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F1 fans get to watch practice session for free on April 2
KUALA LUMPUR: Sepang International Circuit (SIC) will offer motorsport fans an unprecedented opportunity, to watch Formula One teams training for the ...

Astro to go private at RM4.30/share
KUALA LUMPUR: Astro All Asia Networks Plc (AAAN), Malaysia's sole pay-TV operator, is to be taken private at an offer cash price of RM4.30 per AAAN ...

Businessman loses RM400,000 to robbers
KUCHING: Two foreigners held up a businessman in his car and escaped with the victim's bag containing RM400,000 in Kota Samarahan, near here last ...

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I respect Ka Ting’s decision: Ka Siong
KUALA LUMPUR: MCA Youth chief Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said today he respected the decision of former MCA president Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting to contest the ...
RMAF’s Nuri makes emergency landing
ALOR GAJAH: A Nuri helicopter belonging to the Royal Malaysian Air Force had to make an emergency landing at the field of Sekolah Rendah Jenis ...
Healing the crisis
Ka Ting confirms bid for No. 1 post to ‘restore stability to MCA’
KUALA LUMPUR: The battle for the right to heal the 17-month crisis in MCA took shape yesterday, with immediate past president Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting ...
NEM should be more competitive: Daim
KUALA LUMPUR: The soon-to-be-announced Malaysia's New Economic Model (NEM) should be focus on strategies that would make the country competitive ...
Odyssey sold in Malaysia not affected by recall: Honda
KUALA LUMPUR: Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd clarified that the recent recall of Odyssey and Element 2007 YM and 2008 YM does not affect units sold in ...
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New Ipoh airport strategy
IPOH: The Sultan Azlan Shah Airport here will serve as a feeder airport to other airports in the region as it cannot compete with Kuala Lumpur ...
Three robbers shot dead
KUALA SELANGOR: The mastermind of a robbery gang and two of his accomplices were shot dead by police yesterday morning here in Kota Puteri ...
Coke's RM1b vote of confidence
NILAI: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was heartened yesterday by the Coca-Cola Company's recognition of Malaysia as an important ...
DEWAN DISPATCHES
Why this tendency for rowdiness?
ANOTHER year in the Dewan Rakyat, another designed ruckus explodes.
Shahrizat to discuss with Jamil Khir on reviewing syariah issues
KUALA LUMPUR: Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said she would discuss with Minister in the ...
RM86m dam to ease water woes
A NEW dam costing RM85.5 million is being planned in Kahang near Kluang in a move to address the water shortage problem during the dry season in the ...
Jealousy drives man to kill wife
ALOR GAJAH: Driven by jealously, a lorry driver slashed his wife to death before hanging himself at their rented home in Taman Seri Redan, ...
Two boys drown while crossing river
KUALA KRAI: Two members of a football team drowned while six others were saved by an angler while trying to wade across Sungai Lebir ...
Hose had no water to douse burning car
GEORGE TOWN: An arsonist is believed to have set fire to a brand new Honda Jazz owned by an entertainment outlet worker early yesterday ...
2-year-old dumped at stall
JITRA: A 2-year-old boy is now homeless after a woman, believed to be his mother, abandoned and left him with a nasi lemak stall owner in ...
sport
CIMB Kuala Lumpur Open: Nicol stays focused
FRESH from her season-opening win in Chennai two weeks ago, Nicol David is ready to take on all-comers in a bid to win the CIMB Kuala Lumpur Open for ...
Praises coming in for Meritus
MERITUS GP got the thumbs-up from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for becoming the first Asian team to win a GP2 race.
Najib wants Thomas Cup next
PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak hopes Lee Chong Wei's All England victory will galvanise the national badminton team for the Thomas Cup ...
Razip's gamble paying off
RAZIP Ismail took a leaf out of Arsene Wenger's book through his philosophy in starting them out young which is beginning to reap dividends after ...
Another four make the grade
FOUR athletes, two each from archery and diving, have been included in the "Road to London" programme, thus bringing the total to 21.
Chong Wei guns for more titles
LEE Chong Wei, as expected, is not satisfied with the All England title and will gun for more honours this year.
Five star KL sink Perlis
DEFENDING champions Kuala Lumpur notched their third successive victory in the National Under-16 tournament by blanking Perlis 5-0 in a Group A match ...
Comment: It's high time BWF introduced the 'Hawkeye'
INTERNATIONAL badminton players should push the game's rulers to follow the example of tennis and introduce "Hawkeye" technology to end disputes over ...
Marathon: Organisers promise smoother event
THE Standard Chartered KL Marathon organisers have vowed to deliver a smoother event on June 27 while targeting 18,000 runners this year.
AFC Cup: Selangor made to eat humble pie
SELANGOR suffered one of their biggest defeats in recent memory when they were mauled 6-1 by Indonesia's Sriwijaya FC in an AFC Cup Group F match at ...
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EDITORIAL
Paedophilia by another name
THERE are many terms to describe a girl below the age of consent. But mention "Lolita" -- after the protagonist in Vladimir Nabokov's novel of the ...
KAMRUL IDRIS
Iran awaits the statesman to heal its rifts
EVEN sworn enemies can have more in common than they think.
W.SCOTT THOMPSON
All ye fools, march no more in folly
IT would be hackneyed to use the overused phrase "March Of Folly", most recently of Barbara Tuchman's, while describing any particularly loathsome ...
MARK LANDLER and ETHAN BRONNER
US anger over Israeli plan building up
AN ill-timed municipal housing announcement in Jerusalem has mutated into one of the most serious conflicts between the United States and Israel in ...