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- Race politics may stunt reforms after Sunday polls
- Najib was quick to blame the outcome on the swing by Chinese voters to Pakatan, putting a racial take on the result.
- BN faces fight of its life in this general election
- Malaysians vote in GE13 that could weaken or even end the rule of one of the world's longest-lived coalitions, which faces a stiff challenge from Pakatan.
- Caution may be undoing of hesitant reformer Najib
- But the caretaker PM's reputation for being careful and deliberate could be seen by others as indecision as he delayed calling GE13.
- Pakatan sees state model guiding path to power
- Integrity is a central battle cry for the three-party Pakatan opposition as it pursues its best chance of ending 56 years of rule by the BN.
- PM says economy at risk from weak GE result
- Najib says a reduced majority can weaken his drive to curb budget deficit and raise investment, and even cost him his job.
- Run-up to election puts Malaysia, investors on edge
- This biggest challenge to BN's rule in 56 years is unnerving some gov't officials and raising risks for investors.
- Najib uses Romney defeat to warn divided party
- ANALYSIS 'I think he (Najib) is learning from the mistakes of Mitt Romney,' says Saifuddin Abdullah, an MP and leading Umno reformist.
- Malaysia economy 'turns the corner', says Idris Jala
- The economy has passed the turning point in its drive to reach high-income status but fiscal reforms will only be pushed through gradually.
- 'Cowgate' scandal highlights Najib's faded reforms
- ANALYSIS ‘Cowgate’ is providing rich fodder for the opposition as it digs up dirt on a publicly funded cattle-rearing project.
- Pakatan plots unlikely path to power
- ANALYSIS Analysts believe that weariness with BN will enable Pakatan to win enough seats to prompt unrest within Umno.