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NEWS ALERT:     Federal Court rules Zambry is rightful MB of Perak, dismisses Nizar's appeal              NEWS ALERT:    Anwar sodomy trial postponed to tomorrow; defence to file a response to prosecution's affidavit-in-reply to Anwar's recusal application                        NEWS ALERT:      Najib: All quarters should accept Federal Court decision and stop politicising issue; concentrate on working for the people of Perak

Wed, 10 Feb 2010

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A couple take pictures at the Million Lights, Million Hearts display ahead of the Chinese New Year celebrations at the new retail and commercial hub i-City in Shah Alam outside Kuala Lumpur February 8, 2010. US Marines look on (background) as a Thai navy instructor demonstrates how to catch a cobra during a jungle survival training course as part of a joint military exercise of Cobra Gold 2010 (CG10) at a military base in Chon Buri province, 70 kilometers (44 miles) east of Bangkok, Thailand, 09 Febuary 2010.

                                                                  

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  Federal Court decides on tussle for Perak

PUTRAJAYA (Feb 9, 2010): The apex court today declared Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir the legal Mentri Besar of Perak, ending a year-long political and court battle that started with three Pakatan Rakyat assemblymen jumping ship.

  Anwar's sodomy trial postponed again
  RM93 mill purchase that ended in scrap heap
  Abduction at Pulau Sebangkat should be wake-up call: Anifah
  ISA amendments to be tabled in March: Hishammuddin
 
 
  Arrested general "hell-bent" on betrayal: Sri Lanka
  Kim makes denuclearisation pledge
  Study toasts beer as being good for your bones
 
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Important to have all on board

THE alleged racist remarks made by the prime minister’s special officer underscores the fact that while Datuk Seri Najib Razak seems earnest in his quest for 1Malaysia, there may be those who are out of sync with his way of doing it and whose actions may be even undermining his efforts at forging greater national unity.

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  Long road to nuclear energy
Malaysian Nuclear Agency director-general Datuk Dr Daud Mohamad tells RAJESHWARY MENON what our nuclear programme holds in store for us.
 
 
  Big fish, small fish
Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail gives us a peek into fraternisation, jurisdiction and big fish in the final part of the interview by R. Nadeswaran, Terence Fernandez and Llew-Ann Phang.
 
 
  Addressing public concerns
Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail tells R. Nadeswaran, Terence Fernandez and Llew-Ann Phang how he is affected by public perception of his chambers in the second part of the interview.
 
   
     
    Hatching IDEAS
IN the autumn of 2006 in a dank room near the Tower of London I met up with Wan Saiful Wan Jan and Wan Mohd Firdaus Wan Mohd Fuaad. Both were well-known to the Malaysian student community in the UK: the former had led Hizbi for many years, while the latter had served as chairman of the United Kingdom and Eire Council for Malaysian Students and was active in the Federation of Student Islamic Societies.  
 
    The green conundrum
CLOSE to four years after the documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth, came onto cinema screens and won rave reviews, I was finally persuaded to watch it by a Swiss friend who felt that Al Gore spoke in part for her and her alpine countrymen when he highlighted the effect of global warming on glacial retreat. No doubt, Gore conveyed a strong sense of urgency for action to be taken to slow down the speed of global warming but by the end of the film, I didn’t learn anything new.
 
    Finding strength in freedom
A CABINET minister whom I once had the pleasure of sitting next to at a dinner, upon finding out that I worked at an academic institution outside Malaysia, asked me what the single greatest barrier to the improvement of Malaysian universities was. "Lack of academic freedom," I answered.
 
   
     

 

 

  Who speaks for Indians?
MIC, Hindraf, Makal Sakhti, PPP, IPF and MAICCI. What do these acronyms and names have in common? Well they are all Indian or Indian-based parties and they are all going through a leadership crisis.
 
 

 

  Local govt elections can wait
SHOULD an election promise be kept if there are questions and uncertainties? More specifically, should Penang and Selangor state governments hold local government elections that the DAP and PKR promised during the 2008 general election campaign? There are no simple answers.
 
 

 

  Adorna overturned – a beginning, not the end
ON Jan 21, in Tan Ying Hong v Tan Sian San and two others – a case involving a fraudulent land transfer in Pahang – the Federal Court led by Chief Justice Tun Zaki Azmi refused to follow the precedent laid down in Adorna Properties Sdn Bhd v Boonsom Boonyanit, and thus overturned it. 
 
   
     
 

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