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KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 25: The Election Commission's decision not to use indelible ink to mark voters' fingers, a practice used in many countries to ensure a person votes only once, is final.
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 24: Although Chinese daily Nanyang Siang Pau has apologised to PAS president Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang over a report which attributed a statement on gambling to him, English daily The Star has yet to do the same.
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 24: Delivering a speech on leadership of the future, veteran UMNO leader Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah criticised prime minister Najib Razak’s approach, saying it was not right to expect people to trust the leader's judgement.
TEMERLOH, Mar 24: PAS vice president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said he was not eyeing the party's deputy president's post in the coming party elections scheduled in June.E Harakah
Monday, March 28, 2011
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Friday, March 18, 2011
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KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 17: The number of bankrupt Malaysians has increased threefold over the last decade, with more than 200,000 people declared bust last year.
SHAH ALAM, Mar 17: Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim has demanded prime minister Najib Razak an explanation on the 'River of Life' project under the government's Economic Transformation Programme.
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 15: PAS and an affiliate organisation will meet Bank Negara Malaysia officials to find a solution to the exorbitant insurance premiums being imposed on older vehicles.Tuesday, March 15, 2011
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| Hadi: UMNO's anti-Anwar gathering proves political interest |
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 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 15: PAS president said a gathering organised by UMNO to demand that Anwar Ibrahim give the police a sample of his DNA in the ongoing sodomy trial only proved the case's political motivation. |
| Rosmah's 'seismic remark' leaves trail of sarcasm |
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 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 14: For centuries, seismologists and geologists have not been able to predict natural calamities such as earthquakes and tsunamis, nor have such disasters ever been blamed on modern-day environmental hazards. |
| Two UMNO dailies blundered but only one sorry |
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 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 14: It was more like being 'laughed at' rather than 'laughed with' when two Malay-language dailies Berita Harian and Utusan Malaysia decided to run stories breaking all conventional journalism ethics. |
| MACC told to probe Selangor UMNO's half-a-million ringgit handout |
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| SHAH ALAM, Mar 14: The Malaysian Anti Corruption Agency has been urged to probe Selangor UMNO and another organisation following a half-a-million ringgit sponsorship to aid students returning to Egypt. |
| Razaleigh tells of 'political liar in the house' |
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 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 14: Former Finance minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has rubbished Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s latest book Doctor in the House as a pack of political lies masquerading as 'memoirs'. |
| Another blast at nuclear plant as bodies litter seasides |
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| SENDAI, Mar 14: A hydrogen explosion occurred Monday morning at the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's troubled No. 3 reactor, as thousands of bodies surfaced at the shores. |
Monday, March 14, 2011
Panic at Japan plant as nuclear radiation confirmed
SENDAI (Japan), Mar 12: Officials scrambled earthquake-hit Sendai to prevent a meltdown Saturday after an explosion at a nuclear power station blew apart the building housing its reactor, injuring four workers.File pic of Fukushima nuclear plant
The blast followed the failure of the power plant's cooling system, which was compromised by Friday's 8.8-magnitude temblor.
Tokyo Electric Power Co., the utility that runs the Fukushima No. 1 plant, said the four workers injured in the blast — two of its own staff and two from another company, do not have life-threatening injuries and all remained conscious.
At the time of the 3:36 p.m. blast, the four were tending to problems caused by the massive quake, which devastated northeastern Japan and generated giant tsunami.
The explosion about 250 km northeast of Tokyo destroyed the walls and roof of the aging facility, which housed the reactor, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told reporters at a hastily convened news conference Saturday evening.
TV footage showed that the power plant's roof and walls had disappeared. Tepco said the roof of the building collapsed after a large tremor.
Edano urged local residents to stay calm and said radiation levels were being carefully monitored. He also urged all residents living within 20 km of its Fukushima No. 1 and No. 2. plants to evacuate.
"We are now trying to analyze what is behind the explosion," Edano said. "We ask everyone to take action to secure safety."
The nuclear power plant lost cooling ability after being jolted by Friday's devastating quake, and radioactive cesium and iodine were detected nearby Saturday.
Detection of the materials, which are created in the atomic fission process, prompted the nuclear safety agency to admit the reactor has been melting, a first for Japan.
According to the Fukushima Prefectural Government, hourly radiation emissions from the Fukushima plant reached 1,015 microsieverts on the premises — an amount equivalent to the dose an ordinary person would receive in one year.
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said serious damage to the stricken reactor's containment facility was unlikely despite the explosion.
Wind in the region is weak and headed northeast — toward the sea — for the time being, the Meteorological Agency said.
The company scrambled earlier Saturday to release pressure in the containers housing the reactors to prevent a nuclear meltdown from occurring, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said.
Even before Tepco succeeded in reducing the pressure, which involved releasing steam that would likely include radioactive materials, radiation had risen to an unusually high level in and near the No. 1 nuclear plant.
Work to depressurize the containers, aimed at preventing the plants from sustaining damage and losing their critical containment function, was conducted under an unprecedented government order.
At the No. 1 plant, the amount of radiation reached around 1,000 times normal inside the control room of the reactor, and 70 times normal near its main gate.
It was the first time an external radioactive leak had been confirmed since the disaster.
Meanwhile, Edano clarified at an emergency press conference convened in Tokyo that owner and operator of the nuclear facility, Tokyo Electric Power Co., has confirmed that the steel container housing the reactor is intact.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Prepare for Sarawak: Wan Azizah
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 10: Following Pakatan Rakyat’s defeats in the Kerdau and Merlimau by-elections, Parti Keadilan Rakyat president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (pic) said the Sarawak state polls and the general election would be held soon.Saying Barisan Nasional's gains in the by-elections would encourage the coalition into calling the 13th general election anytime soon, Azizah called on PR to also work on the Sarawak election.
“Pakatan Rakyat will embark on strategising to face the Sarawak election as well as the 13th general election. Coordinated work at every level must start now,” she urged in a statement.
Saying the defeat in Merlimau and Kerdau were expected as the constituencies were BN’s stronghold which had been fortified through excessive remuneration thrown to voters, Azizah said the Election Commission must be free and independent, and attend to complaints by all parties transparently.
Azizah also urged PR to continue approach the people.
“Pakatan Rakyat must continue to be close with the people as their well-being cannot be covered with election goodies," she added.
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