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...have long been tainted by allegations of cronyism, corruption and arrogance. For many observers both in and outside of the party, the Prime Minister will almost surely be forced to jettison some of his closest political allies. "He will do things that no other politician will do," says Sharir Samad, a senior UMNO member and frequent Mahathir critic...
Instead, she wrote about the unlikely friendship of Archie Jones, a middle-aged white man who folds paper for a living, and Samad Iqbal, a middle-aged Bengali waiter who folds napkins. Theirs is a relationship born of World War II, forged on a lie and nourished on the greasy eggs served at O'Connell's Pool House, which, by the way, is neither Irish nor a pool hall. In fact, nothing in their lives has turned out as it seemed it would...
...Samad's union with Alsana Begum, then 20, couldn't have begun more differently--it was arranged--but it too is a negotiation in disappointment. Which is in part why the men turn to O'Connell's, for "it feels good--no it feels great--to know at least one particular place, one particular period, from firsthand experience, eye-witness reports; to be the authority, to have time on your side, for once, for once." Smith later turns her attention to the next generation, to Archie's daughter Irie, an unwieldy girl who feels herself "a stranger in a stranger...
...estimated 450 inmates rioted and barricaded themselves into Cell Block L, taking guards hostage. So far the bloody uprising has left at least seven inmates and one guard dead. On Friday, as part of ongoing negotiations between prisoners and law-enforcement officials, an inmate who identified himself as Abdul Samad Mumin went on live TV to issue a set of demands, which included calls for higher-paying prison jobs, greater religious freedom for Muslim inmates and amnesty for the takeover's participants. Mumin also accused prison administrators of "killing innocent peoples, ((hanging)) them in J Block, saying they committed suicide...
...dodgers, pool their money to buy video recorders. The regime's efforts to eradicate all Western influences, and especially such evils as music, dance and free speech, have spawned a thirst for whatever the Islamic republic denounces as sinful. Example: the continuing popularity of a satirical videotaped movie called Samad Becomes the Imam, featuring a goofy, rustic character who emerges as the supreme ruler of the Islamic state...