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  UMNO and PAS : once bitten, twice not shy : A Pas Umno 'mariage' would have been nothing more than a marriage of convennience with disturbing consequences

  How serious was the proposal for "unity talks" between Umno dan Pas? After much pussy footing and yes i want...
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  10 years of Aliran : What we have archieved?

  We publish below a record of our publications and various activities in the last 10 years. It is not a...
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  17 Million Babies died last year

  In its recently published annual report, UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Fund) noted that 17 million babies died in 1981...
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  3R's : Controversy over Identity

  ALIRAN is deeply perturbed by the controversy over the implementation of the 3R programme in Chinese medium primary schools...
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  A Change of Heart? US motives suspect in Cambodian peace process

  Why is the US suddenly interested in a 'peace process' in Cambodia? Is it out of a genuine desire for...
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  A city without a soil? : The inner city community life in Georgetown is precious, and to lose it, would be unforgivable

  If you walk down Armenian Street today you will find a mixed community of residents and retailer, living working, worshipping...
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  A Co-operative is a Business and a Faith

  The recent statement by the Deputy Prime Minister YAB En Abdul Ghafar Baba that there are dishonest directors not only...
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  A few dollars of prejudice

  I read your article on 'A few sen of prejudice' in your Vol 11 No 3 issue of Aliran Monthly...
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  A letter to P.M. Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore

  I am writing in connection with the press releases by the Home Affairs Ministry of Singapore where I was named...
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  A minute as a hero is better than decades of oppression

  An impassioned plea to the world from POLRATH DENSOVANN for a free Cambodia to which all its children can return...
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  A multi-ethnic trust fund

  We are happy to learn that Amanah Saham Mara Bhd will launch at the end of the year its first...
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  A New Malaysia

  The current death watch for Deng Xiao Ping, the strong interest in Adam Schwarz's A Nation in Waiting as well...
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  A new security order? or back to the crusades

  Mergers and take overs two methods of making changes to national frontiers that characterise the historical events taking place in...
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  A people dispossessed

  Palestine is now called Israel. It is the homeland of the Palestinians who inhabited the country from the dawn of...
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  A philosophy of happiness : Compassion has now become the true sign of personal maturity.

  Hot to live and how to die are two questions that have been puzzling humans since the beginning of time...
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  A Presidential cabinet

  The resounding Barisan Nasional electoral victory on 25 April will correctly be seen as a solid endorsement for Prime Minister.
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  A Quest for Justice

  If I, as the number one judge, could not have justice, do you expect other people to have justice, do...
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  A racial party

  The Parti China Sabah claims, The majority of the Chinese in Sabah now feel that their political, economic and social...
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  A real good sport of leader

  At one Asean meeting a foreign minister of tone Asean country was talking to the head of State of another...
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  A referendum on the Perak power grab : The Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat in Perak.

  This is turning out to be a referendum on the recent power grab in Perak Led by Najib with zambry...
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  A short comment on OPP2

  The Prime Minister's speech in Parliament on 17 June 1991 clearly indicates that there is no major change in the...
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  A sinning saint grapples with The Legacy of Evil

  We are 10 minutes into the interview when a white woman, a junior member of staff, walks into the wood...
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  A Wake-up call for PAS : "Unity talks" proposal may have led to Pas' reduced majority in Manek Urai

  The Manek Urai by election result on 14 July reveals that the BN has made inroads, especially in some rural...
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  A window into Malaysia's past and future aspirations : The Launch of Malaya's First Year at the United Nations as Reflected in Dr Ismail's Reports Home to Tunku Abdul Rahman (ISEAS 2009)

  The domestic politics of a country is unavoidably reflected in its external politics, and vice versa. This is not...
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  A window into Malaysia's past and future aspirations : The launch of Malaya's first year at the United Nations as reflected in Dr Ismail's reports home to Tunku Abdul Rahman (ISEAS 2009).

  The domestic politics of a country is unavoidably reflected in its external politics, and vice versa. This is not only...
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  A wish list too far? : The current attitude of 'charity' or ' welfare' towards indigenous rights should be discarded in favour of social justice, equality and reconciliation for past injustices

  The latest episode in the long-drawn struggle for indigenous minority rights in Malaysia took an unfortunate but all too...
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  Abdurrahman Wahid (7 Sept 1940 - 30 Dec 2009) : Gentle, friendly face of Indonesia and Islam.

  When the former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid succumbed to a long battle with kidney disease and diabetes, President Susilo Bambang...
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  Abuse of power TUNKU on the current crisis

  The UMNO Baru members have been told not use the word "Baru" by the Party's Information Chief, Senator Datuk Hussein...
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  Abuse of power under the ISA

  No law in all our statutes shames us as a nation or undermines our democratic system of government more than...
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  Abuse of power?

  As an expatriate living in Malaysia, I am writing to express my concern at the way in which police officers...
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  Academic choice

  Aliran regrets the decision of the University of Malaya Senate to bar students from taking courses not taught in Bahasa...
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  ACT NOW! Vibrant democracy requires eternal vigilance : If we are passionate about Malaysia and our birthright, then we should ACT NOW to save our democracy.

  In early March, university Malaya Law lecturer Azmi Sharom made a very pertinent observation in his weekly Star column that...
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  Action station! "No" to the regressive GST! : A GST-driven inflation is a calamity that the struggling lower-income group can do without.

  The Barisan Nasional Government has decided to push ahead with the regressive GST (the Good and Services Tax). The GST...
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  After 1990

  The New Economic Policy should be successfully implemented before 1991. What if we fail to attain the goals of the...
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  Agi Idup, Agi Ngelaban? Will the river burst the Dam? : Surveying Batang Ai before 7 April by election.

  Batang Ai - the River. By consensus, this was the source area from which the Iban spread all over Sarawak...
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  Aids and Impediments to the Realization of Humanity according to Islam

  There are two perspectives to the topic 'Aids and Impediments to the Realisation of Humanity in Islam'. One, the aids...
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  Aliran "Anti-Government"?

  If Malaysians were to be asked about their views on Aliran, some of the probable replies would be : "Yes, Dr ...
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  ALIRAN Blacked Out

  Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties...
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  Aliran demands justice and return to the people's mandate

  The request by the undemocratically ousted Perak menteri besar, Datuk Seri Mohmmad Nizar Jamaluddin, for a nine-man Federal Court...
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  Aliran monthly : disgraceful journalism

  Your last issue which focussed on the Gulf War (AM Vol. 11 no.2) was disgraceful... biased journalism at its worst. Please send...
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  Aliran... Into the 1990s

  By the year 2000, Aliran hopes to create a sizeable, significant group of Malaysians from all communities with a deep...
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  An 'Unfriendly" plan Penang has little to gain from hill development

  Friend of Penang Hill has called upon the Penang State Government not to accept the revised plans to develop Penang...
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  An Appeal for Donations Aliran trust

  Malaysia's strengh arises from its diverse communities, religions and cultures. The interaction among our many people reflects the worldwide problem...
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  An appeal to revoke suspension of supreme court judges

  Since no tribunal has been set up to investigate the allerged "dereliction of duty" and "gross misbehaviour" of the 5...
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  An Explosion of selfishness

  In the United States last month, 23 year old Susan Smith was sentenced to life in prison for the murders...
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  An open letter to Aliran Monthly

  I am quite a new subscriber to the Aliran Monthly. The contents are good but i have a few comments...
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  An open letter to health minister Lee Kim Sai : no proper hospital at Cameron Highland

  We, the folks in Cameron Highlands don't have a district hospital with proper facilities. In the early 1980s...
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  Apakah pentingnya sistem kuota

  Pertumbuhan negara kita menuju pembentukan negara bangsa yang sebenarnya tidak pernah melalui jalan yang nyata. Natijah paling nyata yang sering...
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  Apartheid In South Africa

  The uprising which took place in the township of Soweto on June 16th 1976 represents in a way, a beginning...
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  Aristotle says,"Penang will have better public transport" : but decongesting traffic is a state of mind.

  Penang will have better public transport. It is imminent and unavoidable. Aristotle is famous for his delelopment of logic or...