| Nagoya mayor must pay for arrogance Following strong protests from the Chinese public, Takashi Kawamura, Mayor of Nagoya, refused to amend his wrongful statement. He did not withdraw the provocative remarks denying the Nanjing... | |
| Questions linger after Greek rescue BRUSSELS -- After months of dispute and delay, Europe's historic rescue of Greece on Tuesday spawned instant relief across the troubled eurozone, though analysts warned the debt crisis seemed... |
| Search for new German president reveals cracks in Merkel coalition Berlin -- The recriminations from a fractious weekend of negotiations to pick a new German president may hamper Chancellor Angela Merkel as she struggles to nail down a long-term solution to the... |
| Academy Awards strays from interests of average audience Los Angeles -- The Oscars may be the highlight of the Hollywood calendar, but the average moviegoer will probably react to the festivities this Sunday night with a giant... |
| Japan mayor's call for a 'dictator' strikes chord with voters Toru Hashimoto, a lawyer and TV celebrity-turned politician, was quick to add when he made that widely publicized remark last year that a Hitler-style dictatorship was neither desirable nor possible... |
| A philosophy of non-duality Vedanta as a philosophy of non-duality has no place for an extra-cosmic God or for anything supernatural. Close your eyes, you see Brahmn; open your eyes, you see the same Brahmn in names and forms... |
| Romantic - and ridiculous human rights challenges logic and belief. In their zeal to protect these mammals from commercial acti-vity, scientists argue these are evolved enough to merit being called 'non-human... |
| Practising the state of being impartial Impartiality is a simple word and many of our problems can be solved by just appreciating and practising this term. IMPARTIALITY is defined as being not biased for or against any party; free from... |
| Documenting our culture and heritage Preserving our culture and heritage is a hard sell. For many heritage custodians the journey has not been easy having to work with limited resources, lack of time, manpower and the general lack of... |
| ‘Malaysia Boleh’ spirit spreads to Cardiff COME Sunday, Cardiff players will troop into Wembley Stadium for the Carling Cup final... |
| Time to jointly fight crime THE Malaysian Crime Preven-tion Foundation (MCPF) wishes to commend the police for its efforts in reducing the street crime rate by 35% and the general index crime by 15% in the first year of the... |
| Roads in residential areas need resurfacing I READ with interest of the upgrading works to be done in Jalan Temiang by the Seremban Municipal Council (SMC) at the end of this month. The SMC must also look into the conditions of some roads in... |
| The shadow of fear Others fear that if stalking is made a separate offence along with a stiff penalty, the law may also be up for... |
| Of giving up and taking on Easter celebration 40 days ahead, included the cleansing aspects of prayer, restriction, sacrifice and generosity. 'Giving up' often translated into abstaining from individual indulgences... |
| 'India and Brazil have no possibility of conflict at all' BRIC nations - Brazil, Russia, India and China - is frequent. But visiting India recently, Brazilian defence minister Celso Amorim spoke with Josy Joseph about the importance of strengthening... |
| Loss of prized land poses more questions than answers TWENTY years ago, SAP Holdings Bhd, a unit of Kumpulan Hartanah Selangor Bhd (KHSB), got a 94.69ha land in Gombak. But 20 years later, it lost it because the state land office felt the land should... |
