Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the newspapers?

Front Page

English newspapers

New Straits Times and Star frontpaged Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's decision to step in and help resolve the MCA leadership crisis.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia focused on the High Court's decision that the night interrogations done by the Malaysia Anti Corruption Commission are against the law.

Berita Harian led with news of the nearly 50,000 UPSR candidates who managed to score grade A in all five subjects.

Chinese newspapers

China Press , Oriental Daily News , Sin Chew Daily and Nanyang Siang Pau all frontpaged Najib's announcement that he will meet MCA top leaders before Nov 28, to settle the party's internal power struggle.

Tamil newspapers

All three Tamil dailies - Tamil Nesan, Malaysia Nanban and Makkal Nanban - reported that Tamil schools students did well in the recent UPSR examinations. In the results announced yesterday, 817 students from Tamil schools had obtained 7As.

Editorial

New Straits Times lamented Israel's stubbornness in going ahead with its plans to illegally settle Jews in occupied Palestine, mentioning the recent settlement of Gilo as another black cloud over the middle east peace process.

Berita Harian urged the MCA leadership to show maturity and put the party first in any efforts to solve its leadership crisis.

Sin Chew Daily supported the government's move to pass a bill protecting personal financial data.

China Press called upon MCA's disputing factions to reconcile to prevent UMNO direct interference.

Nanyang Siang Pau urged MCA to settle its internal dispute before it loses its credibility among the Chinese community.

Makkal Osai commended the Tamil schools for a job well done for this year's UPSR.

Malaysia Nanban commented on the ongoing crisis in the MCA.