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The carnival begins
KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 6 – The Pas parade has arrived at the DMMZ 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 the MBs of Perak, Selangor Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, Hadi, Tian Chua, Liew Chin Tong and 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
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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 |
Diplomats converge on Israel in push for truce GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip, Jan 5 - Israel consolidated its hold on parts of the Gaza Strip today seizing high-rise buildings on the outskirts of the territory's biggest city as... 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 |
Sports
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 |
We can’t lose to UnitedJAN 6 — Salomon Kalou has warned his Chelsea team-mates: We cannot let Manchester United beat us. United will move to within a point of the Blues if they win... 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 |
Malaysia Airports says it has funds to build LCCT in 3 years KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 - With its financial restructuring plan approved two weeks ago, Malaysia Airports is confident it can build a low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT) within the KL International... 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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