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(The Star) - It’s back to square one for Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim after the Court of Appeal overturned the High Court’s decision compelling the prosecution to provide him with documents and DNA samples he said were crucial for his defence in a sodomy trial.

(The Star) - The star witness in the corruption trial of two former PKR state executive councillors and four others admitted that he could have mixed up the names of the person who actually asked for a bribe.

(Malaysian Mirror) - Dr Mahathir Mohamad has come out in defence of the protectionist policies accorded to national automaker Proton, saying the government was emulating other vehicle manufacturing countries.

(AFP) – The US Treasury Department on Thursday announced sanctions against the Malaysian subsidiary of Iran's Bank Mellat, which Washington says helps finance the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

By Syed Jaymal Zahiid, The Malaysian Insider

Controversial former Perlis mufti Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin continued his campaign against his persecutors, the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais), by calling the agency extremists for not allowing non-Muslims to enter mosques in the state.

Former Ministry of Transportation secretary-general Datuk Zaharah Shaari said the Cabinet was fully aware of the land acquisition for the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project.

By Stephen Then, The Star

The British Government’s ban on a Malaysian palm oil advertisement because of native land disputes and alleged victimisation of the Penans in Sarawak by logging and palm oil giants “is unfair”.

By Lee Yuk Peng, The Star

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is now set to probe the RM6bil Ipoh-Rawang electrification and double track rail project, which has a cost overrun reaching RM1.14bil.

(The Star) - The state treasury’s server room, equipped with high-tech features to prevent theft, was not that secure after all.

By Zieman & Ariffuddin Ishak, The Star

The president of the Malaysian Syariah Lawyers Association (PGSM) has apologised to former Perlis mufti Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin.

(Bernama) -- Can Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin win back his post as the Perak Menteri Besar?

(Bernama) -- Former Perlis Mufti Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin wants the Syarie Lawyers Association of Malaysia (PGSM) to fulfill its promise to retract the accusations against him by making a public apology.

(Bernama) -- After the arrest of former Perlis Mufti Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin for conducting a religious class without authorisation, Shah Alam Member of Parliament Khalid Abdul Samad Thursday claimed that he too had been stripped of such certification on grounds that he had a previous criminal record.

(The Star) - The five-man MCA disciplinary committee has decided to resign en bloc, committee member Lai Kuan Fook confirmed on Thursday.

(The Star) - The Pakatan Rakyat is consolidating itself and details of this, including its leadership, would be hammered out at later date, said PKR strategy director Tian Chua.

(The Star) - In perhaps a first in Malaysian judicial history, an agent provocateur was ordered to disclose how much the then Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) paid him to carry out an anti-graft sting operation.

(The Star) - The man who caused the political storm now blowing through PAS is not Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat but a law professor from Universiti Islam Antarabangsa (UIA) who calls himself “a small-time academic”.

By Syed Jaymal Zahiid, The Malaysian Insider

(The Star) - Two of Indonesia’s leading law enforcement officials suddenly stepped down Thursday to soothe a tide of public rage over an escalating corruption scandal that has forced intervention by the president.

The DAP is questioning the Budget 2010 allocation of RM394 million to compensate toll concessionaires for not raising toll rates, saying the government should renegotiate the contracts or take over the tolled highways.

DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang says the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal revealed the government’s plan to suppress information.

By Lisa Goh, The Star

The High Court has allowed Kelantan prince Tengku Temenggong of Kelantan Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra to enter a judgment in default against his estranged wife Manohara Odelia Pinot and her mother after they failed to engage new lawyers in his RM105mil defamation suit.

BN is not likely to drop its policy of blocking funds from filtering down to Pakatan Rakyat (PR) states, especially with the opposition in such a strong position.

By Leslie Lau, The Malaysian Insider

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani, The Malaysian Insider

KUALA LUMPUR: Former transport minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik appeared to pass the buck over the costing and valuation of the Port Klang Free Trade Zone (PKFZ) land to his former boss, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

(NST) - "This is how the ROS has interpreted the constitution of the party.

"The constitution is based on certain provisions which requires a two-thirds majority to remove anyone in MCA, whether appointed or elected.

(The Malaysian Insider) IPOH, Nov 5 — It is judgment day today for Perak as former Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin enters the final leg of his legal battle that could well turn the state's entire political imbroglio upside down.

By Mark Teh

A frequently cited statistic from 2006 states that 70% of the 4.7 million Malaysians yet to register as voters are aged between 21 and 35 years.  Yet after the historic March 8 2008 General Elections, Malaysians saw the most number of young people elected into public office in a very long time.

(Bernama) - Two representatives of Sisters in Islam (SIS) gave their statements to Bukit Aman’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today on a police report lodged against SIS in Kuantan over the Kartika Sari Dewi Soekarno issue.

(Bernama) - Former Perlis menteri besar Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim today lodged two police reports over a memorandum by the Syariah Lawyers Association of Malaysia (PGSM) and statement by a senior official of the Islamic Training Institute of Malaysia (ILIM) on former Perlis mufti Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin.

(Malaysian Mirror) - Lim Kit Siang has called for the resignation of Attorney-General Gani Patail for failing to charge former Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy for criminal breach of trust.