-president G Palanivel.

A sign of the times that politics need not be boring when voters hold the cards.

The agriculture, horticulture and agrotourism show had been planned much earlier, says Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Noh Omar.

When Desmond Jerukan received the email inviting him to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's tea party at Sri Perdana in Putrajaya last March 13, he thought somebody was trying to play a joke on him.

EXCLUSIVE The renowned Thai pathologist says there have been ‘political pressures’ from the Malaysian government.

free 'Mohd Khir Toyo's father was an immigrant, while my grandparents migrated here 200 years ago. Who is more Malaysian - Khir Toyo or me?'

free 'When the new dawn arrives, never will so many from this once promising nation owe so much to so few of the brave.'

UPDATED 9.45PM A Japanese cameraman with the Reuters news agency was among those killed as the army launched a crackdown on the 'Red Shirts'.