Mawi to wed Nora’Ashikin soon

Tuesday October 21, 2008
http://thestar.com.my/

KUALA LUMPUR: Popular singer Mawi is expected to announce today the much-anticipated news of him tying the knot with actress Nora’Ashikin Rahmat.
Mawi is scheduled to make his wedding announcement at a press conference in a hotel here.
It is believed the couple will tie the knot on Dec 20 in Johor.
The bersanding ceremony [...]

Rais: I’ve been asked to pay for my votes

Malaysiakini

Oct 20, 08 3:28pm

A veteran Umno leader today said he had been asked to pay for votes in an upcoming contest for top posts, and warned that money politics would destroy the organisation.
MCPX
Foreign Minister Rais Yatim said “the majority” of Umno members were more interested in making money out of the election than in voting [...]

Red leader dies at 84

http://thestar.com.my/
Tuesday October 21, 2008
By MARTIN VENGADESAN
KUALA LUMPUR: Shamsiah Fa­­keh , the communist leader who spent nearly 40 years in exile in China, died at 9am yesterday at her home at Jalan Kuchai Lama here following a lung infection. She was 84.
Her businessman son Jama­luddin Ibrahim, 46, said: “She was in Hospital UKM for more than [...]

Zaid attacks race politics

Zaid says he joined the government for the wrong reasons.
MALAYSIAN INSIDER

By Leslie Lau
Consultant Editor
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — Amid widespread speculation over his political future, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has criticised his own party Umno for contributing to race relations problems.
He also urged Umno to engender a more fair-minded administration, and lead the Malays towards having [...]

Tsu Koon urged to mend relations with Penang Umno

MALAYSIAN INSIDER
NIBONG TEBAL, Oct 5 – Gerakan acting president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon has been urged to patch up relations between Penang Gerakan and the state Umno.
Penang Umno Liaison Committee deputy chairman Datuk Seri Abdul Rashid Abdullah said efforts should be undertaken to resolve the crisis between both parties.
“However, if Gerakan is not [...]

First Malay to contest a Gerakan top post in years

NST

Dr Asharuddin Ahmad wants to debunk the misconception that Gerakan is a Chinese party

KUALA LUMPUR: Gerakan vice-president aspirant Dr Asharuddin Ahmad is the first Malay to contest a top party post since the 1980s.

The last time Malays helmed top posts in Gerakan was in the 1970s.
Founding member Prof Syed Hussein Alatas was the [...]

Zahid: I’m not trying to force change in party

2008/10/04
NST

ALOR GAJAH: Umno supreme council member Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said his offer to contest the deputy president post was not to force a speedier transition of power in the party.

Stressing that he was offering himself “in obedience” to the wishes of  the party grassroots, Zahid said he respected the power transition plan [...]

PM’s exit plan revised

NST
By : V. Vasudevan, Sajahan Waheed and Jennifer Gomez

Umno president and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi chairing the special meeting of the Umno supreme council yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will step down as prime minister much earlier than the planned date of June 2010, possibly by March next year.

At [...]

I’m vying for UMNO Youth ead post on my own strength, says Khairy

Bernama

REMBAU, SUN:
Umno Youth vice-head Khairy Jamaluddin said he is offering himself for the post of Youth head on his own strength without influence from other factors.

The Rembau member of parliament hoped that the delegates and Umno Youth members could evaluate his candidacy on his personal credibility and strength.
“I will continue with my plan [...]

Dr M does not believe Pak Lah will leave

MALAYSIAN INSIDER
By Adib Zalkapli
SERI KEMBANGAN, Oct 5 – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today that he does not believe that Umno president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi intends to announce his departure before the start of Umno divisional meetings on Oct 9.
“He likes to change his position, so as long as he does not make [...]