Archive - 15 January 2011

Ragad, 31, was born in Damsyik but migrated to Riyadh at a young age while her father died in 2003.

PM Najib declined to disclose a timeline for the negotiations to be concluded.

The computer equipment were from the service centre of Sri Muda assemblyman Shuhaimi Shafiei of PKR in Kota Kemuning.

It will write off the remaining housing loan of about RM41 million owed by some 1,500 families who were relocated due to Bakun dam.

UPDATED 10.45PM Port Klang rep's alleged six-month absence may cost him his seat, but this was denied by his aide.

Jamil Khir warned certain quarters not to play up religious sentiments over the azan controversy.

Zaki, who will retire in a few months, said it had been and would continue to be, his objective to do good for the judiciary.

Meeting the education officials will be reps from Hindu Sangam, UM's Indian Studies department, and MIC's education bureau.

While not all criminal cases would be resolved by plea bargaining, the AG's Chambers will look into cases to be resolved by plea bargaining.

UPDATED 6.29PM Thariq Abdullah expresses regret that father's work has been politicised by those out to make personal gain from the controversy. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The Penang chapter of the Malaysian Indian Muslim Congress softens its stance following Ng Wei Aik's apology.

The 1997 act can be invoked to limit leadership terms in national sport associations so that problematic leaders can be booted out.

PAS president Hadi Awang, meanwhile, describes Ummi Hafilda as only a mosquito just released, 'so let a mosquito respond to it.'

The 'Interlok' issue on the word, 'pariah' should be "locked", said MIC president G Palanivel.

He says the recent flood catastrophe in Australia further justifies the need for M'sia to strongly consider nuclear power.

COMMENT In S'pore, keeping the roads pothole-free and drains unclogged my help get votes during election time - M'sia might want to do likewise.

COMMENT Unfortunately, the sanctity of the vote is never widely respected even by the voters themselves.

Effective until the end of their investigations, the Umno-owned daily’s suspension letter curiously also bars Hata from ‘leaving home’.

'They are already working on how to settle the matter, rather than making a big issue and quarrelling.'

BN is desperate in dredging up 'the mouldering bones of an old and discredited slander’, says PKR veep Surendran.

INTERVIEW There were cases where people didn't want me to sit in their cars because they were scared of collateral damage, says Lee Hwa Beng.

COMMENT Hasn't any other Malaysian text qualified for the role of teaching racial integration?

Angkasa is currently embarking on a nationwide tour to introduce the bank and to recruit investors.

FREE VOXPOP 'Tendering your apology does not absolve you from the fact that you had acted arrogantly and disrespectfully towards Syed Kassali and his employees.'

FREE YOURSAY 'There should be guidelines drafted for all religious ceremonies so as not to be overzealous...'

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday spoke to Malaysia's deputy premier on expanding education and security ties.

FREE YOURSAY 'The issue is not actually about the azan but the civic mindedness...'