[DIKEMAS KINI] KUALA LUMPUR: Kerajaan telah memutuskan untuk menangguhkan pembelian 12 Eurocopter EC-725, yang diumumkan awal bulan lalu bagi menggantikan Nuri, ekoran kesan krisis kewangan yang dihadapi negara.
Bagaimanapun ia tiada kaitan dengan pertikaian yang dibangkitkan oleh pembangkang di Parlimen baru-baru ini.
Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Kira-Kira Wang Negara (PAC) untuk meneliti isu pembelian Eurocopter akan diteruskan hari ini [...]

SAN FRANCISCO: Pengeluar terbesar perisian Amerika Syarikat, Microsoft hari ini secara rasmi mengumumkan Windows 7 akan menggantikan sistem operasi Vista yang tidak memuaskan pada Januari 2010.
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18 Julai 2007 – Kerajaan melalui mesyuarat Kabinet memutuskan untuk membuat perolehan bagi menggantikan pesawat Nuri.
3 September 2008 – Kementerian Pertahanan menerima keputusan dan persetujuan daripada Kementerian Kewangan untuk memilih tender Eurocopter, pesawat milik Eurocopter Malaysia Sdn Bhd, anak syarikat European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co (EADS). Kementerian itu mengeluarkan Surat Hasrat kepada Eurocopter pada [...]

CHESTER, Pa. (Reuters) – Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama launches an unprecedented television blitz on Wednesday to push his economic message on U.S. networks ranging from CBS and NBC to Comedy Central.

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) waves as he arrives at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Miami, Florida, in this June 21, [...]

KUANTAN: She tried to get the consent of the woman her husband wanted as a second wife. But the woman was already married.
The husband got angry because of her failure to get the woman’s approval and beat her up. He also threatened her with a parang and tried to shoot her.
Fearing for her safety, the [...]

PETALING JAYA: The minimum price of petrol should be RM1.92 per litre even if the global oil price continues to fall, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad said.
He said this would bring some stability to the retail price of petrol and minimise losses by petrol station owners.
Setting a minimum price would [...]

PUTRAJAYA: The Immigration Depart­ment scored a first recently when it attracted about 30% non-bumiputra personnel in its latest recruitment drive.
“This is the first time that any government agency has managed to attract such a big number of non-Malays,” said department director-general Datuk Mahmood Adam.
He said that of the 940 new personnel recruited, slightly more than [...]

LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo insists he should not be judged by how many goals he scores as Manchester United prepare to take on West Ham at Old Trafford today.

An ankle operation before this season began has meant Ronaldo, named FIFPro World Player of the Year on Monday, has yet to rediscover the devastating form that saw [...]

LONDON: Wayne Rooney’s gesture of kissing the badge on his Manchester United shirt during Saturday’s match against former club Everton will go unpunished by the Football Association, the governing body has said.

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said after the 1-1 draw with Everton that he’d substituted Rooney for the England striker’s own good as the [...]

LEE Chong Wei, after two near-misses, has promised to do his best to retain his French Open title.

The Malaysian World No 1 opens his campaign against India’s Arvind Bhat today in Paris.
Chong Wei, the top seed, has not won a title since becoming the World No 1 in August, and is determined to silence his [...]