Good

• Some 45,000 fishermen are set to go on a three-day strike over the high price of diesel.

• Headman of the Penan community and Hindraf received the Suaram Human Rights Award. 

• Selangor police chief said a complaint lodged by a landslide victim against the search and rescue (SAR) operations team would be investigated.

• Residents in Bukit Antarabangsa affected by landslide plan to sue the authorities and claim compensation.

• The Education Ministry has settled the unpaid electricity bills of 18 schools in NS.

• Penang Pas Youth voiced support for a street-dancing competition endorsed by the state government. 

• Five guards from the American security firm Blackwater Worldwide and a State Department contractor in Iraq were charged with killing 14 Iraqi civilians and wounding 18 others using gunfire and grenades.

Bad, Ugly & Stupid

• Prof Emeritus Khoo Kay Kim says Chinese and Indians, being minority races in the country, should give up the use of their mother-tongues as a medium of instruction in schools to get out the racial box and stay competitive.  

Bad

• Members of the Ride for Change campaign by the Marginalised People’s Network (Jerit), MP of Sungai Siput and four activities were arrested and detained for six hours.

• The publisher of the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, Tribune Co declared bankruptcy. 

Stupid

• Sarawak has ruled that yoga is haram for Muslims.