Archive - 9 July 2009

The man who pushed for the inquest on K Sujatha's death was put on the dock today and his credibility was repeatedly challenged by S Vell Paari's lawyer.

We have all heard of failed states, but in Indonesia we also have failed local government. A recent UNDP forum revealed an estimated 48 new local government units in Indonesia are spending 70 percent of their budget only on paying civil servants.

The seven-year struggle by 43 squatter families in Kampung KTM in Perak to be relocated in the same housing estate has finally borne fruit.

SPECIAL REPORT Outraged co-operatives are in a flux over a new Act that has robbed them of the original mission of lifting ordinary man' station in life.

Kelantan Umno chief Mustapa Mohamed says the party and Barisan Nasional is still not within the 'comfort zone' to wrest the Manek Urai state seat from rival PAS.

UPDATED 7.30PM Kimma Federal Territory state chief Mohd Fazil William Abdullah claims that party president Syed Ibrahim had acted against the party constitution by sacking him.

Budget carrier AirAsia has launched "Redbox", an express courier service it says will be 50 percent cheaper than its rivals.

The alternative site chosen for the Kedah pig abattoir has got the nod from all parties but slaughterers fear that they may not be able to foot the bill for a new filtering pool.

The order was made based on the cessation of active hostilities between the Sri Lankan state and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

UPDATED 7PM Displeased with the government's decision to scrap the language switch policy, it's architect Dr Mahathir Mohamad is seeking the public's opinion on the matter.

Lawyer and former Sabah cabinet minister Kong Hong Ming said he was dumbstuck by the ineptitude of authorities over his revelation of illegal sea coral mining in Tawau waters

Official papers unveil how villagers were kept in the dark by the previous BN gov't.

More questions are being raised as to why the Penang state gov't failed to lodge reports with the relevant authorities if they suspected fraud in the deal.

free ‘The statistics given by Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to justify the scrapping of the language policy in the teaching of Maths and Science is questionable.'

Despite aid pledges from several countries, Gaza civilians are suffering without sufficient medical supplies and food resulting from the continuing Israel blockade.

Unofficial results gave the incumbent ex-general a massive lead over opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri and outgoing vice-president Jusuf Kalla.

Penang Chief Minister Lim's mission to win hearts and minds in Manek Urai by-election receives warm reception. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 4.20PM With the leave, the ousted Perak menteri besar can ask the apex court to overturn a Court of Appeal decision which made his rival Zambry the head of the state.

All the local dailies today reported on the change in the policy of using English to teach Science and Maths effective 2012.

Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has defended Umno's role in championing Islam by stating that the party had been doing so even before PAS did.

Hindraf leaders' statements over the Kg Buah Pala crisis in recent weeks is only sowing racial discord and paving the way for the developer to reap a handsome profit, says a DAP parlimentarian

Thousands of riot police wearing helmets and carrying shields lined up on a main road in Urumqi dividing the city centre from a Uighur district, with columns of soldiers behind them.

The SPAF union wrote to French aviation authority and the European Aviation Safety Agency, accusing both of ignoring a string of incidents involving defective airspeed, or pitot probes.