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- Capital flight as the rich snap up London properties
- Malaysians join the ranks of Russian oligarchs, Nigerian oil plunderers and Gulf sheiks in paying high prices for London houses.
- Could Sabah become a regional flashpoint?
- COMMENT The sight of warplanes bombing a ragtag bunch of their countrymen is not going to sit well with the Filipino public.
- Scorpene sub scandal spreads to Malta
A Maltese opposition MP alleges a French company may have laundered some of Perimekar's money in the island.
- Will Ongkili give Lynas the green light in two weeks?
- A gov't source indicated the announcement is likely to be positive, although that isn't certain, as things tend to go awry.
- Bakun Dam left with no reason to exist
- The cancellation of a multi-billion ringgit aluminum smelter has turned the Bakun Dam into a costly white elephant.
- Bersih 3.0: Reformers, gov't in tactical struggle
ANALYSIS With the GE coming, BN has to strategise carefully on Bersih 3.0 as its handling of the last rally caused a huge backlash of discontent.
- Najib bows to Shahrizat's wish to stay as Wanita chief
Despite being enmeshed in Cowgate, she will apparently retain her post in Umno, as the women's wing plays a key role in the GE.
- Najib clears the deck for GE13
- ANALYSIS 'He's ready, but the courts aren't. Embarrassing cases are pushed past the anticipated June polls.'
- Untangling Dr M's disastrous financial speculation
- There appears to be a link between the Maminco scandal, Dr M's forex speculation, Tajudin and ex-CCID chief Ramli.
- Rise of homegrown version of China's '50-centres'
- China's so-called 50-centres are legions of Chinese bloggers who reply to criticism of the gov't for money.
- Cowgate set to be key GE campaign issue
- COMMENT The scandal involves agriculture, and particularly cattle - something the rural constituency can understand well.