a Malaysia for Malaysians

By Bhaskar Roy
What President Abraham Lincoln started, Rev. Martin Luther King saw in his “dream”, was finally delivered by the people of America by electing Barack Hussein Obama as the country’s 44th President on November 4, 2008.
Till about a month before the election day, there were doubts. It was [...]

by Dr. V. Suryanarayan

The unprecedented demonstration by Malaysian Indians before the British High Commission in Kula Lumpur at the end of November 2007, under the sponsorship of the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF), has brought into sharp focus the pathetic situation in which the Indian community finds itself today. The HINDRAF is a coalition [...]

Malaysians ask themselves if they are ready for a Non Malay leader:

Is Malaysia ready to be led by its own Barack Obama, someone who is not from the country’s Malay-Muslim majority?

The question has become a talking point for many Malaysians, including Members of Parliament, following Mr Obama’s victory.

Prime Minister Abdullah AhmadBadawi himself [...]

Every four years, the world looks with bafflement at the United States as the country goes through its curious process of electing its President. Truth be told, the system is far from obvious, and remains misunderstood and controversial even within the U.S.A. A brief primer on how it all works.
With early voting opening in some [...]

LONDON (AFP) – Oil prices sank to 59 dollars on Monday, hitting 17-month lows on worries that a global recession will sap energy demand and as the US currency strengthened against the euro.
In early Monday trade, Brent North Sea crude for December delivery plummeted to 59.02 dollars per barrel, its lowest point since February [...]

By Robin Brant
BBC News, Kuala Lumpur

Abdullah Badawi said he had [...]

KOLKATA/IMPHAL: Five tribal girls from Manipur, who had been trafficked to Malaysia via Kolkata earlier this year, were rescued and brought back to the city late on Friday evening.
An international agency that helped in the repatriation said the kingpin of the racket had trafficked girls from Kolkata as well as all major towns [...]

By JEANNINE AVERSA, AP Economics WriterWed Oct 8, 12:04 PM ET
The world economy will slow sharply this year and next, with the United States likely sliding into recession reflecting mounting damage from the most dangerous financial jolt in more than a half-century.
The International Monetary Fund, in a World Economic Outlook released Wednesday, slashed growth [...]

Source : Malaysiakini ( http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/91024)
A retired senior police officer who probed the infamous ‘black eye’ incident involving Anwar Ibrahim in 1998 has made startling claims on how attorney-general (AG) Abdul Gani Patail allegedly tampered with evidence in the case.
MCPX
In a set of court documents revealed this week, Mat Zain Ibrahim implied that the actions of [...]

Malaysia’s prime minister is likely to announce on Wednesday that he will step aside for his deputy, but the man picked as the new leader is unlikely to be able stop either the political or economic rot.
Najib Razak, 55, has deep roots in the main ruling party. He joined in 1978, is the son of [...]