PAS confident of retaining Kedah |
- PAS confident of retaining Kedah
- Still no tickets for AirAsia X to fly to US: Fernandes
- Al Qaeda releases posthumous bin Laden audio recording
- Strauss-Kahn resigns as IMF chief, says to prove innocence
- N. Korea refugee wins bigger payout for leaked ID
- Greater tolerance
- FACTBOX - Possible successors to Strauss-Kahn as IMF head
- Mexico calls for transparent IMF leader pick
- FEATURE - Is it worth it? Pakistan, U.S. weigh aid calculus
- IMF says Strauss-Kahn resigns, to prove innocence
- US assures Asia of its economic recovery
- Muhyiddin refutes claims govt not doing enough to help people
- Crisis in Libya worsening: UN chief
- Australian state scraps Aboriginal acknowledgement
- Twenty-two dead in Argentina plane crash: official
- FACTBOX - Possible successors to Strauss-Kahn as IMF head
- Plane crashes in Argentina, 22 dead - hospital
- Umno's code ethics for press freedom need to be reviewed: Khairy
- NEP, NEM to continue contributing to country's political economy
- No more state by-elections after tomorrow
| PAS confident of retaining Kedah Posted: 19 May 2011 12:46 AM PDT PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang today expressed confidence that the party will retain Kedah in the next general election as it has administered the state well since the last general election.
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| Still no tickets for AirAsia X to fly to US: Fernandes Posted: 19 May 2011 12:45 AM PDT Air Asia X, the long haul, low fare affiliate of the AirAsia Group, is still trying to get clearance and approval to fly to the United States despite trying for the past two years.
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| Al Qaeda releases posthumous bin Laden audio recording Posted: 18 May 2011 10:26 PM PDT CAIRO, May 19 — Al Qaeda released a posthumous audio recording by Osama bin Laden in which the group's ex-leader praised revolutions sweeping the Arab world, and called for more "tyrants" to be toppled. Islamists have often been conspicuous by their absence in the uprisings largely led by ordinary citizens angered by autocratic rule, corruption ... 
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| Strauss-Kahn resigns as IMF chief, says to prove innocence Posted: 18 May 2011 09:44 PM PDT NEW YORK, May 19 — Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund, saying he needed to devote all his energy to fight charges that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid. His arrest after he was pulled from a plane in New York on Saturday dashes Strauss-Kahn's prospects of running for the French presidency in 2012, and has ... 
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| N. Korea refugee wins bigger payout for leaked ID Posted: 19 May 2011 12:08 AM PDT An appeals court Thursday ordered South Korea's government to pay more compensation to a North Korean refugee, who said his relatives in the North were jailed after Seoul officials leaked his identity.
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| Posted: 19 May 2011 12:07 AM PDT More specifically, harmony cannot be achieved through neglecting, suppressing or eliminating differences. Instead, it can only be achieved through tolerance and respect.
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| FACTBOX - Possible successors to Strauss-Kahn as IMF head Posted: 19 May 2011 12:14 AM PDT Below is a list of potential candidates to succeed the Frenchman at the Washington-based institution. The post has traditionally gone to a European, but with emerging market economies playing a greater role in the world economy, there is rising pressure to throw open the process to all member countries. 
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| Mexico calls for transparent IMF leader pick Posted: 19 May 2011 12:14 AM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The new chief of the International Monetary Fund should be chosen in an open and democratic process, the Mexican foreign ministry said. 
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| FEATURE - Is it worth it? Pakistan, U.S. weigh aid calculus Posted: 19 May 2011 12:14 AM PDT ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Muhammad Farooq waits by his truck outside the Pakistani border town of Chaman, the main crossing into southern Afghanistan. He has driven several hundred kilometers from the port city of Karachi carrying supplies for NATO forces, along with a couple of dozen other tankers and trucks. 
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| IMF says Strauss-Kahn resigns, to prove innocence Posted: 19 May 2011 12:14 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund, saying he needed to devote all his energy to fight charges that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid. 
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| US assures Asia of its economic recovery Posted: 18 May 2011 11:58 PM PDT The US has assured Asia that its economy is recovering well with a growth of 1.8 per cent in the first quarter of this year, and an increasing consumer demand.
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| Muhyiddin refutes claims govt not doing enough to help people Posted: 18 May 2011 11:57 PM PDT Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has refuted claims that the government was not doing enough to help the people face rising prices.
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| Crisis in Libya worsening: UN chief Posted: 18 May 2011 11:53 PM PDT Attempts to secure a ceasefire in Libya have failed and the humanitarian crisis is worsening, UN chief Ban Ki-moon told AFP, while Moamer Kadhafi's embattled regime freed four foreign journalists.
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| Australian state scraps Aboriginal acknowledgement Posted: 18 May 2011 11:53 PM PDT The Victorian state government in Australia on Thursday scraped its policy of forcing ministers to acknowledge traditional Aboriginal landowners at public events in a move that sparked criticism.
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| Twenty-two dead in Argentina plane crash: official Posted: 18 May 2011 11:29 PM PDT A small commercial plane crashed in an isolated part of Patagonia in southern Argentina late Wednesday, killing all 22 people on board, officials said.
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| FACTBOX - Possible successors to Strauss-Kahn as IMF head Posted: 18 May 2011 11:13 PM PDT Below is a list of potential candidates to succeed the Frenchman at the Washington-based institution. The post has traditionally gone to a European, but with emerging market economies playing a greater role in the world economy, there is rising pressure to throw open the process to all member countries. 
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| Plane crashes in Argentina, 22 dead - hospital Posted: 18 May 2011 11:13 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - An Argentine commercial plane crashed in the country's remote Patagonian region late on Wednesday, killing all 19 passengers and three crew members on board, the director of a local hospital told reporters. 
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| Umno's code ethics for press freedom need to be reviewed: Khairy Posted: 18 May 2011 10:55 PM PDT The code of ethics for press freedom and censorship within Umno need to be reviewed, as a means to avoid members revealing confidential matters discussed at closed-door meetings, to the social media said Umno Youth Chief Khairy Jamaluddin.
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| NEP, NEM to continue contributing to country's political economy Posted: 18 May 2011 10:54 PM PDT Even though the New Economic Policy (NEP) has been subjected to intense scrutiny in the past, there is little doubt that the affirmative policy has contributed tremendously to poverty eradication, as well created several millionaires in the country.
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| No more state by-elections after tomorrow Posted: 18 May 2011 10:53 PM PDT There will be no more state by-elections in the country after tomorrow, except in Sarawak, the Election Commission (EC) chairman, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof, said.
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