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KUALA LUMPUR: PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has quit as Permatang Pauh Member of Parliament to make way for husband Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to contest in a by-election. She handed her resignation letter to Parliament Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia on Thursday, she said at a press conference here on Thursday. She will remain as party president, she added. Anwar, under a police investigation for allegedly sodomising a former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, 23, had previously said he would contest in the Kulim-Bandar Baharu parliamentary constituency, where an election petition is pending. The case is scheduled for hearing on Aug 19. On Thursday, Anwar said he had decided to contest in Pematang Pauh instead because the Kulim petition might take too long to settle. He had previously said that he would have the numbers to form the government by Sept 16, and said the sodomy allegation was a conspiracy the Barisan Nasional Government to stop him from doing so. He ha

KUALA LUMPUR: PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said his party had rejected any efforts have any co-operation with Barisan Nasional and Umno to form a coalition government at either state or federal level. Speaking to reporters after PAS Central Working Committee meeting and the party's consultative council Thursday, he said PAS would be open to holding discussions with all, inclduing political parties, NGOs, institutions and individuals in the interest of the nation. Hadi stressed that PAS would continue to remain in Pakatan Rakyat and be active in working towards changing the present government. http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/7/31/nation/20080731155534&sec=nation seals: If they would have accepted, this would have been the last of PAS to get support from the rest.

31-07-2008 10:13:58 AM Oleh G.MANIMARAN (Mutakhir) PETALING JAYA: Selepas dua minggu Presiden PAS, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang mendedahkan wujudnya siri pertemuan Umno-PAS, hari ini parti itu dijangka mengumumkan pendirian rasmi signifikan mengenai isu muzakarah dan muqabalah yang hangat diperkatakan sejak kebelakangan ini. Yang menarik mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Kerja Pusat itu akan disertai oleh anggota Majlis Syura - badan tertinggi PAS. Mesyuarat yang bermula pukul 10 pagi tadi - di Ibu Pejabat PAS di Kuala Lumpur akan mendengar pendirian yang telah pun dibuat oleh Majlis Syura berhubung isu muzakarah dan muqabalah. Ketika dihubungi semalam, Timbalan Presiden PAS, Nasharuddin Mat Isa mengesahkan pertemuan tersebut. Setiausaha Akhbar kepada Abdul Hadi, Raslan Shahir memberitahu mStar Online pertemuan pagi ini dilihat penting memandangkan ia membabitkan mesyuarat yang disertai lebih 30 anggota Jawatankuasa Kerja Pusat dan Majlis Syura. Ia penting dengan mengambil kira perkembangan isu se

reportby Tim Leonard mailto:Leonardnewsdesk@thesundaily.com KUALA LUMPUR (July 29, 2008) : Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar today urged the medical fraternity to take stern action against a Myanmar doctor from Hospital Pusrawi or anyone responsible for "leaking" a medical report on Saiful Bukhari Azlan showing no evidence of sodomy. Syed Hamid also lambasted Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for going around publishing the medical reports through the media. "If he (Anwar) has new evidence, he should give them to the police," said Syed Hamid, after officiating at the International Conference on Representation of Islam and Muslims in the Media in PWTC. He added that it was unethical for doctors to reveal medical reports of their patients. Syed Hamid later said police can't rush into their investigations into allegations of sodomy by Anwar. "They (police) have to do it meticulously. If we want to do justice, we have to do i

PETALING JAYA: A medical report purportedly stating there was no medical indication of Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan having been sodomised has surfaced on online news portals. The medical report from Hospital Pusrawi, signed by Dr Mohamed Osman Abdul Hamid at 2.14pm on June 28, ruled out that Mohd Saiful was sodomised. It said there was “zero active bleeding”, “zero ulcer or pus” and “zero tear and scar” in Mohd Saiful's anus. In the report, Dr Mohamed Osman had also recommended that Mohd Saiful go to a government hospital for further check-up. How the medical report was leaked – which is a breach of patient confidentiality – is unknown. Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said the Malaysian Medical Council must look into the case. “I have instructed the director-general to look into the case to ensure that professionalism is maintained,” he said. A top Health Ministry official said the leaked report was probably not a full report because it appeared to be documenting only the superfi

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has clarified that the 14 Mercedes E200 Kompressors purchased by the Terengganu government for RM3.43mil would be used for visiting foreign dignitaries. He said that this was the decision he reached with Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak after speaking with Terengganu Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said on Thursday. More to follow http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/7/25/nation/20080725180315&sec=nation seals: WHERE IS THE MALAYSIAN PRIDE? DEAD? THERE SHOULD BE MORE PRIDE TO USE MALAYSIAN CAR FOR FOREIGN DIGNITARIES!!!!!!! PRIDE GOING DOWN DRAIN?

PM okays Merc for T'ganu govt (updated) By R.S.N. MURALI KUALA TERENGGANU: Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said was in a jubilant mood Friday stressing that the Mercedes-Benz saga ended after the meeting with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Thursday, indicating that he had received the PM’s blessings to use the German-made vehicles as official cars. Ahmad also met with Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at the same venue. "Yes, we (Abdullah and Najib) reached a consensus on the matter during the meeting at Putra World Trade Centre (on Thursday). The matter has been solved. I can't elaborate further," he said Friday after opening the Seri Kandi's Annual General Meeting at his official residence here. The Terengganu Government was criticised recently after it purchased 14 Mercedes E200 Kompressors for RM3.43mil. Ahmad said both leaders have told him that the matter is solved and should be laid to rest. Asked whether the Mercedes Benz E200 K

On the first day, God created the dog and said: 'Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.' The dog said: 'That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?' So God agreed. On the second day, God created the monkey and said: 'Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span.' The monkey said: 'Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the Dog did?' And God agreed. On the third day, God created the cow and said: 'You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years.' The cow said: 'That's kind of a tough life you want me to live f

SHAH ALAM (July 22, 2008): Lawyer Karpal Singh yesterday filed a notice of motion to call Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and three others to testify in the trial for the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu. The three others were police officers -- DSP Musa Safri and DSP Idris -- dan lawyer Dhiren Rene Norendra. Karpal who holds a watching brief for Altantuya’s family, also sought to recall private detective P. Balasubramaniam who was the first prosecution witness in the trial. The notice of motion filed at the High Court Registry here at 3pm, sought the court to invoke Section 425 of the Criminal Procedure Code to recall Balasubramaniam and order Najib, Musa, Idris dan Dhiren to give evidence. Karpal also wanted all proceedings with regard to the trial which is supposed to resume on Wednesday, to be postponed pending the disposal of his application. Updated: 11:37AM Tue, 22 Jul 2008

An elderly man in Mumbai calls his son in New York and says, 'I hate to ruin your day son, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are getting a divorce; 35 years of marriage... and that muchmisery is enough! ''Dad, what are you talking about?' the son screams. 'We can't stand the sight of each other any longer,' the old man says. 'We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Hong Kong and tell her! 'Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone.' Like heck they're getting divorced,' she shouts, 'I'll take care of this. 'She calls Mumbai immediately, and screams at the old man, 'You are not getting divorced. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then , don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR??' and she hangs up. The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. &#

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New ruling will make people adopt via illegal means By NG CHENG YEE PETALING JAYA: The ruling that prohibits adopted Muslim children from carrying their adoptive fathers' names will only encourage people to seek out illegal channels. An adoptive mother, who declined to be named, said the ruling would only encourage more people to illegally adopt babies. “They will just buy babies the illegal way as they would not want to go through the hassle of adopting a child through the legal procedures,” she said, referring to Wednesday's announcement by Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar. Syed Hamid had said that adoptive parents were not allowed to register the child's name with bin or binti followed by the adoptive father's name in documents issued by the National Registration Department. He said although the ruling was made by the National Fatwa Council in 2000, the director-general of the department had used his discretion to allow adoptive fathers to lend their names t

This time I called to book a budget limo to KLIA......hmmm what is the story this time... I called the call center lady answered and I told her the pickup time (11.30am) then she asked for my flight time and I told here the time (2.00pm). Then she told me you have to be at airport 2 hours before the flight time and she said LIMO will pick me up at 1100 am. I insisted the pickup time to me 1100hrs ( she did not even ask me where to pick me up from). She said it is their company policy to pick up 3 hours before flight time. Then I asked her if I m from Malacca is it still 3 hours she said "no", then I asked if I m from Sepang (near to airport) is it still 3 hours she said "no". Then the call dropped I called again, the same lady answered, I insisted that the pickup time is 11.30am and she insisted 11.00am. When I demanded she hang up the phone saying if you can't follow our policy we cannot take your booking..... ( pls note she did not even ask my location ) But m

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KOTA BARU: All six Kelantan Barisan Nasional representatives staged a walkout from the state assembly Monday after Speaker Mohd Nassuruddin Daud disallowed them from asking verbal questions. Before the assembly, Datuk Alwi Che Ahmad (BN-Kok Lanas) gave an indication of things to come when he asked why 10 of the Opposition's 15 verbal questions were not allowed. The Speaker replied that the questions were not relevant and that they had had been answered on previous occasions. An argument ensued with Alwi insisting that the questions had to be answered as they involved the interests of the people. The spat between the Speaker and Alwi lasted for some 10 minutes, after which he and the five other BN representatives - Datuk Noor Zahidi Omar (BN - Pengkalan Kubor), Ab. Aziz Derashid (BN - Kuala Balah), Datuk Nozula Mat Diah (BN - Paloh), Mohd Adhan Kechik (BN - Bukit Bunga) and Mat Yusof Abd Ghani (BN - Nenggiri walked out of the assembly. Outside the assembly, Alwi accused the state go

The Lion's wedding A lion was getting married.... at his wedding was a mouse shouting away... and congratulating the lion "all the best my brother....good luck....." seeing the mouse shouting away claiming that the lion getting married is his brother... another Lion grabs the mouse in anger & asks "Who the hell do you think you are.... how can alion be your brother.. you are only a mouse.... the Mouse replies.... "I was also a Lion before I got married"

KUALA LUMPUR, JULY 4 (Bernama) -- Private investigator P.Balasubramaniam Friday retracted all statements that he had made about Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's alleged involvement with Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu in his statutory declaration dated July 1. "I wish to retract the entire contents of my statuutory declaration dated July 1 2008. I was compelled to affirm the said statutory declaration under duress," he said in his new statutory declaration dated Friday. Speaking through his lawyer, M.Arulampalam, Balasubramaniam told reporters that the statements contained in his previous statutory declaration was inaccurate and not the truth. The new statutory declaration states:"I wish to expressly state that at no material time did (Abdul) Razak (Abdullah) Baginda inform me that he was introduced to Altantuya Shaaribu by a VIP and at no material time did Razak Baginda inform me that Datuk Seri Najib had a sexual relationship with Altantuya Shaaribu and that she was sus

1. Selian Lutheran Hospital, Arusha, Tanzania "A hospital with a mission to serve the poor andthe sick in the name of Jesus Christ." http://selianlh.habari.co.tz/ 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selian Selian is a small river which runs off the southern slopes of Mount Meru in the northern Arusha region of Tanzania , East Africa . The town of Arusha resides to the east of Selian River. This Tanzania location article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . a Lutheran hospital in Arusha , Tanzania ; a village in Azerbaijan of Iran , in Asia; a Baltic tribe that used to live in east Latvia and north-east Lithuania (the surroundings of Visaginas ). This nation was small and their Selian language became assimilated into Lithuanian and Latvian between 1400 and 1600; a farmstead, a part of an open-air ethnographic and history museum in Jekabpils district of south-east Latvia ; an Armenian last name. Wine Name : Selian Reserve. Vintage : 2001. Wine District :

KUALA LUMPUR (July 3, 2008) : Three groups have condemned Pasir Salak MP Datuk Tajuddin Abdul Rahman for labelling non-Malays in the country as immigrants in his debate in the Dewan Rakyat on the 9th Malaysia Plan mid-term review on Tuesday. MCA Youth secretary-general Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said today the party’s legal bureau is studying the matter and will write to Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak as the Chief Whip, recommending that action be taken against Tajuddin. "His statement contained racist elements. It had more or less hurt the feelings of the Chinese community and other non-Malays. "Our legal bureau will look into this for the sake of preserving the solidarity within BN. "We are all Malaysian citizens and must observe national unity. This does not have any good and could also be damaging and provoke reaction," he told a press conference at the Parliament lobby. The press conference was also attended by representatives from Sarawak United

The following is the full 16-page statutory declaration sign by Abdul Razak Baginda's private investigor P Balasubramaniam on July 1. http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/85502 Altantuya "susceptible to anal intercourse" (see 25.2 of the Statutory Declaration)? Najib had told Razak that, according to Bala Perumal! 25.2 Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak informed Abdul Razak Baginda that he had a sexual relationship with Aminah and that she was susceptible to anal intercourse. 25.3 Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wanted Abdul Razak Baginda to look after Aminah as he did not want her to harass him since he was now the Deputy Prime Minister. 25.4 Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Abdul Razak Baginda and Aminah had all been together at a dinner in Paris. 25.5 Aminah wanted money from him as she felt she was entitled to a USD$500,000.00 commission on a submarine deal she assisted with in Paris. Read more at : http://rockybru.blogspot.com/2008/07/another-statutory-declaration.html 3 July 2008 Press C

KUALA LUMPUR: MCA Youth has lashed out at Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar for hinting that action would be taken against the Malaysian Bar Council for holding a Social Contract Forum last Saturday. Its legal bureau chief, Gan Ping Sieu, was disappointed with Syed Hamid for saying that the police could begin investigations if a report was lodged against the Bar Council for sedition. "Discussing the process of drafting the Constitution, including its historical background and reasons, must not be interpreted as questioning the Malays' special position," he said in a statement yesterday. He added that no one should object to organisations or bodies which conducted forums to discuss the Federal Constitution objectively and rationally, without distorting the facts. It was reported that speakers at the forum -- lawyer Tommy Thomas, academic Dr Mavis Puthucheary and political analysts Dr Kua Kia Soong and Dr Farish Noor -- discussed Article 153 of the Federal Constitut

KUALA LUMPUR: Cooperation between the police and armed forces is necessary to maintain public order and security in the country. With this in mind, the two security forces launched a joint safety exercise at the Police College in Cheras yesterday.Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said cooperation was crucial because political parties, non-governmental organisations and individuals were, of late, organising more illegal assemblies. "It is crucial, and the right time, for the forces to organise and plan strategies to carry out duties in maintaining public order as outlined in the public order manual," he said. The exercise, which began yesterday and ends on Monday, is to get planners to understand what it takes to coordinate efforts between the two forces should the need arise. Musa said the joint exercise, whose focus is on the Klang Valley, especially Kuala Lumpur, Shah Alam and Petaling Jaya, was to show that public order problems could be tackled properly and