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Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar says medical report clears him of sodomy accusation

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
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Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar says medical report clears him of sodomy accusation | The Jakarta Post
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim claimed proof Tuesday that accusations he had sodomized a male aide were false, citing a purported medical report published by Internet news portals.

The authenticity of the report, said to have been issued by a doctor at the Pusrawi Hospital and ruling out sodomy, could not be verified Tuesday. Hospital officials and police contacted by The Associated Press declined to comment.

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Direct Democracy for People-Powered Politics

Monday, June 9th, 2008
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malaysia Direct Democracy for People-Powered Politics

An interesting article by Jerome Armstrong worth a read.

Full Article::MyDD :: Direct Democracy for People-Powered Politics
A taste:  Inside Malaysia with politics

by Jerome Armstrong, Mon Jun 09, 2008 at 10:58:57 PM EST

I’ve been in Malaysia for 3 days now, and have finally acclimated to the time change. We are exactly 12 hours different from the US, so it takes a few days to get yourself oriented, and then I’ll fly right back to the US on Thursday, and have the same thing happen all over again.

I’ve been thinking a lot about three different things while over here, and can group them together with three different meetings that I’ve had while here. The first was with the Prime Minister at his residence, the second with with the Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, and the third John Burton, whom is a journalist with the Financial Times, on three different topics: the state of politics in Malaysia today; the conference I’m observing on ‘bridging the gap’ between the Muslim world and the West; and the role that the internet is playing in creating political change in the region.

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