Work on extending the Sultan Azlan Shah Airport runway and upgrading the terminal building will start next year.

Datuk Paul Low, who resigned as Transparency International - Malaysia in October, has been reelected to lead the organisation at its extraordinary general meeting on Saturday

The image of PAS has plunged despite its success in last year's general election, a study on the party leadership revealed.

The Sarawak Labour Department has taken actions against 47 companies for illegally employing non-Sarawakians.

The flood eased slightly in Terengganu with several victims in evacuation centres allowed to return home Saturday morning.

Encouraged by the good number of Danish tourists to Malaysia this year, Tourism Malaysia will further strengthen its strategies to boost arrivals especially in the coming winter break.

KOTA KINABALU: Maverick Sabah politician Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan has spelt out his demands in a meeting with PKR strategic director Tian Chua.

PETALING JAYA: Firefighters and Rela personnel are on stand-by for landslides and floods in view of the current rainy season.

PETALING JAYA: The 1Malaysia Formula One (F1) team is all geared up to groom young drivers and engineers, and develop a talent pool for Malaysian motorsports.

MALACCA: Authorities are probing claims that foreign construction workers building the state Wildlife and National Parks Department centre next to the Tanjung Tuan forest reserve are involved in poaching activities.

PUTRAJAYA: Like any Good Samaritan, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor returns anything she finds to its rightful owner without a thought of reward.

KUALA LUMPUR: A religious department enforcement officer admitted in the close proximity (khalwat) case between celebrities Norman Hakim and Suhaiza Suhaimi or Memey that he had used wrong definitions in his sworn statement.

PUTRAJAYA: The Prime Minister wants ministers and government officials to go to the ground and monitor closely projects under Budget 2010.

MALACCA: The house break-in and robbery spree of the armed Kendong Gang is believed to have ended - two of its members were shot dead by police along the Sungai Udang-Air Keroh-Selandar (SAS) highway here.

KUALA LUMPUR: Three requisitionists have called for a second extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on Nov 28 to pave the way for fresh party elections.

ELEVEN Indian organisation have submitted a memorandum to the Education Ministry to allow Indian students to take Tamil Literature as an additional subject in the SPM examination, Tamil Nesan reported.

A WOMAN brought out a chamber pot when her child wanted to pass motion at a food court at a posh shopping complex in Singapore, reported China Press .

ONE look was all it took from a con man known as Datuk Azmi to charm and cheat a married couple of RM80,000, reported Kosmo! .

KUCHING: Organic farming is still in its infancy in Sarawak with only one farm accredited under the Department of Agricultures Malay-sian Organic Scheme to date.

MIRI: A standoff between a group of more than 500 Kenyah minority natives and an oil-palm giant over a land dispute in Long Koyan settlement in Belaga district in central Sarawak has reached boiling point.