ABDULLAH Ahmad Badawi sempat tersenyum pada jemaah yang hadir selepas selesai menunaikan Solat Sunat Aidilfitri di Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur pagi ini. – fotoBERNAMA
[Dikemas kini] PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi akan menetapkan tarikh, dipercayai minggu depan, untuk menemui pemimpin komponen Barisan Nasional (BN) bagi memaklumkan tentang perkembangan pelan peralihan kuasa ‘yang baru’.
Kata beliau, [...]

MARINA Lee Abdullah melambai ke arah wartawan selepas mengadakan pertemuan dengan suaminya, Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin di Pusat Tahanan Kamunting, pagi tadi. – foto The Star oleh LEW YONG KAN
PETALING JAYA: Pengendali blog Malaysia Today, Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin, yang ditahan di Kem Tahanan Kamunting selama dua tahun sejak 23 September lalu, berada dalam keadaan [...]

PETALING JAYA: Selepas lima dekad negara merdeka, sambutan Aidilfitri kali ini berlainan jika mengambil kira perkembangan tsunami politik Mac lalu.
Pilihan raya umum ke-12 Mac lalu menyaksikan lima negeri – Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Perak dan Selangor, malah Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur (majoriti Parlimen dikuasai pembangkang) bersama Kelantan berpihak kepada pembangkang.
Wujudkah perbezaan sambutan Aidilfitri tahun ini dalam [...]

KAPSABET (Kenya): Before her Olympic 800m title in August and US$1mil Golden League jackpot in September, few people were interested in the family of Kenya’s Pamela Jelimo.
Now suitors are trooping to her village in Kenya’s Rift Valley to offer marriage and seven men have claimed to be her father, locals say.
Potential husbands have been told [...]

PETALING JAYA: The national football team will have a shorter Hari Raya holiday as they need to spend more time on improving their fitness ahead of the Merdeka Tournament from Oct 15-25.
Coach B. Sathianathan said that the players would have to report for centralised training at the Wisma FAM in Kelana Jaya on Friday.
“My priority [...]

PETALING JAYA: Aidilfitri is a month to forgive and strengthen ties, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
As such, Malaysians should foster and strengthen national unity, he said.
He also said that if there was any issue or problem, everyone should stay calm and patient so that rational and mature action could be taken.
“Do not [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: MIC president Datuk Seri S.Samy Vellu wants the Selangor government to openly apologise for the demolition of the Hindu temple in Ampang.
He said the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) was under the jurisdiction of the state government and therefore it should be responsible for the demolition.
“We want the state government to give the [...]

IPOH: The state Religious Depart­ment will investigate all parties, including the Chinese nationals and one Mohamad Imran Ab­­dullah, named in the sex bribe confession of former Perak Ten­gah district councillor Zul Has­san.
Department director Datuk Jamry Sury said that a committee would be set up to investigate various aspects of the complaint lodged by Zul and [...]

PETALING JAYA: Syawal should be a month to celebrate brotherhood and fraternity, Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.
The month was also for celebrating victory in fighting against desires during Ramadan and also against cruelty and injustice.
“I, on behalf of my family and Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s leaders and grassroots, would like to wish Salam Aidilfitri [...]

PORT KLANG: Several survivors from the barter trade boat that capsized yesterday claimed they were cheated into boarding the vessel which operated as an illegal ferry.
They claimed they paid up to RM500 per person through agents after failing to get air or ferry tickets, and thought they were buying tickets for a ferry operating legally [...]