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Some 45 Malaysian businessmen met the visiting Indonesian president this week for an hour-long discussion and emerged to say they would seriously consider new investment in Indonesia.

A festering illegal migrant problem is expected to dominate a landmark meeting between Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Kuala Lumpur today.

A crackdown at last? After twice being extended, the amnesty for hundreds of thousands of illegal workers will finally come to an end at the end of this month, says Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Killer tsunamis are coming again, over and over, in the nightmares of children who survived the waves which swept them from their homes or picnics in Penang.

Western tourists on Malaysia's resort island of Penang are determined to get the most out of their holidays despite death and destruction wrought by tidal waves.

We will exercise the option to buy another 40 A320 jets, and if the price is good, we will (further) increase the number of Airbus jets, says AirAsia chief executive Tony Fernandes.

Industry insider reveals that the budget carrier will buy 40 jets from Europe's Airbus and phase out its current Boeing fleet.

The refugees agency fears that asylum seekers from military-ruled Burma and the strife-torn Aceh will be swept up along with hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants.

AirAsia is listed today with its stock opening at RM1.25 and then rising to close midday at RM1.42, well up on its initial public offering (IPO) retail investor price of RM1.16 a share.

Prime Minister Abdullah says the focus should increasingly be on the issue of economic development of Muslim nations rather than politics.

Singapore's former prime minister Goh Chok Tong will head his government's efforts to resolve disputes with neighbouring Malaysia.

The Foreign Investment Committee has approved the IPO and the airline is now awaiting final approval from the Securities Commission and its management board.

Anwar is neither a threat nor will he create new dynamics in Umno. He is in the opposition and should be treated as such, says senior party leader Syed Hamid Albar.

Malaysia's pioneer budget carrier AirAsia may have its initial public offering as early as October as it has secured preliminary government approval.

Prosecutors fabricated evidence in the corruption trial of former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, claim his lawyers at the review application in Federal Court.

Anwar Ibrahim says that he had never considered rejoining Umno, party in which he was a deputy president before his sacking.

The nuclear-powered carrier USS John C Stennis with 6,000 military personnel aboard and its battle group of five warships and a submarine are here for a four-day visit.

Religions should not be torn apart by extremist impulses and we must be committed in promoting the values of peace, tolerance and plurality, says Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Southeast Asia's pioneer no-frills carrier AirAsia has set its sights on the lucrative Chinese market after opening talks with mainland aviation authorities about two new routes.

They say that Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah's contest is merely a test to see if he is relevant to Malay politics.

Fifty years later, a group of ageing comrades-in-arms have returned to find a land transformed, and a quiet pride in the part they played in the country's history.

Commander of US forces in the Pacific, Admiral Thomas Fargo, irons out differences between the two countries in hour-long talks with Defence Minister Najib Razak.

It will take "at least two generations for East Asia to reach the European benchmark ... (so) the sooner we start in all earnestness the better", warns premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

The no-frills carrier's plan is to spread its wings across Asia, and that include regional giants China and India, says AirAsia chairperson Pahamin Razab.