• Final fantasy: Abdullah's reform plans
  • Anil Netto
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  • news analysis It took exactly seven months after a severe electoral setback for Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to announce that he will not defend the Umno presidency at the party polls next March.
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