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News: In Boumediene v. Bush the Supreme Court will decide the fate of habeas corpus petitions, and the fate of a group of alleged Al Qaeda members who have been imprisoned at Gitmo for six years.
By Marc Perelman
December 4, 2007
On a wintry evening in January 2002, a crowd of more than 150 people gathered outside [...]

When the Malaysian Government used the ISA to (unlawfully) detain several members of the public a few weeks back, it sent an uproar of disbelief and anger among the Malaysian public. The BBC sarcastically reported the news mentioning things like ‘the government can detain these individuals without the need to see a day in court [...]

 
Following is the 20 most popular Malaysia-based websites, accessed from within the country, according to the Alexa rank.
Alexa rank is a statistical tools provided by Alexa Internet Inc., a subsidiary of popular online bookstore, Amazon.com, which provides web traffic information to users. The data changes on daily basis.
While the accuracy of Alexa’s statistics has always [...]

Nurin one year on.
I have a daughter of my own and not a day pass without me looking at her and reminded of the brutal kidnapping and murder of 8 year old Nurin Jazlin exactly one year ago. It is total rubbish to think of bringing up my girl in a world where predators lurk [...]

By Farish A. Noor
The recent declaration made at the OIC summit that calls for Muslim nation-states to act in a concerted manner and to take legal action against any country, group or individual who deliberately attacks Islam is noteworthy for the seriousness of its intent; but falls short of providing us with a real solution [...]

When you have several bloggers voted into the parliament and state assemblies, a hasty conclusion is that indeed bloggers can be influential. Newly elected MP’s, Oxford grad Tony Pua and former Advertising Exec. Jeff Ooi are classic examples of how they used their blogs to campaign, raise funds, get volunteers and debate sensitive issues all [...]

Semasa saya pulang dari universiti semalam, saya mendengar siaran Bernama Radio (fm 93.9). Radio 24 menemu bual seorang Doktor falsafah di dalam bidang media, penyiaran dan penyampaian. Isu yang dibincangkan adalah:
“benarkah saluran media perdana kini kurang diminati dan dipercayai oleh rakyat Malaysia?”
Dr. berkenaan mengatakan bahawa usul di atas adalah benar kerana:

Media perdana (yakni merangkumi surat-surat [...]