Abdullah will decide before Oct 9 if he will defend Umno president's post

26/9 PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will decide before Oct 9 if he will defend Umno president’s post.

26/7 PM says Umno elections postponed to facilitate early transition of power; he says this means the original June 2010 handover plan is off.

26/9 Umno divisional meeting will go on as scheduled on Oct 9; however, Umno general assembly will be held in March, says Umno president Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

26/9 Hong Kong finds melamine in baby cereal, rice crackers; China says 10,000 more children with kidney illnesses after drinking tainted milk.

26/9 Former Serdang MP Yap Pian Hon announced his candidacy for MCA vice-president, a post he held from 1990 to 1999.

26/7 The Kim Hong, 22, and 3 teenagers charged at JB magistrate’s court for the kidnap and murder of 16-year-old Lai Ying Xin.

22/9 All 13 Penang Umno divisions and women, youth and puteri wings have thrown full support to 2010 power transition plan from PM Abdullah to DPM.

22/9 Deputy Minister in PM’s Dept T. Murugiah says he will send proposal to PM, Home Minister to increase detainees’ food allocation to RM 10 a day.

22/9 Japan ‘s ruling Liberal Democratic Party chooses Taro Aso by a landslide to be next prime minister.

22/9 Two goldsmith shop staff returning from Dubai robbed of RM 800,000 worth of jewellery at Penang airport; robbers were armed with pistols.

22/9 Chinese government releases latest figures, says 53,000 children in China sick because of tainted milk, vows to crack down on those responsible.

22/9 Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman has decided to keep deputy Raymond Tan, formerly of SAPP, in his cabinet.

22/9 Actress Nur Fazura Sharifuddin, 25, freed by magistrate’s court for causing hurt to housewife Geraldine Mariana Wong, 33, about 4 years ago.