KUALA LUMPUR: Police urged the public to stop speculations on the disappearance of beauty product millionaires Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and three other men since Aug 30.

PETALING JAYA: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) divisions in Selangor have thrown their support behind Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to lead the party to avoid a split in the party.

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Gas Terminal in Gayang, Sepanggar, near here, which supplies gas to three independent power producers (IPP), suffered a technical glitch Thursday, causing trips in two of the IPPs, and triggering a statewide power outage.

JOHOR BARU: The Public Complaints Bureau (PCB) is investigating complaints of alleged negligence by the Sultan Ismail Hospital following the deaths of two men recently.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak extended Aidilfitri greetings to all Muslims in the country, saying they had much to be thankful for to be able to celebrate the festival in peace and prosperity.

KUCHING: A 43-year-old carpenter was jailed 12 years and ordered to be given 10 strokes of the rotan by the Sessions Court here for raping his daughter.

KUALA LUMPUR: A Vietnamese court has jailed two Malaysians for using fake credit cards and passports to steal money.

PETALING JAYA: Perkasa brushed off Umno’s statement that the largest component party in the Barisan Nasional neither needs nor has ties with Perkasa.

PUTRAJAYA: Authorities in the United States should take appropriate action to stop an evangelical church in Florida from going ahead with a Quran-burning ceremony in view of the serious consequences of such an action, said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman.

JOHOR BARU: The Malaysian Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) has detained three bus drivers for consuming drugs after these drivers tested positive for drugs during urine tests conducted on bus drivers at the Larkin Bus Terminal.

CLOSE to a hundred people – most of them with disabilities – had a great time at a recent buka puasa dinner at PJ Hilton’s Crystal Ballroom.

ON a recent visit to China, South African President Jacob Zuma complained to an audience at Renmin University that developing countries were tired of being told that Western style democracy was necessary for achieving sustained economic growth.

PUTRAJAYA: Authorities in the United States should take appropriate action to stop an evangelical church in Florida from going ahead with a Quran-burning ceremony in view of the serious consequences of such an action, said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman.

KUALA LUMPUR: Eighteen more deaths were recorded on the sixth day of the Ops Sikap, bringing the total death toll to 95, police said Thursday.

SIBU: The heavy downpour over the past few days in the upper stretches of Belaga and Kapit has left Sibu Division residents, like Sim Kok Kee, in jitters.

North-bound traffic from Bidor to Tapah along the North-South Expressway suffered a five-hour traffic congestion following an accident involving two heavy vehicles.

The father of a six-year-old, who was killed in a fireworks explosion here, has pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing an assortment of fireworks and firecrackers at the magistrate’s court here.

The state government has no plans to relocate the Sultan Azlan Shah Airport here.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup is said to have injected more than US$5.363 billion (39 billion Rand or RM16.7 billion) into South Africa’s economy, contributing 0.1 percentage point to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), it was revealed here.

KUALA LUMPUR: MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek has given his statement to the police for the investigation of a police report lodged against him by Perkasa for his remarks made at the Chinese Economic Congress.

CLOSE to a hundred people – most of them with disabilities – had a great time at a recent buka puasa dinner at PJ Hilton’s Crystal Ballroom.

Malaysia’s brain drain is not limited to adults as increasing numbers of children are also leaving the country.

We have to get tough with wildlife smugglers as the world is watching how serious we are about tackling the scourge.

If only new NGO 1Malaysia Youth Graduands and Perkasa’s Ibrahim Ali will come forward to defend their assertions that the Constitution has been slighted.

KOTA KINABALU: Welfare payments will be made through banks in an effort to ensure that recipients get the money that they are entitled to, Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Senator Heng Seai Kie said.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian ambassador in Indonesia should be recalled if Indonesia fails to ensure the safety of our officials in Jakarta, said Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin.

GEORGE TOWN: A hawker whose toe was bitten by a rat is now under observation at the intensive care unit of Kepala Batas Hospital for suspected leptospirosis infection.

PETALING JAYA: American socialite, actress and singer Paris Hilton will make a whirlwind 24-hour visit to Malaysia this month.

KOTA KINABALU: A police officer is being investigated for allegedly getting a group of foreigners to assault a student.

KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu Domestic Trade, Co-operative and Consumerism Department has warned local traders that enforcement operations will continue until the first day of Hari Raya to prevent them from hiking prices indiscriminately.

KUALA LUMPUR: Star RFM Sdn Bhd has terminated the employment of two senior executives and a deejay at the Chinese language radio station 988.

PETALING JAYA: The Sungai Semenyih water treatment plant has reopened.

KUALA LUMPUR: What happens when Malaysian queen of burlesque, Joanne Kam Po Po meets wacky travel show host Ian Wright? They bring the house down.

PETALING JAYA: PKR looks set for its most intense party elections yet.

KUALA LUMPUR: Eight Chinese primary schools nationwide will be given RM21.7mil under a special allocation by the Education Ministry.

PETALING JAYA: The PKR election committee is not in favour of the recent action of PKR vice-president Azmin Ali’s supporters.

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has detected at least a 50% increase in hacking on Malaysian websites in the first week of this month.

PETALING JAYA: Perkasa is eroding Barisan Nasional’s support among the non-Malays with its comments, said Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.

BUTTERWORTH: A man was shot three times by a gunman but survived.

KUALA LUMPUR: Three victims of the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide on Dec 6, 2008 are suing its developer and Syabas for breach of duty of care and negligence.