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Pakatan akan gesa panel khas parlimen untuk persempadanan yang adil The Malaysian Insider
- Opposition crackdown shows reforms a lie, say Pakatan leaders The Malaysian Insider
PETALING JAYA, May 24 — The security dragnet on opposition leaders and critics this past week is the clearest sign yet that the Barisan Nasional (BN) government was never honest in wanting real
- Josie Fernandez expected to vie for top TI-M spot Malaysiakini
With Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) set to elect its new president on Friday, its secretary-general Josie M Fernandez is once again expected to vie for the top spot in the largely
- Pakatan to push for parliamentary panel to redraw seats fairly The Malaysian Insider
PETALING JAYA, May 24 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) wants a parliamentary select committee (PSC) as a bilateral platform to ensure a fairer constituency redelineation exercise once Parliament convenes, its
- Tian Chua, Haris, Tamrin to be detained overnight at Jinjang The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers Chua Tian Chang and Tamrin Ghafar, and political activist Haris Ibrahim, have been arrested for sedition and will be held overnight at the police
By Marice Richter GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a ban on openly gay scouts that had been in place throughout the organization's 103-year history,
- Repatriating detainees to Yemen key to closing Guantanamo Reuters
By Susan Cornwell and Jane Sutton WASHINGTON/MIAMI (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's pledge on Thursday to lift a ban on transfers of detainees to Yemen from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
- Obama shifts US from 'perpetual war-footing,' limits drone strikes Reuters
By Matt Spetalnick and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday shifted the United States away from a "boundless global war on terror," restricting deadly drone
- Islamists kill 21 in suicide attacks in Niger Reuters
By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY (Reuters) - Islamist suicide bombers struck an army barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, officials said, killing 21 people and wounding dozens
- FBI reviews death of Chechen man shot during Florida questioning Reuters
By Barbara Liston and Mark Hosenball ORLANDO, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A special Federal Bureau of Investigation team from Washington on Thursday began reviewing the death of a Chechen immigrant
- British police ponder conspiracy after soldier murder Reuters
By Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Police investigating the murder of a soldier hacked to death on a busy London street were looking on Friday into whether the two suspected
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Switzerland Thursday for talks set to focus on a landmark free trade deal with the Alpine country, which he has dubbed a touchstone for Beijing's growing ties
- Hulu video site auction attracts four bidders: sources Reuters
By Ronald Grover LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former News Corp president Peter Chernin and private equity fund Guggenheim Digital Media have placed bids for Hulu, two people with knowledge of the matter
- Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc, the top player in web display advertising, breaks antitrust law in how it handles some ad
- China clears Boeing 787s for nation's airlines: Boeing AFP News
Chinese regulators have approved the Boeing 787 to fly in the country, Boeing said Thursday, a move that opens up a large potential market to the US aerospace giant.
- Icahn seeks up to $7 billion for Dell bid Reuters
By Michelle Sierra NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc have initiated talks with banks and asset managers to line up commitments for as much as $7
- Oil recovers after dive on Chinese data AFP News
Global oil prices closed little changed Thursday, recovering from sharper losses earlier in the day after weak Chinese manufacturing data.
By Ronald Grover LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former News Corp president Peter Chernin and private equity fund Guggenheim Digital Media have placed bids for Hulu, two people with knowledge of the matter
- LG joins the new wave of waterproof smartphones AFP Relax
The unveiling of the Optimus GJ means that consumers will soon have a choice of three different handsets that can withstand the wear and tear of a summer beach holiday.
- Judge says leaning toward U.S. in Apple e-books case Reuters
By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - In an unusual move before a trial, a federal judge expressed a tentative view that the U.S. Justice Department will be able to show evidence that Apple Inc
- ITC says Microsoft did not violate Google patent Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp won a round in a complex patent war on Thursday when the International Trade Commission said the company's popular Xbox entertainment system did not violate a
- Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc, the top player in web display advertising, breaks antitrust law in how it handles some ad
- Amazon expands Kindle tablet sale to 170 countries AFP News
Online retail titan Amazon announced Thursday it is expanding sales of its Kindle tablet computers to "over 170 countries and territories around the world," and its Appstore in nearly 200 countries.
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- 'GST will burden every M'sian by RM1,000 a year' Malaysiakini
Every Malaysian will be burdened by an extra RM 1,000 a year should the government impose a seven percent Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has said.
- Pathmanabhan, tiga pekerja ladang ke tali gantung kerana bunuh Sosilawati … Bernama
SHAH ALAM, 23 Mei (Bernama) -- Mahkamah Tinggi di sini hari ini mendapatibekas peguam N. Pathmanabhan dan tiga pekerja ladangnya bersalah membunuhjutawan kosmetik Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya dan tiga individu lain tiga tahunlepas, dan dijatuhi hukuman gantung sampai mati. Hakim Datuk Akhtar Tahir memutuskan sedemikian selepas berpuas hati bahawapihak pembelaan gagal menimbulkan keraguan munasabah terhadap kes pendakwaan. Pathmanabhan serta tiga pekerja ladang iaitu T. Thilaiyalagan, R. Matan danR.
- Crackdown begins! The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 ― Batu MP Chua Tian Chang, activist Haris Ibrahim and PAS’s Tamrin Ghafar were arrested for sedition today and brought to the Jinjang police station for questioning, according to reports.
- ‘Haram’ to topple government through violence, repeats Fatwa Council The Malaysian Insider
NILAI, May 22 – The National Fatwa Council reiterated a “fatwa” declaring demonstrations and rallies to topple government through violence as “haram” (forbidden) yesterday, becoming the latest Islamic body to comment on the issue.
- Sistem pilihan raya Malaysia dicipta untuk kekalkan kuasa BN, kata ahli … The Malaysian Insider
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