(Dikemas kini) KUALA LUMPUR: Sehari selepas PAS menolak idea muzakarah, Majlis Tertinggi Umno yang mengadakan mesyuarat telah membincangkan isu berkenaan di samping lebih banyak pertemuan akan di antara kedua-dua parti.
Perkara itu diumumkan oleh Ketua Penerangan Umno, Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd. Taib.
Malah, jurucakap PAS yang dihubungi juga memaklumkan bahawa beberapa pertemuan akan diadakan membabitkan Umno-PAS dalam [...]

Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yang juga Presiden UMNO berbual dengan Menteri Besar Terengganu, Datuk Ahmad Said (kiri) sebelum mempengerusikan mesyuarat Majlis Tertinggi UMNO di Menara Dato’ Onn di Kuala Lumpur, hari ini. Mesyuarat itu menyentuh isu muzakarah antara UMNO dan PAS dan tuntutan Singapura ke atas kawasan wilayah dan Zon Ekonomi Eksklusif di [...]

SHAH ALAM: Menteri Besar Selangor, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim menafikan teori bahawa PAS akan bergabung dengan Umno setelah kedua-dua pihak bermuzakarah untuk kepentingan Melayu dan Islam.
“Kita berpendapat tidak timbul langsung isu itu,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan Pusat Pelatih Perempuan di Montfort Boys Town di sini hari ini.
Beliau ditanya sama ada Pakatan Rakyat bersedia untuk [...]

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A driver for Osama bin Laden was not told of any rights against self-incrimination under years of interrogation, FBI agents told the Guantanamo war crimes court on Thursday.

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. Military, defendant Salim Hamdan (front, [...]

SINGAPORE: Kuala Lumpur wants Washington to abstain from making further statements pertaining to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the country’s rule of law.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said he had informed US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about this during their bilateral talks yesterday, adding that he had explained at length the issue [...]

KUALA TERENGGANU: The state government has vehemently denied that the state Treasury had placed a deposit for a high-end Mercedes-Benz for the use of Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said.
State Secretary Datuk Mokthar Nong denied talk that there was an order for a Mercedes-Benz S class for the MB.
“I did not receive any instruction on this [...]

GEORGE TOWN: The party starts today as Penang holds its three-day celebration over George Town’s listing as a Unesco World Heritage Site.
The inner city was abuzz with activity yesterday as municipal council workers and inner city folk put up colourful banners and streamers at heritage areas to prepare for the big day.
A piece of [...]

SHAH ALAM: The Selangor Government is now hinting that it may choose the Toyota Camry as the official cars for its state executive councillors.
State executive councillor for Local Government, Studies and Research Ronnie Liu said the choice was appropriate as the price of the car was reasonable and maintenance cost not high.
“Personally, I feel the [...]

KUALA TERENGGANU: A workshop owner, whose outlet is among the four major authorised service centres for state government-owned Proton Perdana V6 Executive cars, admitted that they imposed a 25% surcharge for servicing the vehicles.
AMBL Services proprietor Nazri Omar said most workshops had to enforce the surcharge because payment for the services from the state Treasury [...]

KUALA TERENGGANU: The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) has started a probe into the alleged high costs of maintaining the 16 Proton Perdana V6 Executive cars used by Terengganu executive councillors.
ACA officers yesterday visited the State Secretariat and State Treasury at Wisma Darul Iman here to question senior officials over the issue.
Terengganu Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad [...]