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Lessons from the rise and fall of Suharto

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

By Farish A. Noor
The verdict of history is still not out yet following the demise of General-turned-President Suharto. For all his achievements in putting his country on the map and leading Indonesia towards industrial development, Suharto’s human rights record remains one of the bloodiest in the post-colonial history of Southeast Asia, matched only by […]

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Obituary - Suharto

Monday, January 28th, 2008

The ‘Father’of Indonesia
Former General and President Suharto
(b. 1921 - d. 2008)
by Farish Noor
A couple of years ago, during a visit to the Central Javanese city of Jogjakarta that had been devastated by a major earthquake which had laid waste to many parts of the special province, I overheard a conversation between two Indonesians who were […]

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Hindraf demo - Indian Parliament in uproar over Nazri’s outburst

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Malaysian Ministers must get rid of the “frog in coconut shell” mentality and learn the first basic rule of global society — we must accept and withstand international scrutiny of national policies in the same way Malaysian leaders castigate injustices of other countries like the Palestinian and Iraq issues.
Only yesterday, the Prime Minister, […]

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Just imagine that…

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

August 31, 2007
Malaysian PM Very Constructive Force For Region, Says Bush

By Salmy Hashim
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Bernama) — President George W. Bush has described Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s leadership as a very constructive force for Southeast Asia.
He said Malaysia was an interesting example of how a free society could deal with movements […]

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Malaysia’s axis mysteriously shifting

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

By Ioannis Gatsiounis

Asia Times Online
KUALA LUMPUR - When Abdullah Badawi became Malaysia’s prime minister in 2003, many thought the mild-mannered leader would take a more moderate approach to international relations than his prickly predecessor Mahathir Mohamad, who often locked diplomatic horns with the United States and other Western countries.
But a string of scandals […]

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PSC on International Affairs to support Rais’ candidature as Commonwealth SG

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

An all-party Parliamentary Select Committee on International Affairs should be formed when Parliament meets next week which should have as its first task the lobby for support of other Commonwealth Parliaments for the appointment of Datuk Dr. Rais Yatim as the next Commonwealth Secretary-General.
At the April meeting of Parliament, I had first […]

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Lobby for a Malaysian to be next Commonwealth Secretary-General

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has realized the urgency of deciding whether Malaysia is interested in offering a candidate for the Commonwealth secretary-general post.
He said in Windhoek that Malaysia should not repeat an earlier case where it could not decide if it was interested in the chair of the Organisation of […]

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