The government has released four alleged members of the militant group Jemaah Islamiah after holding most for nearly five years.
0The prime minister’s election promises in 2004 to improve governance and accountability have turned out to be empty.
0Nevertheless, the biggest stride for democratic space in 2007 was made not through the Internet, but rather the massive street demonstrations in KL.
0Rescue officials in Sarawak have recovered the last body from a landslide that hit a squatter colony, bringing the total death toll to four.
0As the young people start their New Year’s Eve countdown, they would have little inkling of history. The enthusiasm of youth for the future is complemented only by their ignorance of the past.
0The police deny any racial discrimination in the case of John Stevens while a MIC social arm moves in to offer aid to the family.
0Benazir Bhutto has paid the heaviest price possible for her insistence on engaging in democratic politics in Pakistan.
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Growing up in a Christian longhouse in the 60s and 70s, the name ‘God the Father’ that I came to know was ‘Allah Bapa’ or simply ‘Tuhan Allah’ or ‘Allah’. I had no idea that Muslims also called their God ‘Allah’.
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This was a year of definitive mindset change - so, it is apt that C-words rule our choice of Top 10 news issues. Think of
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clip, corruption, clean-ups, conversions, courage, crackdowns, crime, conflict, commission, culling, chatterboxes and campaigns ... caught on yet?
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