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Ka Chuan still a Cabinet minister: PM

Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan is still a serving Cabinet minister, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Friday.

Do not cause a split in Wanita, warns PM

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has warned Wanita Umno against causing a split within the movement and the use of money politics in the contest for the wing’s top post come March.

Inflation has peaked, prices of goods coming down: Shahrir

There is good news for consumers amidst the gloom of the current economic crisis. Inflation for the country has peaked and prices of goods have started to come down.

• Man gets two years for cheating using Datuk K’s name
• Students can sit for exams without MyKad
• Proton, Perodua to retrofit cars with rear seat belts in December
• Education dept told to probe delay in settling Tenaga bills
• Five Malaysian envoys receive appointment letters
• Illegal export of red sanders logs to M'sia foiled
• Ka Chuan speaks up over resignation (updated)

World Updates »

Update: Saturday, November 22, 2008 MYT 2:32:36 AM

Thousands protest in Iraq against U.S. troops pact

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein.

Islamists on trail of Somali pirates

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Dozens of Somali Islamist insurgents stormed a port on Friday hunting the pirates behind the seizure of a Saudi supertanker that was the world's biggest hijack, a local elder said.

Spiders get their space legs

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Spiders flying as an educational project aboard the International Space Station seem to have gotten the hang of weightlessness.

Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce

LONDON (AP): Madonna and Guy Ritchie were granted a preliminary decree of divorce Friday.

Rome museums shut down by one-day strike

ROME (AP): Some of Rome's most visited museums and monuments are staying shut as ticket-booth workers and security guards stage a one-day strike amid fears of job cuts.

Saudi foreign minister condemns piracy

OSLO, Norway (AP): Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Friday said the only way to deal with pirates like those holding his country's supertanker MV Sirius Star is "by eradicating'' them.

Courts »

• Ex-newscaster and hubby win appeal against suit
• High Court judge to hear revision followed by appeal
• Ex-exec’s story doesn’t add up

Parliament »

• Push for better toll rates
• NEAC to discuss fuel prices at meeting next month
• Poser over status of Housing and Local Govt Minister