PKR mulls delaying party polls

PKR mulls delaying party polls

PETALING JAYA, May 22 — PKR may consider delaying its party elections, initially scheduled for November, as the Pakatan Rakya…

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    Gerakan pleads for BN to open up direct membership

    KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 ― Barisan Nasional (BN) must consider letting people join directly and without regard to ethnicity if the coalition wished to survive future elections, Gerakan said today,

  • PKR mulls delaying party polls The Malaysian Insider
    PKR mulls delaying party polls

    PETALING JAYA, May 22 — PKR may consider delaying its party elections, initially scheduled for November, as the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) anchor party is still recovering from a “fierce” Election 2013

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    Adam's father gets to meet him at Jinjang lockup

    Adam Adli Abdul Halim has been subjected to interrogation for two days in a row and was not even given a pillow or a blanket to sleep, said lawyer Fadiah Nadwa Fikri, who visited student activist

  • Penang Umno Youth leader denies role in assault of MP’s aides The Malaysian Insider
    Penang Umno Youth leader denies role in assault of MP’s aides

    GEORGE TOWN, May 22 ― Penang Umno Youth deputy chief Norman Zahalan has denied involvement in the scuffle that broke out during a candlelight vigil at Sungai Dua here on Monday night.

  • Gerakan pleads for BN to open up direct membership The Malaysian Insider
    Gerakan pleads for BN to open up direct membership

    KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 ― Barisan Nasional (BN) must consider letting people join directly and without regard to ethnicity if the coalition wished to survive future elections, Gerakan said today,

  • Sinai kidnappers free Egypt security personnel AFP News
    Sinai kidnappers free Egypt security personnel

    Kidnappers on Wednesday released three Egyptian policemen and four soldiers captured last week in the Sinai peninsula, the army said.

  • Iran bars Rafsanjani from standing for president AFP News
    Iran bars Rafsanjani from standing for president

    Iran said Tuesday the moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was among those barred from standing in next month's presidential election, provoking a sharp reaction from Washington.

  • Hezbollah sends new fighters to bloody Syria battle AFP News
    Hezbollah sends new fighters to bloody Syria battle

    Hezbollah fighters poured across the border from Lebanon into Syria, a watchdog and others said, bolstering Syrian regime forces battling to retake the key rebel stronghold of Qusayr.

  • Pakistan's Imran Khan leaves hospital for home AFP News
    Pakistan's Imran Khan leaves hospital for home

    Pakistani politician Imran Khan left hospital Wednesday, two weeks after breaking bones in his back in a fall at an election rally, a hospital spokesman said.

  • Chinese PM on Pakistan visit AFP News
    Chinese PM on Pakistan visit

    Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in Pakistan Wednesday for a two-day visit where he will meet prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif as the long-time allies look to boost trade ties.

  • India's 'unbanked' masses get fleeced
    India's 'unbanked' masses get fleeced

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  • Bank of Japan says no new easing measures AFP News
    Bank of Japan says no new easing measures

    The Bank of Japan on Wednesday held off fresh easing measures, saying after a two-day policy meeting that a continuation of steps introduced last month would help Japan overcome deflation.

  • Japan posts worst April trade deficit AFP News
    Japan posts worst April trade deficit

    Japan on Wednesday posted its worst April trade deficit as a weak yen ramped up import costs and helped extend the run of monthly shortfalls to the longest in more than three decades.

  • The Irish loophole behind Apple's low tax bill Reuters
    The Irish loophole behind Apple's low tax bill

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  • U.S. Senate panel approves immigration bill Reuters
    U.S. Senate panel approves immigration bill

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday passed a sweeping immigration bill that would give millions of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted

  • Apple CEO makes no apology for company's tax strategy Reuters
    Apple CEO makes no apology for company's tax strategy

    By Patrick Temple-West and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through

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