Euthanasia

KUALA LUMPUR (The Star/ANN) -- Hudud has come back to haunt the opposition Pakatan Rakyat. A day after Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) deputy spiritual leader Dr Haron Din claimed hudud would be implemented if Pakatan Rakyat came to power, several PAS...

Parental Alienation Awareness Day Symposium and Candle Light Vigil. Parental Alienation is a form of Psychological Abuse where one person deliberately impedes the relationship between the children and parent. For more info go to http://www.PAS-...

PETALING JAYA (The Star/ANN) -- Tension is rising among rival party supporters in Malaysia with an average of more than 100 cases of election-related violence and misdemeanours reported daily in the three days after nominations. Inspector-General of...

KOTA KINABALU (The Star/ANN) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak hit the campaign trail in Sabah to shore up support for candidates guarding Barisan Nasional's fixed deposit turf against an onslaught of opposition parties. Barisan candidates are...

KOTA KINABALU (The Star/ANN) -- Malaysian Prime Minister has cast doubt on the opposition's ability to secure and protect the sovereignty of the country. He noted that the opposition had even insulted members of the security forces who died while...

An investigation by county staff members shows the Iredell County Animal Shelter's euthanasia practices are not illegal or improper, a county official says. The probe followed complaints by some county residents that the shelter was euthanizing dogs and...

PEKAN, Eastern Malaysia (The Star/ANN) -- Pakatan Rakyat's weak pact has crumbled even before the Opposition can enter the general election's "war campaign", said Najib Razak. The Barisan Nasional chairman said the Opposition had failed to find a common...

PETALING JAYA (The Star/ANN) -- The Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat have got their campaigns off to an electrifying start, with both sides launching a psychological war for the hearts and minds of voters. Besides exchanging verbal assaults at...

By Stuart Grudgings GEORGETOWN, Malaysia, April 22 (Reuters) - Lim Guan Eng, the hyperactive chief minister of Malaysia's Penang state, is not the type to miss a good photo-opportunity, so there were plenty of witnesses when he handed over the keys to...

Is Randolph County interested in forming its own SPCA? You bet! More than 150 individuals came out -- several with their dogs -- on a stormy Friday night to learn more about and indicate their support of the new nonprofit Society for the Prevention of...

Op-ed writer George Fenwick's assertion that trap, neuter and release programs (TNR) lead to an increase in the number of uninoculated species is unfounded. He obviously does not understand how TNR works. TNR is a program that allows a cat caretaker...

Booth Gardner, a two-term Democratic governor who later in life spearheaded a campaign that made Washington the second state in the nation to legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill, has died after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was...