BY CLARA CHOOIASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 ― Umno’s consideration of the proposal for a single, multiracial Barisan Nasional (BN) party proves its admission that race-based politics is
Nik Aziz: Umno’s race-based politics at dead end The Malaysian Insider
- Malaysians among world’s economic Pollyannas, says US pollster The Malaysian Insider
By Debra ChongAssistant News Editor KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 ― Malaysians are among the most upbeat people in the world about the economy, believing the state’s coffers to be robust, their personal
- MB Selangor akui kelemahan dalam politik, tubuh ‘political liaison’ The Malaysian Insider
Oleh Md Izwan dan Ida Lim
- Pakatan seeks 500,000 volunteers for anti-EC action The Malaysian Insider
PETALING JAYA, May 26 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) wants to sign up some 500,000 volunteers to protest at the Election Commission (EC) offices until the members resign in favour of replacements who report
- Election commissioners should quit over indelible ink fiasco, rally to … The Malaysian Insider
Bersih co-chair Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan and PKR strategy chief Rafizl Ramli led the calls for the entire EC to step down after complaints about the indelible ink, introduced in Election 2013 to
- Azmin: Crackdown a return to Mahathirism Malaysiakini
The recent crackdown on opposition leaders and pro-democracy activists is a clear sign of the return of 'Mahathirism', when high-handed tactics were used to to muzzle dissidents, PKR says.
Swedish police said Saturday they hoped reinforcements and a heavy volunteer presence on the streets would help quash nightly riots that started almost a week ago in Stockholm's immigrant-dominated
- Venezuela top court rejects challenge to Maduro win AFP News
In a ruling on Saturday, Venezuela's Supreme Court rejected one of six challenges to the April 14 presidential election which saw Hugo Chavez's successor Nicolas Maduro win by a razor-thin margin.
- Fifty arrested ahead of Paris anti-gay marriage rally AFP News
Fifty opponents of gay marriage were arrested in central Paris, police said, on the eve of a major protest against a new French law allowing homosexual couples to formally tie the knot.
- Trio arrested over London soldier murder AFP News
Three men were arrested Saturday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder the British soldier hacked to death in a London street in an Islamist attack.
- Africa celebrates progress and 50 years of 'unity' AFP News
African leaders Saturday marked the African Union's 50th birthday against a backdrop of economic growth, despite persistent armed conflicts and the new shadow of the threat of terrorism.
- French soldier stabbed on patrol in Paris AFP News
A French soldier on anti-terrorist duties was stabbed in the neck Saturday in an attack that President Francois Hollande said could not "at this stage" be linked to the brutal murder this week of a
Japan's premier on Saturday pledged "all possible assistance" to kick-start Myanmar's ailing economy, hailing a major industrial zone near Yangon as a symbol of development for the impoverished
- Yahoo joins growing list of bidders for Hulu: sources Reuters
By Ronald Grover and Greg Roumeliotis LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc has submitted a formal proposal to buy Hulu, joining a growing list of bidders for the video service owned by News
- Swiss free trade deal underscores China's globalisation: Li AFP News
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday hailed a free trade deal with Switzerland as a landmark achievement, saying it had "huge meaning" for global trade and underscored Beijing's growing openness to
- WTO panel to examine Japan-China steel duties dispute AFP News
The World Trade Organization said Friday its dispute settlement board had agreed to a request from Japan to create a panel to examine its dispute with China over steel duties.
- Air China orders 100 Airbus A320 jets worth $8.8 bn AFP News
Air China said on Friday it had ordered 100 Airbus A320 series medium-range single-aisle passenger jets, which carry a catalogue price of $8.8 billion (6.8 billion euros).
- Air Liquide reveals deal in Chinese nylon production AFP News
French industrial gases group Air Liquide has won a "major" long-term contract with a group in China accounting for 12.0 percent of the production of nylon for the Chinese textile industry, Air
Cyber hackers attacked several official Saudi websites on Saturday, posting an Algerian flag on their homepages that later vanished, local media reported.
- CTIA 2013 roundup: smart windows, smart doors and smartphones for the Latino … AFP Relax
The CTIA show, which at the end of this week bid farewell to its current format, still had one or two surprises, despite coming under criticism from some in the tech world for having Jennifer Lopez
- Google to bankroll, build wireless networks across Africa: WSJ Reuters
(Reuters) - Google Inc intends to finance, build and help operate wireless networks from sub-Saharan Africa to Southeast Asia, hoping to connect a billion or so people in emerging countries to the
- A look at Netflix since stock plunged from peak AP
Here's a look at Netflix since its stock peaked in July 2011 at nearly $305. Netflix had just announced an unpopular price increase in the U.S., and investors got worried by the intensity of the
- Yahoo joins growing list of bidders for Hulu: sources Reuters
By Ronald Grover and Greg Roumeliotis LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc has submitted a formal proposal to buy Hulu, joining a growing list of bidders for the video service owned by News
- Google eyes emerging markets networks: report AFP News
Google has become deeply involved in a series of projects to build and operate wireless networks in emerging markets including sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, a report said Friday.
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- Anwar broke treaty with Najib by protesting polls results, reveals WSJ The Malaysian Insider
BY CLARA CHOOIASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 ― Former Indonesian vice-president Jusuf Kalla has accused Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim of reneging on a peace deal to respect the outcome of Election 2013 that he brokered between the opposition leader and Datuk Seri Najib Razak in April.
- BN sebagai parti tunggal, Umno sudah sampai di jalan mati, kata Nik Az … The Malaysian Insider
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- BN to face angrier Malaysians with continued crackdown, warns Ambiga The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Putrajaya will only face more wrath from right-thinking Malaysians if it continues its nationwide crackdown on opposition supporters, Datuk Ambiga Sreenavasan said today.
- Faulty Balik Pulau contest gives Pakatan proof of nationwide vote-rigging, … The Malaysian Insider
PETALING JAYA, May 24 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has claimed the alleged irregularities found in the contest for the Balik Pulau seat alone could prove that the May 5 general election results had been rigged, a leader from the federal opposition pact said today.
- ‘Impossible’ to give all votes equal value, EC chairman says The Malaysian Insider
BY CLARA CHOOIASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 ― The Election Commission (EC) has confirmed that its year-end redelineation exercise will involve an increase in federal seats but its chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said it would be “impossible” to guarantee equal value for every vote.
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