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• Ode to September

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  Created: 2008-09-29 16:40:43 Author: YL Chong

  Ode to September (2) By Desiderata-YL ChongMonday, September 29, 2008Dear Raja Petra Kamarudin (and Marina and family)It's the eve of Hari Raya Aidilfitri A fellow blogger humbly writeth with warm wishesAnd prayers for your wellbeing and safetyThat you'd ...

• The new MoF's first big test

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  Created: 2008-09-29 16:31:13 Author: Ahirudin Attan

  By Ahirudin Attan aka rockybruSeptember 29, 2008update, 6pm: Daim involved? Read the poser in The Edge's Financial Daily here.Original Posting:First, read this story.Please note that the PT Bank Internasional Indonesia deal is not the first time Temasek i...

• New poll shows Anwar will be better PM than Najib

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  Created: 2008-09-28 15:38:22 Author: MI

  By Debra Chong, The Malaysian InsiderSeptember 27, 2008KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 — By a small margin, Malaysians think opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim would make a better prime minister compared with Datuk Seri Najib Razak, according to a survey ...

• The Qur’an guarantees Freedom of Expression

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  Created: 2008-09-28 15:32:26 Author: Din Merican

  The Qur’an guarantees Freedom of Expression, so Free Raja Petra and all ISA detaineesBy Din Merican September 27, 2008 We read the statement issued by the Home Minister concerning the detention of Raja Petra Kamaruddin under the dreaded and inhumane Int...

• Mohd Najib Has To Consult Experts

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  Created: 2008-09-27 08:40:57 Author: A Kadir Jasin

  By A Kadir Jasin aka The ScribeMonday, September 22, 2008[LATEST – The Star Online reported that the Government will not re-peg the ringgit now or in the future and is committed to allowing the market determine the value of the currency. The Finance Min...

• Keynote address on US financial turmoil and the future prospects for Asean economies

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  Created: 2008-09-27 08:38:58 Author: Din Merican

  Written by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, MP for Permatang PauhPosted by Din MericanSeptember 26, 2008Speech by Anwar Ibrahim delivered at the CLSA Investor Forum in Hong Kong on Friday 26th September, 2008What do you do when a financial behemoth implodes?What...

• ISA candlelight vigil

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  Created: 2008-09-24 08:21:51 Author: Haris Ibrahim

  The People’s ParliamentWe are here, not because we are law-breakers; we are here in our efforts to become law-makers - Emmeline PankhurstISA candlelight vigilSeptember 24, 2008Venue : Dataran Merdeka, Kuala LumpurDate : Saturday, 27th September, 2008Tim...

• Since When Has RPK Been a Security Threat?

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  Created: 2008-09-24 08:17:48 Author: Marina Mahathir

  By Marina MahathirTuesday, September 23, 2008The Star Online > NationTuesday September 23, 2008 MYT 4:48:45 PMRaja Petra to be detained 2yrs under ISA (update 2)By M. MAGESWARIKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin was served with an ...

• IS THIS A COUNTRY NOT IN DISTRESS?

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  Created: 2008-09-23 23:34:11 Author: Bernard Khoo

  Tuesday, September 23, 2008By Bernard Khoo aka zorroMALAYSIAKI REPORTS: Raja Petra to be sent to Kamunting Sep 23, 08 9:34am Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin will be sent to Kamunting Detention Centre in Taiping, Perak today to begin his two-yea...

• The Day of Reckoning

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  Created: 2008-09-23 06:31:33 Author: Ngap Sayot

  By Ngap Sayot aka Voice from the EastSeptember 23, 2008Today is Sept 23, the day of reckoning. Or the day that will pass by and nothing happens. As I write this, we see West Malaysia is in a state of haywire and amazingly all eyes are suddenly on us in th...

• Is today Day of Reckoning?

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  Created: 2008-09-23 06:29:22 Author: Ahirudin Attan

  By Ahirudin Attan aka rockybruTuesday, September 23, 2008 "Anwar is going to see the Agong tomorrow(?)". I wasn't very sure if Bala meant it as a question or a statement when we spoke last night. He had been more sure of Anwar Ibrahim's earlier deadline ...

• KU LI AT THE WHITE HOUSE

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  Created: 2008-09-22 13:54:53 Author: TV Smith

  by TV SmithSeptember 21, 2008It was supposed to be a bloggers-only dialogue session with PM-hopeful Tengku Razaleigh or Ku Li as he is popularly known. Due to some miscommunication, members of the mainstream media started trooping in before Buka Puasa at ...

• Abdullah Badawi: Wading Back from the Rubicon

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  Created: 2008-09-21 22:42:06 Author: William Leong Jee Keen

  By William Leong, MP for SelayangSeptember 20, 2008Thank God, Teresa Kok (DAP MP for Seputeh) has been released from the ISA. The Abdullah Badawi administration’s lame excuse of not finding any reason to detain her further sounds as ludicrous as Sin Che...

• MUSLIM PROFESSIONALS FORUM PRESS RELEASE

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  Created: 2008-09-19 23:58:22 Author: Bernard Khoo

  Written by the Muslim Professionals Forum Posted by Bernard Khoo aka zorro13th September, 2008 The arrests of MP Theresa Kok and journalist Tan Hoon Cheng under the ISA following that of blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin raise grave concern for Malaysians. An ...

• Anwar’s options

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  Created: 2008-09-19 23:54:40 Author: MI

  By Leslie Lau and Shannon Teoh, The Malaysian InsiderSeptember 18, 2008Sept 18 — There are many roads that can lead to power for the Pakatan Rakyat alliance if opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim indeed has the support of a majority MPs in his ha...

• Change Of Government - The Queen's Option

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  Created: 2008-09-19 23:51:34 Author: BOB TEOH

  Posted by kasee in Malaysia Today   Thursday, 18 September 2008 22:29  By BOB TEOH, MySinchewThirty three years ago, Australia was faced with a constitutional crisis so serious that the Queen was forced to use her option. Her vice-regal representative,...

• Free all 65!

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  Created: 2008-09-19 23:43:33 Author: Ahirudin Attan

  By Ahirudin Attan aka rockybruFriday, September 19, 2008 See the list of ISA detainees here.Sixty-five. Don't forget, there are 65 of them in there. The name at the very top of the list is Yazid Sufaat, a businessman in his previous life, an alleged Jema...

• WILL THEY SILENCE US?

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  Created: 2008-09-17 22:58:33 Author: Bernard Khoo

  By Bernard Khoo aka zorroWednesday, September 17, 2008 Details are sketchy. I met Sheih on the day Jeff Ooi and Rocky was summoned to Denmark House over a defamation suit brought against them by NST.  Since then we have forged a close friendship despite...

• Saying Adieu to one Y&A

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  Created: 2008-09-17 22:45:08 Author: Editor, CPI

  Written by Editor, CPIBy YL Chong aka Desiderata,John Lee Min KeongWednesday, September 17, 2008I play mentor to some Y&As, they too play role reversal some times. A particular one is wellknownblogger johnleemk, now shunting to-and-fro US-NZ-danNEGARKU of...

• mKini video on CPI offcial opening

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  Created: 2008-09-16 09:57:19 Author: mKini

  mKini video on CPI offcial opening...