0000Rights groups say they are happy about the outcry over the alleged sexual abuses, but this concern must translate into action to prevent the recurrence of the crimes.
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Abdullah told leaders of the 13 BN component parties at a meeting in PWTC this afternoon that he would be stepping down as prime minister in five months time.
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Malaysian shares dived in tandem with other regional bourses on growing realisaton the financial turmoil in the US and Europe was spreading and a recession may be inevitable.
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Scores of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's supporters gathered at PWTC as the PM briefed BN leaders on the power transfer.
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The Sessions judge has issued a gag order to stop publication of details of AG Abdul Gani’s alleged involvement in tampering with evidence in Anwar Ibrahim’s trials 10 years ago.
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Vice-president Donald Lim says he is pushing for change in tandem with grassroots aspirations as he sets his sights on the No 2 post.
0Looking at photos of the candle-lit peace march in Kuala Lumpur on Sept 27 with a restrained police force on the side, and reported in bits by the mainstream media, I am optimistic that the ISA, Printing Presses and Publications Act and sedition laws that stifle our journalistic work may be amended or at best repealed in good time. But to achieve what now seem like impossibilities, we need a robustly critical and transparent media to sustain the reformasi spirit.
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‘Are we going to allow the monsters get away with their crimes? Are we going to just stand and pretend that nothing ever happened to the Penan girls?'
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