Meeting the press: Nik Aziz speaking to reporters in Kota Baru
yesterday. He said he was open to the idea of muqabalah(face-to-face
discussions) instead of muzakarah(dialogues) with Umno.

PAS has agreed that discussions with Umno can continue as and when necessary, following a high-powered meeting between Dewan Syura Ulama members and PAS spiritual adviser Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat.

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‘Royal’ day for police force

The Royal Malaysian Police celebrate the golden jubilee of carrying the “Royal” title Thursday.

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Probe begins into high cost of Proton Perdana maintenance

The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) has started a probe into the alleged high costs of maintaining the 16 Proton Perdana V6 Executive cars used by Terengganu executive councillors.

Mokthar: No special Merc for MB

The state government has vehemently denied that the state Treasury had placed a deposit for a high-end Mercedes- Benz for the use of Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said.

Workshop owner: State Treasury takes a long time to pay us

A workshop owner, whose outlet is among the four major authorised service centres for state government-owned Proton Perdana V6 Executive cars, admitted that they imposed a 25% surcharge for servicing the vehicles.

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Update: Friday, July 25, 2008 MYT 2:32:16 AM

Iran official hopes new nuclear talks can begin

The Geneva talks ended in stalemate on Saturday with the major powers giving Iran two weeks to answer calls to rein in its nuclear programme, which the West says is intended to produce nuclear bombs, or face tougher sanctions.

"Big divergences" push WTO talks towards crisis

GENEVA (Reuters) - Talks to salvage a global trade deal faced a crunch point on Thursday after three days of scant progress, as ministers went into another marathon meeting with developing giant India saying it had nothing new to offer.

Obama says U.S., Europe must face threats together

BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama urged Europe on Thursday to stand by the United States in bringing stability to Afghanistan and confronting other threats from climate change to nuclear proliferation.

Powerful earthquake hits northern Japan, injuring dozens and disrupting business

HACHINOHE, Japan (AP): A powerful earthquake that sent boulders tumbling onto a national highway, injured more than 100 people across a wide swath of northern Japan, officials said Thursday.