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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21 2009
 
 
 
 
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By Lee Wei Lian PETALING JAYA, Nov 21 – MCA vice president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai says that a date for fresh party elections is being discussed with his rivals but that plans for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) next Saturday will proceed if no agreement is reached. This comes after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak met the leaders of the warring factio...

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UPDATED By Syed Jaymal Zahiid KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 — The exhumation of Teoh Beng Hock’s body for a second autopsy, ordered by the inquest into his recent death, has been completed. The exhumation comes fo...

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By Lee Wei Lian PETALING JAYA, Nov 21 — MCA’s mysterious “snoop squad”, which reportedly preyed on ...

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  • Thailand’s justice crusader
  • KL patriotism camps ‘racist and political’
  • ‘I’m Sabahan, they treat me worse than foreigners’
  • Police shoot, kill suspected ‘Berong Gang’ leader
  • Chua backs fresh MCA polls in March but not EGM II
  • Source of cholera outbreak identified
  • Fed govt to discuss squatter problems with Penang
  • Detention of Umno members offered as ‘proof’ of MACC neutrality
  • Flood strands 140 campers from polytechnic
  • Anwar calls on Pakatan states to lead by example
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    Nov 21 — What do our politicians take us for? One minute they fight among themselves, say nasty things about each other and pull every trick in the cloak and dagger “game”. The next minute ...

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    NOV 21 — Several days ago, I received an urgent message from a friend inviting me to a seminar on “Corruption Prevention in Business Sector 2009” organised jointly by the MACC, MACC Consultation an...

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    NOV 21 — Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) akan menyerahkan kepada Peguam Negara berhubung tindakan membuat rayuan keputusan mengehadkan waktu menyoal siasat saksi hanya pada waktu peja...

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  • US power will endure due to strategic ties — Deepak Nair
  • What’s happening, Twitter? – Ian Sherr
  • MCA members must rise to reclaim the party — Roger Tan
  • Another five things to be learned — Tay Tian Yan
  • Sin Chew Daily replies to Ti Lian Ker
  • Malaysia’s corruption ranking dips, again — Lim Sue Goan
  • Sampai masa Najib selesai kemelut MCA — Awang Selamat
  • Kepemimpinan MCA perlu matang, utama parti selesai kemelut — Berita Harian
  • Orang Melayu kini takut pertahan hak — Kunta Kinte
  • Hell hath no fury like a woman put on hold — Mariam Mokhtar
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    Business Opinion



    PETALING JAYA, Nov 21 – The Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) expects to accrue RM380 million from the sale of properties next year, said its Deputy General Manager (Administration and ...

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  • Google phone strategy takes off
  • Hershey mulls RM58b solo bid for Cadbury
  • Another collapse in the offing, fears SocGen
  • Maybank offers retirees one-off sum
  • Time Warner, News Corp interested in MGM
  • SIA chief warns of ‘green tax’ risk to travel
  • TM posts RM217.8m in pre-tax profit
  • UMW group records RM288m in Q3 pre-tax profit
  • AirAsia records pre-tax profit of RM136.26m in Q3
  • Economy shrinks by 1.2 per cent in Q3, Malaysia still in recession
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    NOV 21 — If there is one thing that Rafa Benitez has learnt over the past two years, it is recognising the missing link in his Liverpool squad. Prior to the start of last season, he bought Robbie K...

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    NOV 21 — “If I were Chinese, I, too, would not support the MCA.” Those words will ring in the ear of every single MCA member for a long time as the crudest statement uttered by a component ...

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    Nov 21 — In last week’s episode of The Apprentice: MCA, things got even worse for the Third Force as Datuk Seri Ong Trump Keat fired Youth chief Datuk Wee Cartier and Wanita chief Datin Paduka Chew...

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  • We need to talk about Robert Enke
  • ‘Hansen v Hughes: Part 2’ as Reds host City
  • This time, they got it right
  • Making a stink over durian
  • A happy childhood, free to dream
  • Enemies of the state
  • Najib and shadows
  • PAS dan negara Islam
  • The rules of the game are for...
  • A return to basics
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    World Bahasa



    ROME, Nov 21 — A Brazilian transsexual caught up in a scandal which ...

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    BEIJING, Nov 21 — A gas explosion in a coal mine in China’s northeast has killed 31 miners and trapped 78 underground, the latest acciden...

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    GENEVA, Nov 21 — Fou...

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  • Colombia’s pro-US move angers Venezuela
  • Husband of dissident Cuban blogger attacked
  • People power crucial in Indonesia anti-graft fight
  • Singapore cements military ties with US
  • Don’t hide H1N1 deaths, China warns
  • Bullied Indian hubbies go on march
  • Obama job approval rating drops under 50 per cent
  • US, Cuba players find friendship in softball
  • Feared Asian carp may be near US Great Lakes
  • Afghan government would fall if NATO withdraws, says UK
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    KOTA BARU, Nov 21 - PAS Kelantan tidak mahu mencampuri isu berkaitan yang dihadapi Menteri Besar, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat kerana menyifatkan ia tidak ada kena mengenai soal politik. Setiausaha Badan Perhubungannya Mohd Zaki Ibrahim berkata parti itu yakin Nik Aziz mampu menyelesaikan sendiri isu berkaitan menantunya Abdul Ariffahmi Abdul Rahman dalam Perbadanan Menteri Besar Kelant...

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    KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 — Keputusan Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) di empat buah sekolah di Sabah ditahan kerana disemak semula dan hanya akan diumumkan Isnin. Ketua Pengarah Pelajaran Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom berkata kementerian terpaksa menahan keputusan itu bagi membolehkan Lembaga Peperiksaan menilai semula jawapan pelajar kerana timbul unsur keraguan. ...

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    TERKINI 3 Oleh Syed Jaymal Zahiid SEMENYIH, Nov 21 — Mayat Teoh Beng Hock – yang kematiannya mencetuskan kontroversi empat bulan lalu – sudah digali semula pagi tadi bagi membolehkan Ketua Ja...

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  • Nik Aziz antara 50 tokoh Islam berpengaruh di dunia
  • EGM kedua MCA batal, pemilihan semula dalam 6 bulan?
  • Kota Siputeh: Permohonan SPR tangguh kekosongan diputus Isnin
  • Najib cadang formula selesai krisis MCA
  • Husam dedah konspirasi gugur beliau dari Kabinet Kelantan
  • Soal siasat saksi: SPRM akur keputusan mahkamah
  • Mahkamah benarkan penduduk Bukit Gasing cabar perintah DBKL
  • Setiausaha politik presiden MCA letak jawatan
  • Naib Presiden: Kritikan dalaman PAS ‘melampau’ sampai lupa musuh
  • Khalid pertahan keputusan beli hutang Talam Corporation
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    Sports Features



    LONDON, Nov 21 —A day that began with FIFA ruling out a replay of the France v Ireland World Cup playoff ended, after pleas, denials and opinions from all quarters, with the French still heading for South Africa and the Irish seething. William Gallas’s extra-time equaliser, created with the help of Thierry Henry’s handball, in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw in Paris that sent France through with ...

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    LONDON, Nov 21 — Brief news from the Premier League ahead of this weekend’s matches: * Manchester United are still struggling defensively before their home game against Everton today (0130 Malaysian time) with Rio Ferdinand and Fabio definitely out injured, Jonny Evans and John O’Shea doubtful and Gary Neville suspended. Manager Alex Ferguson said yesterday that Ferdinand’s long...

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    LONDON, Nov 21 — David Beckham wants to continue playing for England even after next year’s World Cup finals in South Africa, he was quoted as saying today. “If we won the World Cup and I equalled the caps record in the final, that would be an amazing way to finish, but I’d still find it hard to walk away from playing,” the LA Galaxy midfielder told today’s edition of Britain’s The Time...

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  • West Ham launch ‘Katy Perry kit’ to meet huge demand
  • Hurt Beckham to take pain killers before final
  • Tottenham’s Cudicini out of hospital, rest of season
  • IAAF says no resolution yet to Semenya case
  • Santokh Singh in a coma
  • Roy Keane blames Irish defence and keeper for Henry goal
  • Champions League games in fixing probe, says police
  • Egyptians protest for second day after soccer loss
  • Record-wary Mayweather may duck Pacquiao, says Arum
  • Fifa should allow replays for cheating, says French minister
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    TAIPEI, Nov 20 – Hourly wages below a dollar. Firings with no notice. Indifferent bosses. Labour brokers that leech away months of a worker’s hard-earned wages. A corporate shell game that leaves no one responsible. Such conditions are widespread at the contract factories cranking out some of the most popular gadgets on the holiday season’s gift lists, according to labour rights activis...

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    NEW YORK, Nov 20 — The competitors stood nervously on stage, awaiting the judges’ decisions. As each name was called the crowd cheered, and the winner stepped forward to claim a pr...

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    SHONGA (Nigeria), Nov 20 — Wh...

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  • Born in US, a radical cleric inspires terror
  • Ripe for the plucking, but fewer dare to try
  • African immigrants drift toward Latin America
  • Men pay huge price for taking more than a wife
  • Gearing up for the end of cheap food
  • Is Africa selling out its farmers?
  • Food: Is Monsanto the answer or the problem?
  • Passions run high over Belgian bridge plan
  • South Africans dream of World Cup bonanza
  • In Singapore, nature reborn as art
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