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Negri Umno warlords seek to unseat MBKUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 — Negri Sembilan Umno warlords are using allegations of an illegal money transfer to unseat the unpopular Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, whose aides denied the mentri besar is under central bank probe.>Read more |
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DAP: No sense gaining RM1b from GST to lose RM28b to graft By Clara Chooi IPOH, Nov 29 – DAP has urged the Federal Government to reconsider the proposed 4 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST), claiming it would do nothing to ... Read More |
Show us what BTN teaches, says Kit Siang By Clara Chooi IPOH, Nov 29 – Critics charge that it is racist in nature, the government insists it is not. The big BTN argument is really unnecessary when a solution ... Read More |
Penang may also bar staff from BTNBUKIT MERTAJAM, Nov 29 – The Penang government may follow Selangor’s move in preventing its staff from attending courses run by Biro Tata Negara (BTN) or the National Civics Bureau. Deputy ... Read More |
Tee Keat dismisses party polls in 60 days By Lee Wei Lian KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 — MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat brushed aside the "declaration" adopted by his rivals that fresh party polls should be held ... Read More |
Camry query for Zambry By Clara Chooi IPOH, Nov 29 – The Perak DAP wants the present Barisan Nasional administration under Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir to reveal the status of the ... Read More |
Negri MB’s RM10m transfer still under probe KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 — For the past several months, Bank Negara Malaysia has been investigating a hot potato: an allegation that Negri Sembilan Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan ... Read More |
Floods recede, relief centres begin to emptyIPOH, Nov 29 – As the floods began to recede today, only 90 people from 33 families remain at the relief centre in Sekolah Kebangsaan Bagan Serai, Kerian. A spokesman at ... Read More |
20 Malaysian pilgrims die in holy landMECCA, Nov 29 – Twenty Malaysian pilgrims died during the Haj season, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Maj Gen (B) Datuk Jamil Khir Baharom today. He said the deceased ... Read More |
Ku Li: Oil royalty tussle has wider implicationsKUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 — Founding Petronas chairman Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has insisted the federal government should not interfere with the national oil firm's duty to give 5 per cent ... Read More |
Delegates step on ‘frogs’ at Perak DAP convention By Clara Chooi IPOH, Nov 29 — A banner bearing the faces of the three political “frogs” that caused the fall of the Perak Pakatan Rakyat government was the source of ... Read More |
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World
Merkel faces rebellion in own party over tax cutsBERLIN, Nov 29 – Chancellor Angela Merkel has run into stiff opposition to promised tax cuts from powerful regional leaders in her conservative party who could block the measures in ... Read More |
Big developing countries form climate change frontBEIJING, Nov 29 — A clutch of major emerging economies including China and India have forged a united front to put pressure on developed countries at next month’s climate change ... Read More |
Iran speaker warns West on nuclear cooperationTEHRAN, Nov 29 — Iran’s parliament could move to reduce Tehran’s cooperation level with the UN nuclear agency watchdog if the West continues to pressure the Islamic state over its ... Read More |
Sri Lanka’s war hero runs for president COLOMBO, Nov 29 — The Sri Lankan general who oversaw the end of 25 years of war said today he will run for president, pitting himself against the man who ... Read More |
Saudi floods claim 103 lives, 1,400 rescuedDUBAI, Nov 29 —Saudi emergency services said today the death toll from floods that tore through the port city of Jeddah this week had risen to 103, with another 1,400 ... Read More |
Commonwealth admits French-speaking Rwanda as 54th memberPORT OF SPAIN, Nov 29 – The Commonwealth group of nations has admitted French-speaking Rwanda as its 54th member, a Commonwealth spokesman said on Sunday. The decision was taken by leaders ... Read More |
US hopeful of breakthrough in Iraq vote deadlockWASHINGTON, Nov 29 — Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraq’s leaders in a series of telephone calls yesterday to break a deadlock that has stalled preparations for an election seen ... Read More |
Warlords stalk corridors of powerMANILA, Nov 29 — The election-related massacre of at least 57 civilians in the troubled southern Philippines — many of them members and supporters of a local Muslim clan — ... Read More |
Commonwealth advances momentum for climate dealPORT OF SPAIN, Nov 29 — Commonwealth nations representing one-third of the world’s population threw their weight on Saturday behind accelerating efforts to clinch an “operationally binding” UN climate deal ... Read More |
Russia says bomb caused deadly train crash UPDATED UGLOVKA (Russia), Nov 29 — A bomb caused a Russian train crash that killed dozens of people and injured 100 more, officials said yesterday, stoking fears of an upsurge in ... Read More |
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Sports
Super Molinari brothers win golf World Cup for Italy SHENZHEN, China, Nov 29 – Brothers Francesco and Edoardo Molinari won a dramatic three-way final round tussle with Sweden and Ireland to claim a first World Cup of Golf for ... Read More |
Arsenal-Chelsea: A clash of football cultures By Rob Hughes LONDON, Nov 29 — The fight for supremacy, for style, and for wealth in the English Premier League could hardly be more on view than Arsenal versus Chelsea ... Read More |
Rooney hat-trick helps Man United close gap LONDON, Nov 29 — Wayne Rooney scored a two-penalty hat-trick as Manchester United won 4-1 at Portsmouth yesterday to trim Chelsea's Premier League lead to two points. Ryan Giggs also struck ... Read More |
Red-hot Rooney eyes best-ever season haul MANCHESTER, Nov 29 — Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is eyeing his best goalscoring season after bagging a hat-trick in a 4-1 win at the Premier League's bottom side Portsmouth ... Read More |
Federer looks on the bright side despite defeat LONDON, Nov 29 — Roger Federer shrugged off his shock defeat by Russian Nikolay Davydenko at the ATP World Tour Finals yesterday, preferring to concentrate on his achievement of ending ... Read More |
Police unable to question Tiger Woods on car crash WINDERMERE (Florida), Nov 29 — Florida troopers who sought to interview golf great Tiger Woods and his wife yesterday about how his SUV struck a fire hydrant and a neighbour's ... Read More |
Del Potro sets up final with DavydenkoLONDON, Nov 29 — US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro reached his first final at the ATP World Tour Finals after squeezing past Swede Robin Soderling 6-7 6-3 7-6 ... Read More |
Davydenko stuns Federer at World Tour FinalsLONDON, Nov 29 — Nikolay Davydenko ended seven years of pain against Roger Federer yesterday, finally beating the world number one 6-2 4-6 7-5 to reach the final of the ... Read More |
Arsenal’s van Persie out for at least four months LONDON, Nov 28 — Dutch striker Robin van Persie’s ankle injury is worse than first feared and he will be out of Arsenal’s team for at least four months. “In order ... Read More |
Can’t blame youth anymore, Wenger warns squad LONDON, Nov 28 — Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has warned his maturing team there can be no more age excuses if the club fail to land any honours for a fo... Read More |
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Business
No regrets as shoppers cut holiday gift listsNEW YORK, Nov 29 — In-laws, second cousins once removed and friends who don’t respond to e-mails are all off the gift list this year. Americans turned out in force this ... Read More |
Scottish economy to lag behind rest of UK next yearLONDON, Nov 29 —The Scottish economy is slowly starting to recover from deep recession but weaknesses in the service sector mean it will underperform the United Kingdom for the next ... Read More |
South Korea sees limited fallout from Dubai crisisSEOUL, Nov 29 — South Korean regulators see little chance of a full-scale global problem stemming from Dubai’s debt crisis and expect a limited impact on local financial markets, the ... Read More |
Coffee steams into ChinaBEIJING, Nov 29 — There’s more brewing in the Chinese pot these days than tea leaves. A decade after Starbucks entered China, a coffee culture is emerging in the land of ... Read More |
Dangers of an overheated ChinaNEW YORK, Nov 29 — President Barack Obama’s recent trip to China reflects a symbiotic relationship at the heart of the global economy: China uses American spending power to enlarge ... Read More |
Washington to press banks on mortgage reliefNEW YORK, Nov 29 — The Obama administration plans to announce tomorrow a campaign to press mortgage companies to reduce payments for many more struggling homeowners, The New York Times ... Read More |
Investors may rethink ‘quasi-sovereign’ issuesLONDON, Nov 29 — State-owned company Dubai World’s debt restructuring is the latest reminder for investors that governments may prove less willing than they had hoped in covering obligations of ... Read More |
Singapore stocks ‘will avoid bloodbath’SINGAPORE, Nov 29 — There will be losses when the Singapore stock market opens tomorrow after the long weekend, but it will not be a bloodbath as global markets re-group ... Read More |
US Black Friday sales barely up, online surgesCHICAGO, Nov 29 — In a worrisome sign for US retailers, data released yesterday showed that sales rose a scant 0.5 per cent on the traditional kickoff to the holiday ... Read More |
Banks, world leaders play down Dubai debt threat LONDON, Nov 28 — World leaders expressed confidence in the global economic recovery yesterday despite fears about a debt default by Gulf emirate Dubai, while major banks played down their ex... Read More |
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Opinion
A tale of two cities … and four clubsNOV 29 — Last February, Roman Abramovich sacked Felipe Scolari, having grown fearful that Chelsea might fail to qualify for the Champions League. He had the money and the absolute ... Read More |
Two boys, two very different diariesNOV 29 — During a recent trip to the bookshop (the coveting never ends, does it?) I spied a copy of “Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years” by Sue Townsend on ... Read More |
Silence, please! Mind tuning in progressNOV 29 — The most surprising thing about the ongoing BTN (Biro Tata Negara, although it might be more apt to call it the Brain Tuning Network) furore is not ... Read More |
Working the winter wardrobeNOV 29 — It is that time of the year when I look like a church mouse. I am still pretty new to this dressing for the four seasons business, ... Read More |
A public apology for my ignoranceNOV 29 — Some people are unhappy that I seem to be “anti-MCA” in my previous articles — you know all my ranting about MCA having no real power in ... Read More |
Granted a second chance Avram returns for another hot debutNOV 28 — As someone who watches and talks a lot about football to anyone who cares to read or listen, I can only say that when it rains, it ... Read More |
Arsenal and Chelsea’s global game in a changing worldNOV 28 — Arsenal: Highbury’s Marble Halls, the Clock End, Herbert Chapman and Cliff Bastin. Chelsea: fashionable King’s Road, the Shed, Chopper Harris and Ossie Osgood. Those clubs don’t exist anymore. In ... Read More |
GST yes, but steps must followNOV 28 — The government has recently announced that there will be tabling of first reading of the draft GST at the end of the December 2009 parliament session. During the ... Read More |
Si Bangau dan Sang UlarNOV 28 — Pada Hari Raya Korban (atau Eidul Adha) yang baru berlalu, saya dan keluarga sempat pulang ke kampung ayah saya di Kuala Pilah. Bagi saya, Eidul Adha ... Read More |
Americano or cappucino?NOV 28 — Eight years ago, I interned with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in New York. Being in New York City for the ... Read More |
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Showbiz
Transsexual LA Times sportswriter found deadLOS ANGELES, Nov 29 — A Los Angeles Times sportswriter who made headlines by announcing he was becoming a woman, then returned to work as a man, has been found ... Read More |
Top 10 US TV series of the decadeLOS ANGELES, Nov 29 —Every decade has its landmark TV shows, and there will or should never be complete agreement on which 10 series belong at the top of the ... Read More |
Top 10 US movie flops of the decadeLOS ANGELES, Nov 29 — Movie flops aren’t just about losing money. Yes, big budgets that go bust are one consideration. But flops are also about lofty expectations dashed and ... Read More |
Luc Besson says the French are his harshest criticsSTOCKHOLM, Nov 29 — French film director Luc Besson, known worldwide for blockbusters like “The Big Blue” and “The Fifth Element,” says his movies face the toughest criticism at home ... Read More |
Indie Spirit Awards hit milestone 25th year LOS ANGELES, Nov 28 — When organisers for the independent film world’s Spirit Awards unveil nominees for its honours this coming Tuesday, they will be doing more than just singling ... Read More |
‘District 9’ no alien to Oscar buzzLOS ANGELES, Nov 28 — In a year full of surprise hits without stars, “District 9” stands out as an even more unlikely box office champion than the crowd-pleasing comedy ... Read More |
Robbie Williams ‘proposal’ was a jokeLONDON, Nov 27 — British singer Robbie Williams “proposed” to his actress girlfriend, Ayda Field, live on Australian radio today, but his spokesman later said it was a joke. Field was ... Read More |
Oprah to visit White House for Christmas special LOS ANGELES, Nov 27 — The queen of daytime will interview the president of the United States during an ABC holiday special that brings together Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama. The ... Read More |
Swiss to release Polanski when he posts bail ZURICH, Nov 27 — Swiss authorities will release Roman Polanski into house arrest as soon as he posts RM15.3 million bail while the film director fights extradition to face US ... Read More |
JC rocked Glastonbury long before Jay-Z LONDON, Nov 27 — Jesus Christ may have visited an English town now renowned for a raucous modern-day music festival to meet ancient druids, a new film argues. “And did Those ... Read More |
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