Syed Hamid Albar asks Umno members to stop appealing to party president Dr Mahathir Mohamad to stay on after October. They should channel their energy instead on the next general election, he says.
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Police arrest two persons at a temple gathering which had PPP president M Kayveas's effigy burnt following his recent remark to "close all Tamil schools". The duo were released several hours later.
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The abduction of three Malaysian journalists in Iraq comes to an end after they were released unharmed. Two medical relief volunteers who were shot are said to be in stable condition.
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Malaysians are advised to restrict travel to the US and London as these two destinations are now on WHO Sars list. Whether there will be official travel restrictions will only be known tomorrow.
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A senior Umno leader says that the culture of toppling fellow party leaders to pursue one's political agenda must be stopped immediately.
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As some Iraqis looted new parts of Baghdad that had been opened up by US troops, two new clashes today indicated that Iraq's capital is still a battle zone.
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DAP says jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim is no longer the top issue of the day. But the party says it will, and asks other Malaysians to, continue supporting the campaign for Anwar's release.
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The debate on peace or war in Iraq seems to suggest that the community of opinion-making elite in Malaysia still seriously lacks the culture, ethos, institutions and rules of engagement of democratic debate and decision-making.
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