Azim dropped as BSN chairman after Bank Negara objection
KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) chairman Datuk Seri Abdul Azim Mohd Zabidi's contract was terminated prematurely due to conflicts with his political career in Umno. >Read more |
Opinion
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A Pakatan shadow on Najib’s Cabinet
JULY 3 — Today, three things are in the headlines: Pakatan Rakyat’s formation of a shadow front bench, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s appeal being denied by the courts, and the Kedah DAP quitting the PAS-led Kedah government. |
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A step forward with thousands to go
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Malaysia
In a village, Zaid’s coming-out party as Rais fetes voters By Neville Spykerman JELEBU, July 3 — Datuk Zaid Ibrahim made his debut on the PKR ceramah trail at a small village here in Negri Sembilan last night and sparked... Read More |
Petronas rebuff a ‘delicate’ issue for NajibKUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has been rebuffed twice by the Petronas board over his plan to get a key aide appointed as a... Read More |
11-year-old Orang Asli mothers shock for deputy ministerPETALING JAYA, July 3 — Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk T. Murugiah had a cultural shock when he visited the Cameron Highlands Hospital maternity ward recently and... Read More |
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World
Highest ranked officer in three decades killed in AfghanistanKABUL, July 3 — The highest ranking British officer to be killed in action in almost three decades has died in a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, the ministry of defence... Read More |
Iran hardliners urge legal action against Mousavi TEHRAN, July 3 — Iranian hardliners pressed yesterday for legal action against moderate leaders accused of inciting post-election turmoil that has dimmed Western hopes of engaging Tehran on its disputed... Read More |
Delhi court legalises homosexual actsNEW DELHI, July 3 — A court yesterday ruled that homosexual acts between consenting adults are legal in India. The ruling overturned a British colonial era law similar to the... Read More |
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Sports
Michael Owen set to join Manchester United LONDON, July 3 — The Manchester United manager, Alex Ferguson, was poised to make an astonishing move in the transfer market by bringing injury-prone striker Michael Owen to Old Trafford... Read More |
Same old results for Williams sistersLONDON, July 3 — Sport’s most enduring sibling rivalry will be played out on US Independence Day after Venus Williams exacted brutal revenge and Serena Williams displayed raw desire to... Read More |
Venus Williams demolishes Dinara Safina to reach women’s finalLONDON, July 3 — We have the climax to the women’s tournaments for which sentimentalists and family-boosters might have wished, as Serena Williams and her older sister Venus will contest... Read More |
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Business
China power output up 3.6pc, first rise in monthsBEIJING, July 3 — China's power output in June increased 3.6 per cent from a year earlier, state media reported today, the first increase in a non-holiday month since October... Read More |
Australia vehicle sales surge, services reboundSYDNEY, July 3 — Australian vehicles sales surged in June to their third highest volume ever while activity in the service sector boasted the first expansion in 15 months, evidence... Read More |
Many top US funds still making up lost groundNEW YORK, July 3 — At the midyear mark, even some of the best-performing mutual funds of 2009 are still working on comebacks from dismal losses last year, underscoring lingering... Read More |
Opinion
A Pakatan shadow on Najib’s CabinetJULY 3 — Today, three things are in the headlines: Pakatan Rakyat’s formation of a shadow front bench, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s appeal being denied by the courts, and the... Read More |
A step forward with thousands to goJULY 3 — Liberalisation is on the move. Yet, the move hardly deserves to be called a liberalisation effort. Notwithstanding how truly free the local economy is, the federal government... Read More |
What do you get when you have two Indian lawyers?JULY 2 — I’m sure you all have heard of this racist joke: what do you get when you have two Indian lawyers? The answer is: three law firms —... Read More |
Showbiz
Author Vikram Seth writing ‘A Suitable Boy’ sequelLONDON, July 3 — Indian poet and novelist Vikram Seth is writing a sequel to his acclaimed, monumental story “A Suitable Boy” to be titled “A Suitable Girl”. Penguin imprint... Read More |
Jermaine Jackson: ‘I wish it was me’ who died LOS ANGELES, July 3 — Jermaine Jackson on Thursday said that when he first saw his brother, pop star Michael Jackson, dead in a hospital room he kissed him on... Read More |
Ray Romano on being Ice Age’s ‘Manny’ LOS ANGELES, July 2 — Actor Ray Romano, who became a major US television star in the 1990s with his sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond,” has found another kind of fame... Read More |
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