Good

• War crime suspect Karadzic was captured after 13 years.

• Sudan has agreed to set up special courts to try alleged human rights abuses in Daftur which will be monitored by international bodies including the UN.

• China has designated areas in three parks for demonstration.

• The Welfare Department have approved financial assistance to the families of 11 ISA detainees.

• ACA has started a probe into the alleged high costs of maintaining the 16 Perdana V6 Executive cars used by Terengganu executive councilors.

• Selangor will only allow new advertising billboards to be erected on land rented out by local councils to ensure that they are located at suitable locations.

• The Selangor Government has identified 30 small illegal sand-mining sites.

Bad

• Inflation hit a 27-year high of 7.7% in June.

• The High Court dismissed an application to call private investigator Bala and Najib to give evidence in the Altantuya murder trial.

• Face-to-face PAS-Umno talks.

Ugly

• Terengganu executive councilors will go ahead and use the newly-purchased Mercedes E200 Kompressors although a Treasury condition says a members of the administration can only use Proton Perdana executive cars.

• A 3m-long cornice came crashing down the lobby of the Penang state assembly building as about 40 assembly members and journalists were having their morning tea-break.