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Monday, 21 June 2010

A year after Neda's death, Iran movement continues



(CNN) -- A year ago Sunday, Neda Agha-Soltan died of a single gunshot wound to the chest. Her last moments -- captured on a cell phone camera and shown around…
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Parliament has final say on Tian Chua, says deputy speaker

KUALA LUMPUR, (The Malaysian Insider) — Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar maintained today that the House has final say over PKR’s Chua Tian Chang’s status…
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Khairy to Pakatan: Give us a shadow Cabinet

By Ken Vin Lek - Free Malaysia Today,

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin said that he will endorse any institutional reform to support allocation of funds to a…
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Hindraf to help track down Sarawak's assets abroad

By Joe Fernandez

KOTA KINABALU: Hindraf Makkal Sakthi is prepared to help civic action groups in Sarawak to trace, claim and bring back any ill-gotten gains salted away abroad by…
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Parliament has final say on Tian Chua, says deputy speaker

KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 — Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar maintained today that the House would have the final say over PKR’s Chua Tian Chang’s…
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Hindraf briefs Downing Street on Indian woes

By Athi Shankar - Free Malaysia Today
Hindraf supremo P Waythamoorthy briefed the British government recently on alleged serious violations of human rights in Malaysia, especially on minority Indian community.…
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M'sian 'detained' in Egypt for alleged terrorist link

By Rahmah Ghazali
VIDEO INSIDE KLANG: It was supposed to be a family homecoming from Egypt, but little did she expect that she would be returning home with her two…
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‘Don’t abandon BN because you don’t like me’

By FMT Staff
BALINGIAN: In his home constituency here, Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud urged his constituents not to abandon the Barisan Nasional just because they disliked him.
“I am…
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Where is the NEM in the 10th Plan?

By Lim Teck Ghee
COMMENT The 10th Malaysia Plan was heavily advertised as the plan that would usher in a new economic era for all Malaysians built on a New…
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Kg Baru re-development possible without Malays losing land right

By FMT Staff
SHAH ALAM: Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has urged Kampung Baru residents to revisit a re-development proposal which he had presented to them 15 years ago.…
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As public interest rises, French prosecutors intensify subs probe

Wong Choon Mei, Malaysia Chronicle

Amid growing public disquiet, French prosecutors are intensifying their probe into a series of corruption scandals involving state-controlled arms makers DCNS and Thales – vendors…
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Israelis advising Najib? Could this be the reason?

“Nucleix, a Tel-Aviv-based life sciences company, was able to create credible DNA evidence that could be used to finger the wrong person, proof that even genetic evidence can be manipulated…
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Business council mum over Rosmah ad

by Jacqueline Ann Surin and Koh Lay Chin | The Nut Graph

PETALING JAYA, 21 June 2010: The Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU), which conferred the prime minister’s wife…
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Serangan Pengganas: Agenda Politik Jahat UMNO

Dari Harakah Daily

Naib Presiden PAS, Datuk Mahfuz Omar (gambar) berkata, kenyataan mengenai serangan pengganas menunjukkan satu pakatan politik jahat antara Umno Barisan Nasional (BN) dan polis untuk menimbulkan ketakutan…
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A Sarawak Chieftain's Vast Canadian Fortune

ImageChief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud's property portfolio


(ASIA SENTINEL) The Sarawak Project, an NGO based in the East Malaysian state, has done an exhaustive study of the property holdings controlled…
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Melayu Bangkit, Cerdek, And Celek!

(Malays Awake, Smart, and Eyes Open!)
By M. Bakri Musa

It is commendable that Gertak, the Malay NGO, would have as its mission Melayu Bangkit (to awaken Malays). It should…
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Brazil put Elephants in the shade

Elano of Brazil (L) celebrates scoring his team's third goal
Brazil booked their place in the Round of 16 with a game to spare after a convincing 3-1 victory over Côte d’Ivoire at Soccer City.

Two goals from Luis Fabiano…
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Italy humbled by All Whites

Tony Lochhead of New Zealand slides into a challenge on Gianluca Gianluca Zambrotta of Italy

New Zealand caused South Africa 2010's biggest upset thus far by holding world champions Italy to a 1-1 draw at Nelspruit's Mbombela Stadium. In the end, only a Vincenzo Iaquinta…
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Paraguay too strong for Slovakia

Cristian Riveros of Paraguay (R) celebrates scoring


Paraguay claimed their first 2010 FIFA World Cup™ victory by beating Slovakia 2-0 on Sunday in Mangaung/Bloemfontein. Top of the Group F table with four points – at least until…
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Deadly blasts target Iraq bank

Many of the victims of Sunday's twin bomb blasts in Baghdad were women [AFP]
Two car bombs have exploded outside the headquarters of the Trade Bank of Iraq in Baghdad, killing at…
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Pudu jail demolition gets negative public response

When the clock strikes 10pm tomorrow, the 394-metre stretch of Pudu Jail wall fronting Jalan Pudu will be demolished after having served its purpose for the past 100 years.
pudu jail prison 290508Construction…
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