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• Democracy, freedom in Asia under threat

  Published: September 22, 2007, 2:04 am

  Tags: Cross Border, Human Rights, In The News, Anwar Ibrahim, Asia, Authoritarian Regimes, Democracy, Freedom, Human Rights, Military Junta, People Power, Philippines

  (This post was written with Philip Ney, a Canadian post-graduate student currently working on his internship at the PCIJ.) YESTERDAY marked the 35th anniversary of the imposition of martial law in the country that ushered in 14 brutal years of the Marcos dictatorship. In 1986, the Marcoses were toppled by a people power uprising on [...]

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• Burn Notice Best TV Show Period!

  Published: September 24, 2007, 12:45 am

  Tags: Tv Tonight, Bruce Campbell, Burn Notice, Fiona Glenanne, Gabrielle Anwar, Jeffrey Donovan, Michael Westen, Sam Axe

  fiona glenanne, gabrielle anwar, jeffrey donovan, michael westen, sam axeDid you enjoy reading this post? Buy me a nice cup of coffee to fuel my late night writing sessions and keep the content

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• Lingam Tape : What's More Important ?

  Published: September 23, 2007, 7:59 am

  Tags: Lingam Tape, My Comment, Anwar Ibrahim, Naughty Authority

  important is not whether Anwar was using this political gain, neither is it the provider that may have a grudge now against lawyer Lingam or possibly the CJ ( if that's the person as speculated now ). The real issue was the highlight of the conversation, and the impact of it. By impact , I have established the assumption that the

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• The Lingam Tape

  Published: September 19, 2007, 11:08 am

  Tags: Youtube, Malaysiakini, Lingam Tape, My Comment, Anwar Ibrahim

  of PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim in Petaling Jaya. Among the matters discussed during the telephone conversation were the potential appointment of Ahmad Fairuz as the Chief Judge of Malaya (CJM) and his promotion as the Chief Justice (CJ), which eventually took place in 2003. In 2002, Ahmad Fairuz was the CJM, in charge of all High

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• In Egypt, A Son Is Readied for Succession

  Published: October 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Egypt, Son, Readied, For, Succession, Gamal Mubarak, Hosni Mubarak, Egypt, Suzanne Mubarak, Anwar Sadat, Cairo, Middle East, Salah Diab, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ibrahim Eissa, Marc Lynch, Sayida Amin, Simon Kitchen, Steven Cook, United States, Montres Rolex Sa, Ahmed Nazif, Cam

  CAIRO -- Tall and gangly, his hairline edging toward the back of his head, the man on stage in khakis and shirt sleeves spoke woodenly despite the energy and friendliness evident in his audience of well-off Egyptian college students and recent graduates.

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• In Egypt, A Son Is Readied for Succession

  Published: October 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Egypt, Son, Readied, For, Succession, Gamal Mubarak, Hosni Mubarak, Egypt, Suzanne Mubarak, Anwar Sadat, Cairo, Middle East, Salah Diab, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ibrahim Eissa, Marc Lynch, Sayida Amin, Simon Kitchen, Steven Cook, United States, Montres Rolex Sa, Ahmed Nazif, Cam

  CAIRO -- Tall and gangly, his hairline edging toward the back of his head, the man on stage in khakis and shirt sleeves spoke woodenly despite the energy and friendliness evident in his audience of well-off Egyptian college students and recent graduates.

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• Leaving for the Chinese Dream

  Published: October 21, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Leaving, For, The, Chinese, Dream, China, Moatasem Anwar, Khaled Rasheed, Adamou Salissou, Iraq, United States, Beijing, Shanghai, Niger, Arbil, Baghdad, Xiamen University, Fujian Province, Zhejiang Province, Al Sabeel General, Bala Barzam, Caribbean, Nanjing, Nour Mahamane, Sad

  YIWU, China -- For more than three years, Khaled Rasheed and his family spent the nights huddled in fear as bombs exploded near their home in Baghdad. Like generations of would-be emigrants before him, he dreamed of a better life elsewhere. But where?

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• Chasing the Chinese Dream

  Published: October 21, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Chasing, The, Chinese, Dream, China, Moatasem Anwar, Khaled Rasheed, Adamou Salissou, Iraq, United States, Beijing, Shanghai, Niger, Arbil, Baghdad, Xiamen University, Fujian Province, Zhejiang Province, Al Sabeel General, Bala Barzam, Caribbean, Nanjing, Nour Mahamane, Saddam

  YIWU, China -- For more than three years, Khaled Rasheed and his family spent the nights huddled in fear as bombs exploded near their home in Baghdad. Like generations of would-be emigrants before him, he dreamed of a better life elsewhere. But where?

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• Kit Siang's Twist on Lingam Tape

  Published: November 6, 2007, 6:23 pm

  Tags: Malaysiakini, Dap, Lingam Tape, Anwar Ibrahim

  mean, I never doubted Anwar had the extra 6 minutes of videoclip - Oct25 Apparently, Malaysiakini reported Lim Kit Siang from DAP in a press statement yesterday, said he had seen the extra footage of the infamous Lingam Tape which so far up till now, was to the believe of the public joe only few in PKR had seen the real deal. In the

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• Noted foreign personalities to speak at IAPC meeting in Bali

  Published: November 9, 2007, 2:27 am

  Tags: Denpasar, Malaysia, Agung, Anwar, Bali, Bambang, Conference, Consultants, Datuk, Emil, Fariz, Foreign, Hong Kong, House, Iapc, Indonesia, Laksono, Meeting, Mehdewi, Nusa, Political, Politics, Representatives, Salim, Seri, Speaker, Sulisto, Susilo, Yudhoyono

  "Other national personalities who would speak at the meeting were Regional Representat read more

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• Returnees Find a Capital Transformed

  Published: November 23, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Returnees, Find, Capital, Transformed, Baghdad, Syria, Iraq, Karrada, Melal Al Zubaidi, Al Mahdi Army, United States, Saddam Hussein, Anbar Province, Anwar Mahdi, Damascus, Europe, Muqtada Al Sadr, Al Qaeda In Iraq, Iraqi Police Service, U S Armed Forces, United Nations

  BAGHDAD, Nov. 22 -- Iraqis are returning to their homeland by the hundreds each day, by bus, car and plane, encouraged by weeks of decreased violence and increased security, or compelled by visa and residency restrictions in neighboring countries and the depletion of their savings.

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• Gabrielle Anwar entertains

  Published: November 25, 2007, 7:11 pm

  Tags: Movies, Anwar, Burn Notice, Cafe Europa, Gabrielle Anwar, Nome In Codice Cleaner, The Librarian

  Gabrielle Anwar is one of those people that entertains. Gabrielle Anwar has had some really great roles in movies and television series. The Librarian is one role people may remember her playing in, and Gabrielle Anwar is also more recently recognized for plaing in Burn Notice. The film that really gave Gabrielle Anwar her real opportunity to

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• Then, Now, and Later ?

  Published: November 28, 2007, 10:33 am

  Tags: Malaysiakini, My Comment, Anwar Ibrahim, Naughty Authority, Isa

  Looking at Malaysiakini's ISA threat PM breaks his promise , I was scratching my head, did he promise anything ? I can't remember, so I did a lil search.. From Wiki : 1988 The fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, went on the record in 1988 to state "If we want to save Malaysia and Umno, Dr Mahathir (then Prime...

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• 1973 U.S. Cable on Mideast Mirrors Current Events

  Published: November 29, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: 1973, U S, Cable, Mideast, Mirrors, Current, Events, Anwar Sadat, Richard Nixon, Israel, United States, Fatah Organization, Khartoum, U S Department Of State, Middle East, Riyadh James Adkins, Yasser Arafat, The Washington Post Company, Idris Barzani, Mohammad Reza Pahla

  A March 1973 State Department cable released yesterday by the National Archives recounts a promise by Saudi Arabia's King Faisal that terrorist threats to U.S. interests could be resolved as soon as Washington pressed Israel to withdraw from territory it had seized.

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• 1973 U.S. Cable on Mideast Mirrors Current Events

  Published: November 29, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: 1973, U S, Cable, Mideast, Mirrors, Current, Events, Anwar Sadat, Richard Nixon, Israel, United States, Fatah Organization, Khartoum, U S Department Of State, Middle East, Riyadh James Adkins, Yasser Arafat, The Washington Post Company, Idris Barzani, Mohammad Reza Pahla

  A March 1973 State Department cable released yesterday by the National Archives recounts a promise by Saudi Arabia's King Faisal that terrorist threats to U.S. interests could be resolved as soon as Washington pressed Israel to withdraw from territory it had seized.

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