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Nomination under way
KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 6 – The Pas parade has arrived at the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium gates and are clamouring to be let into the nomination centre. The police are letting in only the Pas candidate, Abdul Wahid Endut, 52, dressed in an olive green baju Melayu and gold weave kain pelikat, and a few of his retinue who include Pas president Hadi Awang, Perak MB Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, Selangor MB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, PKR information chief Tian Chua, DAP MP Liew Chin Tong and Pas MP Khalid Samad. >Read more |
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Welcome back, La Liga!JAN 6 – It was the big FA Cup weekend in England where all the premier league teams get involved from the third round on. And, true to tradition, there were shocks and upsets. The biggest was Manchester City capitulating at home to Championship side Nottingham Forest. The Columnists |
Malaysia
The carnival begins By Debra Chong KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 6 – The roads leading into town are jammed as police mount roadblocks even before dawn as far away as Cendering. What looks like... Read More |
Najib says KT vote is not about him By Adib Zalkapli KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 5 - Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak played down suggestions tonight that the Kuala Terengganu by-election is a referendum on his leadership.... Read More |
Sime Darby gets OK for Labu LCCT plan KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 – Sime Darby Bhd has got government approval to develop the proposed private low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT) project in Labu, Negri Sembilan. In a statement to... Read More |
World
Barack Obama gets to work on 'very sick' US economyJAN 6— Barack Obama began work in earnest yesterday, twisting arms and strokingegos in Congress to garner support for a planned $775 billion (£525billion) recovery plan for an economy that... Read More |
End of the line for Tamil Tigers?COLOMBO, Jan 6 — Sri Lankan troops have smashed through the town of Kilinochchi, which is the headquarters of the rebel Tamil Tigers, and captured part of the highly strategic... Read More |
China cracks down on online pornBEIJING, Jan 6 – China cracked down on major websites including Google and Baidu yesterday, warning against the portals' spread of pornography and vulgarity among the world's largest number of... Read More |
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Sports
McLaren boss told aircraft steward he had to wash his hands after shaking hands with Arabs all dayJAN 6— Lewis Hamilton’s boss has been branded a racist and a bully during an employment tribunal. McLaren chief Ron Dennis, who discovered the motor racing champion, was accused of... Read More |
Liverpool winger gets AC Milan chanceJAN 6— Jermaine Pennant, the out-of-favour Liverpool winger, has been given the chance to revive his career at AC Milan after being offered a pre-contract agreement by the Italian club,... Read More |
Blackburn survive, barelyBlyth 0 Blackburn 1 JAN 6 — Carlos Villanueva saved Sam Allardyce from a monumental FA Cup embarrassment last night. Big Sam fielded a second-string Rovers side against minnows... Read More |
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Business
Higher unemployment for 2009More job losses for 2009JAN 6— Economists are projecting Malaysia’s jobless rate to rise to between 4 and4.5 per cent this year following a third-quarter 2008 spike when lay-offswere four... Read More |
Projects melt, Jurong Island feels the heatSINGAPORE, Jan 6 — As major investors postpone their mega projects on Jurong Island, the knock-on effect is making matters worse. Generating companies like Sembcorp Utilities and Tuas Power have... Read More |
Khazanah eyes Desaru tourist developmentSINGAPORE, Jan – Khazanah Nasional, the Malaysian government’s investment arm, is mulling a plan to buy several choice pieces of land in the Desaru region of Southern Johor to kick-start... Read More |
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Opinion
Welcome back, La Liga!JAN 6 – It was the big FA Cup weekend in England where all the premier league teams get involved from the third round on. And, true to tradition, there... Read More |
The Freedom To BeBy Malik Imtiaz Sarwar JAN 5 – In his seminal work, "Islam And The Secular State: Negotiating The Future Of Shari'a" (Harvard; 2008), the noted scholar Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim observes... Read More |
A shoe-in for Worst US President EverGeorge W Bush does not have much time left. At noon on Jan 20, he will be out of office, having failed miserably to accomplish his mission. Bush countdown clocks... Read More |
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