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	MALAYSIA’S RACIAL POLITICS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Malaysia is a multi racial country with a population of 26 million comprising Bumiputeras 66 % (consisting of Malays, Orang Asli, Sabahans and Sarawakians), Chinese 26 % and Indians 8 %.
		Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had admitted in a recent meeting that race relations in Malaysia are “fragile” and described the worsening relationship between the Muslim Malays and the minority ethnic Chinese and Indian communities as a “disease” which must be tackled openly (Channelnewsasia report of 07 December 2006).
		The Prime Minister and the rest of the leadership are aware of the fragile racial relations in the country.
	www.saag.org /papers21/paper2059.html (2008 words)

	Deputy Prime Minister - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The position of Deputy Prime Minister should not be confused with the Deputy Minister of the Prime Minister, which is a civil servant position.
		Deputy Prime Ministers traditionally serve as acting Prime Minister when the real Prime Minister is temporarily absent or incapable of exercising his/her power.
		Deputy Prime Minister is often a job that is held simultaneously with another ministry, and is usually given to one of the most senior, experienced ministers of the cabinet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister (245 words)

	Malaysia Today
		The Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi is trying to establish his hold on his political party and this one coming as it did has frustrated that.
		You know like for instance in terms of cronyism and all that, in terms of his ambition to be a prime minister and willing to rule out his rivals, so I think it would help to tell in an unmistakable way to everybody that he's a changed man, that he's learnt his lesson.
		I think the obsession in Malaysia for a long time has been one-dimensional, which is basically to economic progress, develop economically, and now you're going to have issues, you're going to have ideas debated, Islam reform, the role of government, the role of the opposition.
	www.malaysia-today.net /english/MT_BI_250904a.htm (2580 words)

	Deputy leader: Malaysia may host peace talks on southern Thai insurgency - iht,asia,Malaysia Thailand - Asia - Pacific ...
		A channel for peace was opened by former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who reportedly mediated to bring both sides together for talks.
		Malaysia denies such charges, and its latest conditional offer to host new talks is seen as a reflection of its desire to see the Thai problem solved quickly.
		Thaksin was overthrown on Sept. 19, and the country's ruling military council has appointed former General Surayud Chulanont as interim prime minister until a new constitution is enacted and an election held in October next year.
	www.iht.com /articles/ap/2006/10/13/asia/AS_GEN_Malaysia_Thailand.php (441 words)

	Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (Timbalan Perdana Menteri in Malay) is the second highest political post in Malaysia.
		Malaysia's current Deputy Prime Minister is Dato' Sri Najib Tun Razak, son of the second Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak.
		Malaysia's fourth Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad had in total four deputies while he was in office.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Malaysia (234 words)

	Malaysia Today: September 2004 Archives
		Previous Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said it again: though Malaysia’s Federal Court may have acquitted Anwar Ibrahim of the charge of sodomy and freed him from jail, he is still not convinced Anwar is innocent.
		Malaysia's highest court crushed the immediate political ambitions of former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim when it refused to hear a new appeal against his conviction for corruption.
		Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi may know the answer why the relevant authorities do not seem to have the ability to eradicate the pirate taxi problem that is endemic in Sarawak.
	www.malaysia-today.net /english/archives_sep2004.htm (3267 words)

	News Brief: Camdessus Welcomes Malaysia’s New Package of Economic Measures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This is because Malaysia has followed over a long period a prudent approach to external exposure, the fiscal position has had considerable strength, and the supervisory and regulatory framework for the financial sector has been relatively well developed.
		Deputy Prime Minister Anwar has given assurances that the strategies adopted will be transparent, and that the potential use of government resources will be subject to safeguards.
		"Deputy Prime Minister Anwar has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to improve transparency and to the steady implementation of structural reforms in a number of areas, consistent with maintaining the social consensus.
	www.imf.org /np/sec/nb/1998/NB9809.HTM (487 words)

	BBC News \| Asia-Pacific \| Malaysia's deputy prime minister fired
		The 51-year-old deputy, for years seen as Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's successor, had been sidelined and left out of decisions for months after differing with his boss on the course for recovery.
		A short statement by the prime minister's department said Anwar had been relieved of his positions, including that of finance minister.
		The prime minister and his chief economic aide, Daim Zainuddin, have pushed through a policy of greater government spending and lower rates to boost the economy.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/163200.stm (589 words)

	Johns Hopkins Gazette \| April 4, 2005
		Presenting his first public address in the United States, Anwar Ibrahim, former deputy prime minister of Malaysia, will speak at SAIS at 12:30 p.m.
		Anwar was recently released from prison in Malaysia after serving six years on charges of corruption and sodomy; he won his appeal on the sodomy charges in September 2004.
		He served as minister of youth, culture and sports; minister of education; and minister of finance.
	www.jhu.edu /~gazette/2005/04apr05/04deputy.html (271 words)

	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Summary
		In 2003, Abdullah succeeded Mahathir as Prime Minister.
		Early during Mahathir's tenure as prime minister, a bitter dispute erupted within the ruling UMNO party and the two camps were colloquially known as 'Team A' which was comprised of Mahathir loyalists, and 'Team B', which supported former Minister of Finance Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah and former Deputy Prime Minister Musa Hitam.
		On September 10, 2004, Abdullah, as finance minister, tabled his maiden budget, which is seen by the public as being more consolidation and maintenance-oriented as opposed to the growth policies emphasised by Mahathir.
	www.bookrags.com /Abdullah_Ahmad_Badawi (1488 words)

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		Anwar, 58, once considered the heir apparent to Mahathir Mohamad, then the prime minister, was jailed on trumped-up charges of sodomy and graft in 1998 for challenging Malaysia's longtime leader on democratic reforms.
		Malaysia's former deputy premier, Anwar Ibrahim, was imprisoned for six years on trumped-up charges.
		He became a government minister in 1983, holding the portfolios of youth, agriculture and education consecutively until 1993.
	iranandworld.com /showarticle.asp?id=1527 (733 words)

	Malaysia
		Malaysia supports this action and reiterates our commitment to comprehensively fighting terrorism in all of its forms at the domestic, regional and international levels.
		It is with these considerations in mind that Malaysia continues to call for the convening of a high level international conference under the auspices of the United Nations to examine the terrorism issue in all forms and manifestations and formulate a joint response to this global threat.
		While Malaysia believes that all acts of violence against innocent civilians, whether inflicted by suicide bombers or security forces, must be condemned, we must be even-handed in our approach in dealing with the situation in the region.
	www.un.org /webcast/ga/57/statements/020914malaysiaE.htm (1962 words)

	General Debate - 57 UNGA
		Malaysia would also like to congratulate Africa on the establishment of the African Union (AU) and their bold new initiatives such as the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).
		Malaysia also regrets the continued profiling, by certain quarters, of Islam and Muslims with terrorism, as if one is synonymous with the other.
		Malaysia is concerned at the apparent lack of urgency in addressing the underlying factors that cause terrorism.
	www.un.int /malaysia/GA/GA/GA14Sept02.html (1946 words)

	II Web: Press Release \| Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malysia visits U-M this week
		Ann Arbor, MI---Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, will visit the University of Michigan this week to speak on “Human Rights and Politics: An Asian Perspective.” The lecture will be Thursday, Nov. 10 at 4:30pm in the Rackham Amphitheatre, on the fourth floor and is open to the public.
		Anwar joined the Malaysian cabinet as Minister of Youth in 1983 and later served as minister of education and finance.
		While serving as Minister of Education Anwar was elected President of the UNESCO General Conference (1991).
	www.umich.edu /~iinet/iisite/press/pr_anwar_ibrahim.html (487 words)

	Second Global Knowledge Conference - Malaysia
		This workshop was borne out of Malaysia's conviction that securing a place in the future requires the development of a knowledge-based society that will face the challenges of a borderless world.
		Malaysia, for one, has been at the forefront in calling for a re-examination of the international financial architecture.
		Malaysia, in its quest to become a fully industrialised nation by 2020, is adjusting to the reality of the new era and the way in which ICT is changing the world.
	www.globalknowledge.org /gkii/arw_speech_badawi.htm (1461 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Deputy Prime Minister noted that the annual meetings of the ASEAN Labour Ministers were important to address the ever-changing dynamics of the labour market driven by internal and external factors.
		The Ministers noted that their regional work programme, which is aimed at enhancing capacity to design social protection systems and employment generation programmes and to promote tripartite cooperation in the context of economic restructuring, is even more timely given the current economic climate.
		The Ministers recalled their interest expressed at the 14th ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting in May 2000 in welcoming the opportunity to hold informal dialogues or consultations with Dialogue Partners with a view to strengthening cooperation to enhance ASEAN’s human resources in meeting the challenges of global economic integration and trade liberalisation.
	www.aseansec.org /1146.htm (2778 words)

	Malaysia: End Detention of Ex-Deputy Prime Minister (Human Rights Watch, 21-1-2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Malaysian courts usually grant bail in the absence of any indication that the accused is a flight risk or a likely repeat offender.
		As a former deputy prime minister, Anwar is unlikely to fall into either category, a point strenuously pressed by Anwar and his attorneys.
		Anwar was sacked from his post as Deputy Prime Minister by then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed in September 1998 after the two fell out over how to respond to the economic crisis then gripping Southeast Asia.
	hrw.org /english/docs/2004/01/20/malays6971.htm (539 words)

	Abdul Razak Summary
		After the general elections in 1959, he became the Minister of Rural Development in addition to holding the portfolios of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence.
		On September 1970, Tun Razak succeeded Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra as the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
		Abdul Razak's eldest son, Najib Tun Razak, became the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia under Abdullah Badawi in 2004.
	www.bookrags.com /Abdul_Razak (971 words)

	Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim Set Free
		The jailed former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, will be set free, after the country's highest court overturned his sodomy conviction.
		Thursday's appeal to Malaysia's Federal Court - the country's highest - was the last legal opening for the former minister.
		Although his star has waned since the days when thousands marched in protest at his treatment, many in Malaysia and abroad still regarded him as a political prisoner.
	www.addistribune.com /Archives/2004/09/03-09-04/Malaysia.htm (296 words)

	Aziz unveils roadmap for Muslim renaissance: Address at Islamic Economic Forum -DAWN - Top Stories; October 2, 2005
		Calling for urgent reorganization of the OIC, the sole voice of Ummah, the prime minister said it should be reinvigourated and repositioned as a forum for empowerment of the Muslims to meet the challenges of the new millennium.
		Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said Malaysia was the leading example and successful model of how the Muslim Ummah could meet the challenges of the 21st century.
		Earlier, in his address, the Malaysian foreign minister observed that the OIC members with a population of 1.25 billion possessed 70 per cent of the world’s total energy and 40 per cent of the raw material, but Muslims all over the world were weak and vulnerable due to many challenges they were facing.
	www.dawn.com /2005/10/02/top15.htm (791 words)

	WolverineMalaya - NAJIB IS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA
		This is a prerogative of the Prime Minister,” he said to the handful of journalists and photographers who had been waiting at his residence in Taman Duta here.
		As the eldest son of Malaysia’s second Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein and the nephew of the third Prime Minister Tun Hussein Onn, Najib is often cited for his political blueblood origin.
		Upon returning to Malaysia at the age of 21, he worked as an executive at Petronas but he was destined to become a politician when two years later he won the Pekan by-election uncontested to fill the seat that fell vacant following his father’s death.
	www.wolverinemalaya.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=200 (718 words)

	Govt. Minister wants Malaysia to become Asian megayacht hub
		The Deputy Prime Minister told the assembled crowd that a mix of modern infrastructure and rustic charm could make Malaysia a viable alternative to Europe as a luxury yacht cruising destination.
		Malaysia has launched a major tourism campaign in the US and Europe and hopes to draw some 20 million visitors, bringing in an estimated RM12 billion in revenue, said Najib.
		Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said at the opening of LIBEX today that its ports need more "focused marketing" to attract the attention of the yachting community.
	www.ibinews.com /ibinews/newsdesk/20061024133857ibinews.html (609 words)

	International Crisis Group - Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
		He served as Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports in 1983; Minister of Agriculture in 1984; and Minister of Education in 1986, prior to his tenure as Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in the 90s.
		During his tenure as Finance Minister, Malaysia enjoyed unprecedented prosperity and economic growth and joined the ranks of other Asian countries as an “Asian Tiger.” Anwar’s impact on the economy was immediate.
		As Anwar amplified his calls for reform in 1998, fearing that he was losing his grip over the country, then Prime Minister Mahathir dismissed Anwar from the government and had him tried on trumped up charges.
	www.crisisgroup.org /home/index.cfm?id=4238 (730 words)

	CNN - Malaysia's former deputy prime minister arrested - September 20, 1998
		KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (CNN) -- Dozens of police with assault rifles arrested Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's former deputy, now his political opponent, on Sunday night as riot police fired tear gas and water cannons at a crowd marching toward Mahathir's house.
		Former finance minister Anwar Ibrahim was taken from his suburban home by police after he had led some 35,000 peaceful protesters through the streets of the capital calling on the 73-year-old prime minister to quit after 17 years in power.
		Anwar's lawyer Christopher Fernando told reporters the former cabinet minister was being taken to federal police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur to be indicted for sexual indecency.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/asiapcf/9809/20/malaysia.marches/index.html (568 words)

	Malaysia Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak said Malaysia has decided to open a visa office ...
		Malaysia has decided to open a visa office in Mumbai and issue multiple entry visas to facilitate easy travel for Indians, visiting Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak said here Wednesday.
		Currently, Malaysia's involvement in India is mainly in the construction sector, particularly in the building of highways, said Razak who is leading a high-level delegation on an eight-day visit to promote economic and trade ties.
		In terms of bilateral investment, Malaysia is the 18th largest investor in India with a cumulative (approved) investment exceeding $135 million.
	stories.indobase.com /article_7106.shtml (611 words)

	Appeal for action - MALAYSIA: Former deputy prime minister and his adopted brother sentenced for sodomy - Amnesty ...
		MALAYSIA: Former deputy prime minister and his adopted brother sentenced for sodomy
		Former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and his adopted brother, Sukma Darmawan – both prisoners of conscience – were released in September.
		Malaysia's Federal Court upheld a final appeal against their conviction in 2000 on charges of sodomy.
	web.amnesty.org /appeals/index/mys-011100-wwa-eng (430 words)

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