Archive - 23 June 2004

A meteorology official warned that forest and brush fires which create the haze could worsen as the rainy season is not expected before September.

We can complement each other and both carriers can benefit, says AirAsia chairperson Pahamin Rajab.

Three weeks into the alleged 12-hour abduction of a Burmese journalist, the police have yet to make any inroads in its investigation.

Badan Perhubungan Umno negeri diingatkan bahawa mengikut perlembagaan parti itu, ia tidak berhak menetap atau menyenaraikan siapakah yang layak bertanding jawatan dalam parti.

Lawyer Anthony Liman who contested on the Sarawak National Party ticket is unable to contest the election result for the Selangau parliamentary seat due to a procedural failure.

The government says media fears about the haze conditions must be put to rest as the air quality is not as bad as other countries. However, it has no plans to release the air pollution index figures.

Commander-in-Chief of the US Pacific Command Admiral Thomas Fargo says the superpower would help only 'upon invitation' as it has 'tremendous respect' for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of other countries.

The environmental agency has again refused to release numerical readings of the air pollutants index (API) on grounds that this could mislead the public. Consumer groups have had enough of the silence.

We are sad and shocked that this has happened, says Deputy Defence Minister Zainal Abidin Zin.

Sein Mar, who was detained for illegal assembly, has been in prison for nearly a month while her seven-year-old daughter is cared for by an UN agency. A group of international and local organisations are now calling for her release.

A smog shrouding Malaysia worsened today, delaying some flights to Indonesia and forcing authorities to consider shutting schools temporarily due to health concerns.

The threat of seaborne terrorism needs to be taken as seriously as attacks from the air, with international shipping tracked as closely as airliners, warns the commander of US forces in the Pacific.

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad patut menyambut cabaran Lim Kit Siang untuk berdebat sama ada pengisytiharannya bahawa Malaysia negara Islam pada 2001, tidak melanggar Perlembagaan Persekutuan.

The Women's Aid Organisation has zeroed in on reforms that would help battered women and their children to obtain better protection under the law.

Barisan Nasional has been awarded the Pasir Puteh parliamentary seat, won by PAS in the March 21 general election, but all other petitions filed by both parties in Kelantan have been struck out.

The gullible public believes that those in power will do whatever it takes to ensure their safety, but more often than not politicians are just full of words. Just how long more must we wait for them to 'walk their talk'?

It is election year in the United States. HARUN RASHID casts a weary eye over the facts that do not figure, and suggests the honourable way out for Federal Reserve chairperson Alan Greenspan.

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.

The MIC president urged the government to scrap moral studies and teach non-Muslim primary school pupils religion instead. Indian leaders in Penang laud the proposal and call for its immediate implementation.