KUANTAN: The controversy-hit Champions Youth Cup (CYC) tournament scheduled to be held in August in Malaysia is off.
The FA of Malaysia (FAM) have decided not to sanction the tournament and hence it cannot be held in this country.
FAM president Sultan Ahmad Shah, expressing disappointment over the issues surrounding the tournament, said it was better not [...]

Three demonstrations against the local authority in a day.
Demo One
By CHRISTINA LOW
Deputy Federal Territories Minister Datuk M. Saravanan was thrown into a lion’s den yesterday when he was being driven into the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) complex.
Greeting him at the entrance was a group of opposition MPs accompanying 200 traders who were staging a [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama in a letter released on Friday warned of a major fight over a free trade agreement with South Korea if President George W. Bush sends it to the U.S. Congress.

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama speaks during Cuban Independence Day celebrations during a meeting with the [...]

CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - China has found what it termed 50 “hazardous sources of radiation” due to last week’s earthquake, a senior official said on Friday, although he insisted the situation was under control.

A paramilitary policeman stands guard near a destroyed building in the earthquake-affected Yingxiu town of Wenchuan county, Sichuan province May 22, 2008. [...]

JOHOR BARU: Barisan Nasional must be brave enough to change to make itself relevant to the younger generation who have no recollection of the coalition’s past contributions to the country, Datuk Seri Najib Razak said.

To not do so would be to condemn the BN to the fate of parties such as the Congress Party [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: The MCA Education Bureau has helped 458 Chinese students in their appeals to obtain places in matriculation programmes in local universities this year.

Its chief, Dr Wee Ka Siong, said 1,300 students who sat for their Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia last year sought his help in their appeal to the Education Ministry after [...]

Nigeria’s Unchechi Chima Daniel (left) gets past Chile’s Roberto Cereceda during their match yesterday. Pic: HASAN ISMAIL
AUSTRALIA and Nigeria will square off in the Inter-Continental Cup final after overcoming their respective opponents in the semi-finals yesterday.

Nigeria defeated Chile 2- 1 while Australia beat Ireland 3-1.
But if Nigeria, who like Australia [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad should be detained under the Internal Security Act, said former United Nations official Datuk Param Cumaraswamy.

“His recent speech in Johor Baru not only bordered on sedition but, applying his own standards, qualifies for detention under the ISA,” said Param, the former UN special rapporteur on the independence of [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, Fri:
KUALA LUMPUR: The baju kurung worn by schoolgirls to government schools is not that sexy, Pas said today. Pas Youth chief Salahudin Ayub said there was no problem with the school uniforms from an Islamic perspective.

“As long as the baju kurung is tailored according to the traditional Malay interpretations of the [...]

POH, Sat.:
A soldier was killed when he was hit by a four-wheel-drive vehicle whose driver was attempting to evade a police road-block in Taman Ipoh Selatan here early today.

The Toyota Hilux also skidded and crashed into three parked cars in the incident at Jalan S. A. Lingam.
The deceased, identified only as Private [...]