Archive - 28 December 2007

In yesterday’s landmark judgment, potentially explosive issues such as jurisdiction, conversion and custody of a child were raised but confusion reigns.

updated 8.25pm Organisers of the aborted candlelight vigil last week have applied for a police permit to hold the event on Jan 5.

While the Chinese are disgruntled at being treated as second-class citizens, they are at the same time quick to define foreign workers as 'undesirable others'.

The coalition will spearhead efforts to amend the Special Complaints Commission bill to give the body more powers or restore the original IPCMC bill.

Father Lawrence Andrew revealed the Internal Security Ministry had sent a directive that the weekly’s BM section will be effectively abolished when the new permit is issued.

Sadly, there is a lot of imbalance for the disabled community in general and many deaf people are at the mercy of employers.

Most dailies front-paged the assassination of pro-democracy Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto last night.

It hasn’t been a ‘boar-ing’ year - hideous crimes, high-profile court cases, explosive scandals and mammoth street rallies. But which of these produced our ‘award winner’?

'I feel very shocked to hear the news that Benazir Bhutto has been killed while campaigning for the elections in Pakistan,' says Pak Lah.

The Pakistan opposition leader was assassinated in a suicide attack yesterday, just two months after she returned from exile for a political comeback.

The recently appointed officials of the Selangor Badminton Association accuse the sports commissioner of abusing his power and of taking sides in trying to allow an Umno politician to gain control.