Both the ruling and opposition parties have their own strategies for the elections but at the same time, they have their own problems.

The similarities - youth, good looks, rhetoric and a call for change - are there, but the differences are also only too apparentBy Bhagyashree Garekar, US CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON, The Straits Times

NEW YORK - YAHOO is set to reject Microsoft Corp's unsolicited bid, now worth US$42 billion (S$60 billion), as too low, a source familiar with the situation told reporters on Saturday - the first…

LONDON - SENIOR Catholic and Anglican clerics have attacked the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams' suggestion that Britain's legal system should accommodate aspects of traditional…

Nayagam says as many as 80 per cent of the juvenile offenders come from families with a history of child abuse. All parties must take such factors into account when dealing with cases involving…

By : Tunku Abdul Aziz, New Straits Times THE sad news of the death last week of Sir Donald Fredrick Hawley (1921-2008) in Little Cheverell, Wiltshire, transported me back to the 1970s when he was…

The Selangor government will allocate RM200 million from this year to raise allowances for mosque officials in the state.

The opposition has not submitted names of potential candidates to the Anti-Corruption Agency for vetting.

BIDOR: More than 900 farmers in Perak can now rest easy because the state government is allowing them to lease the land they have been illegally working on.

Dalam berita bertajuk "PM: I work very hard", The Star hari ini melaporkan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menegaskan beliau berkerja keras untuk menunaikan tanggungjawabnya…

Written by Kazi Mahmood, WORLD FUTURESThere are many other courageous Muslim women in the world, out there, defying the war on terror with their scarves on their head, covering their hair and…

KOTA BHARU 9 Feb. – Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berkata, kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) akan terus mempertahankan Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC) dalam sistem pendidikan negara bagi…

KOTA BHARU 9 Feb. – Penduduk di beberapa buah negeri yang mengalami banjir teruk pada akhir tahun lalu dan awal tahun ini akan mendapat bantuan wang ihsan yang disalurkan secara…

SHAH ALAM: Kerajaan negeri Selangor mengumumkan kenaikan kadar elaun nazir masjid sebanyak 100 peratus manakala timbalan nazir dan bendahari pula akan menikmati elaun mulai tahun ini.

Oleh Zulkifli Mohamed Hari ini, Ahad 10 Februari Presiden KeADILan Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Ismail dan Ketua Umum Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim akan bersama rakyat Pulau Pinang.

PM goodies for the Chinese Farming Communities to Support BN; 15 Year Land leases to Toil the Land; DPM wooed the Kelantan Chinese to dislodge PAS & promised no Witch hunt for State officials…

I received the below email today.

1. Umat Melayu adalah satu umat yang special. Umat Melayu adalah satu umat yg lembut, berhemah dan bersopan santun.

Politicians are at the forefront in creating a new world, but will they slip further into their world of power and deceit ?

Let's read today's reports on two Prime Ministers. Two muslim PMs with different styles and elected from two different 'democracy' systems.

Cronies is a word that is closely associated to government contracts in this beloved country of ours.

The Federation of Chinese Associations Sabah (FCAS) claims some 250,000 Chinese in Sabah are living along the poverty margin.

Rowan Williams bridles when anyone suggests that he is the Anglican church's equivalent of the Pope. But he has made the same mistake in discussing sharia law that Pope Benedict XVI made in his…

SETELAH meneliti tulisan Datuk Ruhanie Ahmad bertajuk “Realiti Kerajaan Sementara Sesudah Parlimen Bubar” yang disiarkan dalam blognya kuda-kepang.blogspot.com pada 7hb. Februari lalu,…

Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi is truly beyond repair. This is someone who came into office in 2003 as result of Tun Dr.Mahathir Mohamad’s “folly”.

In Malaysia, 2007 was the year in which the government most overtly tried to back down on a touted promise about keeping cyberspace free.

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi wants parents and teachers to teach the younger generation to respect one another and integrate with all races to forge racial harmony.

Compendium of Pak Lah's "I" lines and other quotable quotes.

(Source - AFP) London • The religious head of the Anglican Church sparked an angry row yesterday after saying the adoption of some parts of Islamic Shariah law alongside Britain's…

That is the title of a report in Khaleej Times today. A story of Raja Anand, a cleaner working for the Fujairah Municipality who starts his day at 5am to reach his work site at 6am and toils there…

Press ReleaseRally Opposing Ethnic "Apartheid" in Malaysia Gains Support of Hindu American Foundation.

Abdullah must not only respect the 15-day Chinese New Year festivities but also ensure at least a full month between dissolution and polling for the 12th general election to demonstrate that he is…

Oleh Tarmizi Mohd JamKUNCI atau kata putus dalam pembubaran parlimen – atau lebih tepat lagi Dewan Rakyat – terletak di tangan Yang di Pertuan Agong. Ini jelas disebut oleh Perkara…

MELAKA: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (Keadilan) dan PAS hanya wujud sebagai penyeri kepada suasana pilihan raya dan kedua-dua parti itu tidak akan memenangi sebarang kerusi di negeri ini.

Oleh Mohd Sabri SaidKEPALA BATAS, 9 Februari (Hrkh) - Ibu bapa pelajar miskin di beberapa Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan dan Menengah di Parlimen Kepala Batas didakwa terpaksa mengadap Perdana Menteri,…

Oleh Anis NazriKUALA LUMPUR, 9 Feb (Hrkh) - Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) cuba berdolak-dalih berhubung isu penambahan 1,031 pengundi pos di Dun Belantek, Kedah dengan mengatakan pihaknya hanya…

SEREMBAN 8 Feb. – Wakil rakyat sedia ada diminta tidak membantah keputusan pucuk pimpinan jika tidak dicalonkan semula, sebaliknya berjanji akan terus setia kepada parti serta membantu calon…

As a non-Muslim, I ask, “Are we allowed to discuss how Islam affects our lives? Can this be made into an election issue? If so, are we fanning racial and religious hatred?”

I succumbed to acute low-back pain this morning. After about an hour of reading, I felt an acute ache at the small of my back.

Oleh Noraini Abd RazakKUALA LUMPUR 8 Feb. – Enakmen Rizab Melayu (ERM) akan dipinda bagi membolehkan tanah rizab Melayu di seluruh negara dipajak termasuk kepada bukan Melayu dengan tempoh…