KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has welcomed the Government's decision to make public the report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the controversial V.K....

ALOR STAR: Malaysians should be wary of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim because of his association with American war strategist Paul Wolfowitz. Jerlun MP Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir said that Wolfowitz, a former...

PETALING JAYA: The move to make public the Royal Commission Report is politically motivated, says Loh Gwo Burne, who made the V.K Lingam video clip. Gwo Burne said yesterday that he believed it was a...

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has improved on its world competitiveness ranking in the International Institute for Management Development's (IMD) World Competitiveness Yearbook 2008 (WCY08). In a...

New guidelines on the dissemination of government information gives the public more right to information and to better understand its economic and social development policies. GONE are the days of...

Madam Zorra takes a look at the shocking case of sexual abuse in Austria and cautions young girls to always be on guard. I narrowly escaped sexual molestation five times even before reaching puberty....

PUTRAJAYA: The Cabinet has agreed that investigations be conducted into all allegations against former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and five others identified in the Royal Commission of...

THE illegal immigrants are the major culprits who carry out open burning in Johan Setia, Klang, causing the air in the area to deteriorate. The Selangor state environment chairman Elizabeth Wong said...

IT is disheartening to see our top scorers begging for a place to further their studies. I am not sure which is a better option, to continue serving the country of their birth which does not...

PUTRAJAYA: Universiti Malaya (UM) is the only public higher education institution to obtain a five-star rating in the Rating System for Malaysian Higher Education Institutions 2007 (Setara). Higher...

ASSEMBLYMEN and politically-appointed local councillors will no longer be allowed to sit on the tender boards of the various local councils in Selangor. State Local Government Committee chairman...

IF YOU fancy tiger prawns instead of tiny shrimps in your prawn noodles, the 3U Restaurant in Taman Taynton View is the place to go. This unassuming restaurant in Jalan Dato Haji Harun serves...

CHENGDU: Taking time to smell the roses and the Malaysian penchant for buying souvenirs saved the group of 26 Malaysian tourists from being harmed by the earthquake on Monday. The group was supposed...

PENANG: A Muslim group is asking for a judicial review of a recent Syariah High Court decision to allow a convert to renounce Islam and revert to her original faith. Hizbut Tahrir Malaysia president...

SHAH ALAM: Selangor State Assembly Speaker Teng Chang Khim was among those whose statements were recorded by the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) in connection with the arrest of a 57-year-old community...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines have mutually decided to terminate the Shuttle Agreement between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, with effect from June 1. According to a joint...

UNITED NATIONS (AP): France criticized Myanmar's military junta on Friday for refusing to allow a French navy ship with 1,500 tons of relief supplies for victims of Cyclone Nargis to deliver the food...

In 1982, the International Theatre Institute observed an International Dance Day to commemorate the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre, the creator of modern ballet. The International Dance Day aims to...

As summer comes on, days get longer, nights shorter. Days go from warm to hot and hotter, till they become scorching. Dust hangs in the air and every few days a dust storm sweeps over the city making...

Lebanon seems to have pulled back from the brink of another civil war. The balance of power between the various sectarian groups in the country has shifted visibly in favour of Hizbollah. The...

Questions of authorship Just who might the Indian Mujahideen — and the authors of the e-mail — actually be? It is hard to say for certain, but some experts believe the name is drawn...

The future is here, and the immortal OED, the one that lives in bound pages last published micrographically in 1991, is obsolete — at least according to the folks who publish...

After 60 years of failures, and as the generation that lived through the Nakbeh passes from the scene, a political settlement that can provide Palestinians with freedom in an independent state...

This is a commendable decision. The best answer to terrorists is to carry on with life and not to give in to their heinous efforts to disrupt...

By Jenny Lanong SHAH ALAM, 16 May (Bernama) -- Although the main thrust for economic development in Selangor is generally helmed by the investment, industrial and manufacturing sectors, the...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Cabinet on Friday agreed that the contents of the Royal Commission of Inquiry report into the Datuk V.K. Lingam clip be made public and copies made available for sale. Law Minister...

HONG KONG (AP) - An outspoken corporate governance activist has quit the board of the Hong Kong stock exchange, accusing the bourse of deteriorating listing standards and succumbing to political...

HARIAN Metro did a random check on the price of rice and found that it has increased by an average of RM10 for each 10kg packet. The daily reported that checks carried out at several hypermarkets in...

By Wong Sai Wan Football is no longer a game controlled by brilliant players like Pele and Cristiano Ronaldo but a multi-billion dollar industry ruBy corporate leaders and crooks. ON MONDAY morning,...

A LOT has been said, mostly negative about the performance of our Members of Parliament, and I think they deserve all the bad comments. It was disappointing to many to see seasoned and experienced...

The Star , April 8) in which he expressed his disappointment at not getting a place at this university. We checked our student selection record and discovered that Wei Jin was about two months short...

By Nor Faridah Abd Rashid DUBAI, May 16(Bernama) -- At the young age of 11, Mohammad Amirul Adam Mohd Zahed already knows what he wants to do in life. He wants to become an equestrian rider...

KUALA TERENGGANU: Odd-job worker Mohamed Nor Awang is not only planning to take a fourth wife 16 years younger than him but has received the blessings of his other wives. Mohamed Nor, 51, had earlier...

A FEW years ago, when our infamous judicial was brought up in the Parliament, The Star featured some very informative articles pertaining to judiciaries around the world. The most prominent was that...

THE recent announcement that the medium of instruction for Maths and Science reverting back to Bahasa Malaysia may be based on the UPSR results is a great source of concern. The UPSR results should...

“She took another empty pack and filled it with rice and scoops of “rendang kerang” and my wife said it cost RM3.” The 58-year old who also suffers from hypertension and diabetes...

KUALA LUMPUR: Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) and the Government are spending a total of RM15.6bil to ensure that the country will have a top-notch, competitive high-speed broadband infrastructure in the...

A man landed in prison after he unintentionally sent an obscene photo of his private part to a female friend using his mobile phone, reports Sin Chew Daily. The 31-year-old man man was jailed five...

PENANG: The Buddhist Tzu Chi Merit Society has set up a fund to help earthquake victims in Sichuan Province, China. The Buddhist Tzu Chi International Relief Fund was set up on Monday. Caring...

TEMPERS flared, heated words were exchanged and some even uttered curses as residents voiced their dissatisfaction when Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) revealed the contents of the Draft Kuala Lumpur...

EIGHT hawker stalls near Kampung Kerinchi were torn down by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) enforcement officers yesterday for failing to move their businesses to another site nearby. Despite being...

THE Government is paying almost RM1bil annually to Putrajaya Holdings for office space for 25 years. In a written reply from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to Liew Chin Tong (DAP...

He would be well advised to meet all major political players during his visit. The dominant parties in the ruling coalition, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) led by Asif Zardari, and the Muslim...

KUALA LUMPUR: Intense publicity generated over the progress of a three-man panel’s investigation into an alleged spy team to oust political enemies of MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting may...

KUALA LUMPUR parliamentarians said they were shocked, worried and concerned over the draft plan after they had a chance to look at it. Even though the MPs did not have a chance to fully study the...

ATLANTA (AP) - Swimsuit manufacturer TYR Sport sued rival Speedo, maker of the record-breaking "LZR Racer,'' on Thursday, alleging the company conspired with the U.S. swimming federation to stifle...

FARGO, North Dakota (AP) - A 19-year-old flight attendant has been accused of setting a fire aboard a commercial airplane that was forced to make an emergency landing in Fargo, North Dakota. Eder...

A TOTAL of RM2.37bil has been spent to finance the national service (NS) programme since it was introduced in 2004, Deputy Defence Minister Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop said. He said RM608.6mil was...

PASIR Mas MP Datuk Ibrahim Ali prefers to be an Independent for the time being and extends his gratitude to PAS spiritual adviser Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat for inviting him to join the party....

THE closure of the 600m stretch of the Federal Highway in Klang, which was scheduled for yesterday, has been postponed to next week. Sungai Pinang state assemblyman Teng Chang Khim said the state...