Manjit Bhatia

Dr Mahathir Mohamad is no longer Malaysia's prime minister, but a critic foresees doom and disaster for the country if successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi runs with the same policies.

Thirty-three years ago Mahathir Mohamad had labelled Jews as 'hooked-nosed' power-mongers who could smell money like the Chinese. He is back to form with his anti-Jewish remarks in his recent OIC speech.

Like the six blind men trying to figure out the elephant's shape, statesmen and media writers have ventured interpretations of Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's speech to the Organisation of Islamic Conference. The prevailing views are examined.

The Palestinian leader has 'failed miserably' and his departure will serve to help the peace process and the creation of a Palestine state.

MANJIT BHATIA explains why Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who is also finance minister, will not cut the ringgit loose anytime soon.

Sober reasoning will show that there were no winners - only losers - in the failed WTO talks in Cancun. Like other developing countries, Malaysia will have to compute its real losses.

Mahathir doesn't seem to get it - that in demanding Aung San Suu Kyi's freedom, he still keeps his erstwhile political opponent, his one-time protege, Anwar Ibrahim, locked up on 'sexed-up' charges.

Berjaya Group has seen RM63 million wash down the drain after its Australian venture with subsidiary CarLovers Carwash went into receivership on July 10, according to a report.

Truth and credibility lie in tatters in the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq by the coalition of the willing. But who dares point a finger at the liars?

Give the Third World a fishing rod and its people will eat for life...the theory takes a knocking insofar as the administration of post-colonial countries is concerned.

You call this a rebuttal? The much-vaunted government's response to the Economist fizzled like a wounded tiger snorting out its last puff of hot air.

As the BN, and the opposition as well, seemed to succeed in cobbling together a rant-and-bleat sycophancy over The Economist 's articles, equally striking is their bellyaching verbosity.