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PKR tells DAP to go their own way

New Straits Times - ‎2 minutes ago‎
KUALA LUMPUR: Senior members of Parti Keadilan Rakyat went on the attack against DAP yesterday, worsening a breach among the Pakatan Rakyat allies.

Video shows Honduran troops shooting protesters' bus tires

CNN - ‎3 hours ago‎
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (CNN) -- Honduran soldiers shot out the tires of buses headed for a demonstration in support of ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya, a video obtained by CNN shows.

Hardline sermons in Iran stiffen EU resolve

Times Online - Martin FletcherDavid Charter - ‎2 hours ago‎
Call it pulpit diplomacy. While Western politicians agonise over how to rebuke Iran without undermining talks on its nuclear aspirations, hardline mullahs use their Friday sermons to bullhorn their defiance to the world.

Son: Tunku's artefacts should be displayed at TAR Memorial

Malaysia Star - Yuen Meikeng - ‎21 minutes ago‎
PETALING JAYA: Artefacts and other personal items of Tunku Abdul Rahman belong to the people, his eldest son Datuk Seri Tunku Ahmad Nerang said yesterday.

Kg Buah Pala - Seeking understanding and solutions

Malaysia Today - ‎10 hours ago‎
Vijay Kumar Murugavel's Facebook Note on this subject has attracted more than 200 comments and, as a result, a lot of good information is now hard to find.

Pakatan leaders lack vision and wisdom

Malaysia Star - ‎59 minutes ago‎
MALAYSIANS who voted for Pakatan Rakyat in the last general election must feel disappointed and disgusted at recent events involving the coalition.
The opposition's front bench New Straits Times

Palace makes a clean breast of Arroyo implant

Inquirer.net - Tj Burgonio - ‎2 hours ago‎
After initially denying President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had breast implant, Malacañang Friday night confirmed that she underwent such a medical procedure in the '80s.

Philippine-American Friendship Day

Philippine Star - Alejandro R. Roces - ‎8 hours ago‎
We have always known July 4 as Philippine Independence Day, a day when the US Government finally recognized our republic starting in 1946.

Philippines salvages deal to automate 2010 elections

AFP - ‎5 hours ago‎
MANILA (AFP) - A 150 million-dollar project to automate next year's Philippine elections is back on track just days after the winning bidders threatened to walk out on the deal, officials said Friday.

UN's Ban to meet again with Myanmar supremo over Suu Kyi

Boston Globe - Louis CharbonneauRichard Balmforth - ‎8 minutes ago‎
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets again with Myanmar junta supremo on Saturday when he expects a verdict on whether he will be allowed to visit detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Failed strategy in Afghanistan

guardian.co.uk - ‎1 hour ago‎
When will the Obama administration stop transplanting the Bush administration's failed methods from Iraq to Afghanistan and Pakistan (US begins major offensive against Taliban, 1 July)?

African leaders denounce international court

The Associated Press - ‎2 hours ago‎
SIRTE, Libya (AP) - After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity in Darfur.

Paving the way forward

Malaysia Star - Tee Lin - ‎26 minutes ago‎
No doubt, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak appears to be pushing the right buttons in dismantling long-held rules that have served as impediments to the capital market, and hence, nation's growth.

BURSA MALAYSIA: Profit-Taking Pulls Mart Down

Bernama - ‎13 hours ago‎
KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia ended lower Friday on profit-taking on selected heavyweights and lower-liners ahead of the introduction of FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (FBM KLCI) next week, dealers said.

Electronics group sees decline in workforce

Malaysia Star - David TanYvonne Tan - ‎26 minutes ago‎
GEORGE TOWN: The Malaysian American Electronics Industry (MAEI) expects the workforce employed by its 17 members to drop to 53376 this year from 56213 in 2008.

Bing: Not Really Gaining on Google

BusinessWeek - ‎20 hours ago‎
Have you heard the news? Microsoft's Bing is taking a bite out of Google, boasting first-month market share gains while the competition's stronghold slips away!

WWF urges action to protect Borneo rhino's habitat

AFP - ‎Jul 1, 2009‎
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - The future of one of the world's rarest animals, the Borneo rhino, depends on action taken to protect the forest reserves where it lives, conservation group WWF said Wednesday.

PC makers offer China Internet filter

AFP - ‎13 hours ago‎
SHANGHAI (AFP) - Several PC makers said Friday they were voluntarily including China's controversial Internet filter software in new shipments despite Beijing's decision to postpone making it mandatory.

Andy Murray: Funny, brilliant – yet still to capture nation's heart

guardian.co.uk - ‎58 minutes ago‎
After the days of mounting expectation, the breathless talk of a possible Wimbledon victory, Andy Murray last night found himself instead occupying a depressingly familiar British role - that of valiant, frustrated loser.

Ferguson's best and worst signings

Times Online - Denis Irwin - ‎2 hours ago‎
How will Michael Owen be viewed in future if he completes his unexpected free transfer from Newcastle United to Manchester United?

Tiger moves into lead at Congressional

The Associated Press - Doug Ferguson - ‎36 minutes ago‎
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - The best of Tiger Woods came Friday when his game was falling apart. Woods lived up to his hopes of being a "greedy host" when he salvaged his round during a shaky stretch in the middle and shot 4-under 66 to take a one-shot lead ...

Michael Jackson memorial: scramble for tickets in online lottery

Telegraph.co.uk - Nick Allen - ‎1 hour ago‎
Millions of Michael Jackson fans will have to enter an online lottery for just 17500 tickets to his memorial service next Tuesday, but only US residents can apply.

Jackson shared bond with 'very dear friend Diana Ross'

CNN - Mallory Simon - ‎12 hours ago‎
(CNN) -- Michael Jackson and Diana Ross shared a bond that he apparently thought would last long after his death. Michael Jackson and Diana Ross at the 1981 American Music Awards.

Michael Jackson fans stick it out at Neverland Ranch

Los Angeles Times - Ari B. Bloomekatz - ‎1 hour ago‎
They say they don't believe there will be no public viewing or burial there. Local residents worry that the crowds will never cease and that the estate will become a type of Graceland landmark.

Access to swine flu vaccine a 'critical question': WHO

AFP - ‎21 minutes ago‎
CANCUN (AFP) - Universal access to a swine flu vaccine remains a "critical question," the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday.

Swine flu transmission studies suggest new virus is here to stay ...

The Canadian Press - ‎Jul 2, 2009‎
TORONTO - Swine flu viruses are missing at least two key features seen in all flu viruses present and past that transmit well among people and yet the viruses are spreading quite efficiently, two new studies suggest.

Biggest jump in number of flu cases

Malaysia Star - ‎Jul 2, 2009‎
KUALA LUMPUR: Forty-eight new cases of influenza A (H1N1) cases were reported yesterday - 40 imported cases and eight local transmissions.
244 cases reported New Straits Times
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