High food prices dismay even relatively well-off Americans -- but they're truly devastating in poor countries, where food often accounts for more than half a family's spending.Paul Krugman

Penang Chief Minister and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said a very interesting thing the other day: "Abdullah is our prime minister and I am his chief minister in Penang".Paddy Bowie,…

We, who care about the future of this country, must make a conscious decision, on a personal level, to reject the idea of race as a defining factor, and embrace instead the values and virtues…

As for the implementation for hudud laws, we cannot see the possibility for its implementation at the moment and in the future.By TAY TIAN YAN/ Translated by SOONG PHUI JEE/ Sin Chew Daily

The Star - Stop blaming Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi or pressuring him to step down. Instead, all Umno and Barisan Nasional members should accept responsibility for their poor showing in the…

The Star - More and more medical students sent abroad to study on government scholarships, many costing more than a million ringgit each, are breaking their 10-year bond by refusing to return and…

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak mahu semua pihak memberi peluang dan ruang kepada Jawatankuasa Pengurusan Umno untuk merumuskan perkara yang sedang dibangkitkan berkaitan prestasi buruk Umno dan Barisan…

The Malaysian Insider- The Chinese media are going to town with PAS deputy spiritual leader Haron Din's comments on implementing hudud laws when it gains power in Parliament but the Islamist…

The Malaysian Insider - Pakatan Rakyat today moved to assure Malaysians that it would walk the middle path and build a country which would be welcoming to Malays, Chinese and Indians.

The Malaysian Insider - Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad wants Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to step down as party president now.

(Bernama) -- Kebebasan akhbar yang lebih meluas tidak akan mendatangkan konflik antara penulis blog dan media arus perdana sebaliknya akan membolehkan mereka menyatakan pemikiran mereka kepada orang…

(Bernama) -- Peralihan pucuk kepimpinan Umno harus dilakukan sekarang bagi memastikan Umno dapat dipulihkan dan memastikan Barisan Nasional (BN) memenangi semula negeri-negeri yang ditawan oleh…

(Harakah) - Kerajaan Perak telah bersetuju untuk melantik 1/3 daripada anggota majlis tempatan yang akan menganggotai Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan (PBT) bukan daripada kalangan Pakatan Rakyat.

(Harakah) - Menteri Besar Selangor, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim berkata, kerajaan negeri akan menghapuskan pemberian tender secara rundingan terus kepada kontraktor Bumiputera untuk mengelakkan…

(Harakah) - Teras Pengupayaan Melayu (Teras) dalam satu kenyataannya semalam membantah keras kenyataan Presiden MCA, Dato' Seri Ong Ka Ting yang menyatakan kerajaan perlu membenarkan warga Islam…

By SHAHANAAZ HABIB AND RASLAN SHARIF, THE STARParti Keadilan Rakyat de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who is cementing the Pakatan Rakyat coalition of PKR, DAP and PAS sat down recently with…

(Bernama) KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 -- The reason why many people resort to blogs is to get alternative news, because of the mainstream media (MSM) are not reporting "both sides of the coin",…

(Bernama) KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 -- The Federation of Malay Economic Bodies (GABEM) today sought "a little" power to monitor the agenda to entrench the Malay economy and thus ensure that…

Mahathir is the true enemy of Rakyat. He destroyed all key civil society institutions, destroyed social institutions, jailed human right champions, jailed elected representatives of the people…

(Bernama) KAJANG, April 12 -- Leadership transition in Umno must be done now to ensure the party was on a solid footing to lead the Barisan Nasional (BN) in recapturing states lost to the opposition…

(Bernama) KOTA KINABALU, April 12 -- The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) today suspended five party leaders, including vice-president Datuk Liew Yun Fah, for allegedly sabotaging the party's…

It was very pleasing for me to read yesterday about the conference titled ‘Who Needs an Islamic State: An Intellectual Discourse’. With people like Malik Imtiaz Sarwar on the panel, you…

Lately, with the frequent headlines about large banks getting into trouble, the question that many ask but few answer is: Just how safe is a bank? As an ex-banker, here is my answer.

Makin ramai yang panik !!! 11.13 malam ketika membuka email [email protected] kelihatan singgah email dari seorang yang menggunakan nickname 'kadet pencen' dia telah…

To any YB who could help us SME businessmenFirst of all, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you all who are elected to the Penang State Assembly.

The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — History may judge him harshly but for now Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is the winner. The man he has been attacking incessantly for the past 2 years is…

Dua negeri Kedah dan Pulau Pinang tidak segan silu lagi turut mendesak Abdullah berbuat demikian manakala Johor pula meminta Abdullah menyediakan plan peralihan kuasa.Oleh Mohd Sayuti Omar

(Bernama) SHAH ALAM, April 12 -- The state government will no longer award tender to Bumiputera companies through direct negotiation to avoid the tender being monopolised by certain group.

Andrew Ong(Malaysiakini) Kelantan Crown Prince Tengku Faris Petra said today that Malays had been coerced into giving non-Malays citizenship and the latter should therefore not seek equality or…

For years, Malaysians have viewed Tun Dr Mahathir's autocratic political style through a soft-focus lens because he presided over a period of heady economic growth. By Leslie Lopez, THE STRAITS…