Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak has been formally declared the president of the ruling United Malays National Organization party.
Najib contested the post unopposed, and his election during the party congress on Wednesday was a formality. He replaces Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
UMNO election chairman Samsudin Osman announced at the congress …
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Gov. James R. Thompson's wife, Jayne, whountil recently was a fund-raiser for her husband's politicalcommittee, returned to practicing law Monday under a cooperativearrangement with a Chicago law firm.
"This arrangement will allow me the opportunity to return to mycareer while at the same time balancing the needs of my family," shesaid.
The governor announced July 13 that he will not seek …
Where have you gone, Tim Tebow, Cam Newton and Ryan Mallett?
The Southeastern Conference still has plenty of star power this season. But instead of quarterbacks generating the buzz, it's a collection of defensive standouts whose impact has already been felt across the country.
Names like Tyrann Mathieu, Courtney Upshaw and Melvin Ingram have already into the Heisman Trophy discussion over the past few weeks. They figure to have staying power, especially since No. 1 LSU with Mathieu and No. 2 Alabama behind Upshaw, Dont'a Hightower and a host of other talented players continue to march through the competition on their way to a widely anticipated Nov. 5 clash in …
China brushed aside international appeals Tuesday and executed a British man convicted of drug smuggling and whose relatives say was mentally unstable and unwittingly lured into the crime.
Britain's prime minister quickly criticized the execution _ China's first of a European citizen in nearly 60 years.
"I condemn the execution of Akmal Shaikh in the strongest terms, and am appalled and disappointed that our persistent requests for clemency have not been granted. I am particularly concerned that no mental health assessment was undertaken," Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in a statement issued by the Foreign Office.
The press office of …
Playboy Enterprises lost $3.8 million in its fiscal year thatended June 30, but Christie Hefner, chairman and chief executiveofficer, said Monday the company is now positioned to be profitablein 1990.
"Without making a promise or a projection (of profit), I thinkyou could predict that," she said in her first Chicago pressconference since assuming Playboy's top corporate spots. Her father,Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, relinquished the titles last November.
She said one-time expenses, including Playboy's impending movefrom Michigan Avenue to 680 N. Lake Shore Drive, an expensivenew-data processing system, and management changes and severancecharges torpedoed the …
A $100,000 donation from HomeStar Bank, Manteno, Ill., is a boost to the $350,000 goal the foundation has set for its campaign. The bank has entered into a community partnership agreement with the Manteno Education Foundation and the Manteno school district. Money raised will go toward a number of improvements at the football field and the establishment of a marching band. …
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