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...northern state of Kedah. The vote was seen as inconclusive on support for strict Islamic laws and punishments including flogging and amputation that Pas recently enacted in neighboring Terengganu state - ahead of a national election that could be next year. Pas narrowly beat a member of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's United Malays National Organization to win the state assembly seat. AUSTRALIA Runaways An Irish backpacker, Jonathan O'Shea, was charged with helping two boys flee the troubled Woomera detention center in South Australia. The boys - whose asylum bid was rejected by the British consulate in Melbourne - were handed over...
...Anwar, who is also serving a consecutive nine-year term for sodomy, repeated his assertion that the two trials were rigged on orders from his former mentor, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, a charge the premier has consistently denied. With no avenue of appeal left barring a highly unlikely royal pardon, Anwar now seems fated to serve out his full sentence. With good behavior, his lawyer says, he could be released in 2009, by which time the political landscape should be transformed, Mahathir puttering happily in retirement, his successor firmly ensconced and Anwar himself simply irrelevant. But as his passionate court...
...Noted "When you are enjoying a real good meal, stop when the food is still good." ?Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysian PM, explaining his decision to resign from his post next year...
...Vietnam: Settling Old Scores Japan: Cult Shock Malaysia: Mahathir's Exit Plan Hong Kong: Five Years...
...Vietnam: Settling Old Scores Japan: Cult Shock Malaysia: Mahathir's Exit Plan Hong Kong: Five Years...