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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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  MOZI The Chinese peace thinker

  The philopsophy of the Great Chinese thinker MOZI lost influencer after A.D. 220, but the underlying message of peace and...
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  Human right in Asia a struggle of hope and despair

  Human right struggle is interspersed with hope and despair. CHANDRA MUZAFFAR examines the causes and impediments that hinder the growth...
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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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  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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  Wounded justice will prevail

  I have just finished reading 'Conduct Unbecoming' by Raja Aziz Adddruse. It justified my initial reluctance to pick it up...
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  Racial discrimination in book loan (SPBT)

  As a citizen of this country and as a teacher, I was angered by the manner in which the discrimination...
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  Vision 2020 at the expense of justice

  The Barisan National backbenchers support for the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill 1991 clearly shows how untrustworthy certain politicians can be...
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  Development project makes life miserable

  Kuala Lumpur will soon have a multi million ringgit stadium to meet the demands of sports and atgletic development.
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  Critics are not disloyal

  I am writing this letter to advise our defence minister, Najib, to stop manouuvring to improve his position in the...
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  Early elections in Sarawak? : Understandung electoral politics in Sarawak

  Although the present Sarawak State Assembly's term will not expire until July 1992, many observers believe that the Chief Minister...
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  Semangat 46 strikes double-blow in Kelantan : Barisan Nasional suffers two by electiion defeats in one night

  It is very rare
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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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  Throwing his weight around!

  In early July i received an invitation from a recently established Malaysian Youth Organization to present a paper on...
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  Your land is my land : controversys over amendments tp land acquisition act

  The landed class in the country was dealt a severe blow to its sense of security last month when the...
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  Human right & religion

  What are human right / Human right are the various pilitical, civil, economic, social and cultural rights contained in the...
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  Politic undercuts privatization policy

  In the wake of Daim Zainuddin's resignation, the former finance minister has been praised for his efforts to liberalize the...
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  Ceylonese unhappy with Dr M

  Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has always said that the Barisan Nasional is fair to all the 'big' communities such...
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  No "R&R" for Johor Bahru

  The United States and Singapore government have signed an agreement giving American air and naval forces increased use of military...
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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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  VISION 2020 : Perfect vision with a slight flaw?

  It is more than six months since Dato' Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad presented a working paper on his vision of...
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  Crazy but true

  A recent news item in the newspapers reminded me of crazy happening in some other countries where i happened to work...
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  Keep the hill green : an appeal to review the Penang Hill Project

  Several public interest groups and individuals have decided to get to gether under a network called "Friend of Penang Hill"...
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  Conglomeratisation via political power renong & umno

  The reverse takeover of Fleet Group Sdn Bhd and Hatibudi Nominees Sdn Bhd by Renong Bhd in late april 1990...
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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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  Close encounters of the ethnic kind

  I remember how a relative of mine used to upset me with comments about a certain community about whom she...
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  Our relationship with creation : a contemplative Buddhist perspective

  The Buddha's view of creation was primarily psychological. While not denying the existence of the objective world he pointedly emphasized...
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  Buying votes & bribing voters

  In the last one year or so, Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad has gone all out to bribe the people...
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  JBJ - A man of honour and integrity : He embodied valour and virtue in fighting for a cause he believed in passionately

  Today Singaporeans will bid farewell to an iconic symbol of a fighting spirit that had stood up for democracy and...
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  Time to abolish the ISA for good : not one person should be held in detention without trial as it violates basic human right

  My name is Norlaila Othman. I am Malaysian. I speak on behalf of my husband, Mat Sah bin Mohd Satray...
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  From constitutional monarchy to constitutional anarchy

  It is 2.30am in January 2010 . Najib and Rosmah have just reached their official residence in Putrajaya. Yheir arrival is...
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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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  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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  Johor Sultan Seeks Forgiveness

  Semangat 46's Lembah Pantai Parliamentary candidate, Tun Salleh Abas shock the audience who attended his maiden political ceramah on...
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  Thinking Allowed

  He new cabinet has been described as a mix of the old and new. We beg to differ. We think...
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  Making The News : Mainstream media stoops to new low

  Like the last general elections in 1990, the recent one once again bore witness to the full and unwavering support...
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  Vanishing Values : Election tidal wave washes away long cherished values

  On the night of 25 April, as the general election results kept streaming in over our television sets, it was...
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  Barisan Win Bigs - Why?

  As the results of the 1995 general elections unfolded on the night of 25 April, it was clear that 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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  Stop press : Voters must determine their elected representative

  The Election Court's decision that there is no need for a by-election following the disqualification of the MP for...
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  Dangerous Development : breaneck economic groth triggers a series of disasters

  When power cables exploded on the Penang Bridge on 25 June and plunged half the island into darkness, the nightmare...
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  Stop The Bakun project

  Memorandum to Pacific Chemicals Berhad, A corporate company given the task of timber extraction and reforestation of 17000 Hectars of
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  Drama at The Shangri-la : Pacific chmicals' Ting escape from Bakun demonstrators

  Shangri-La Hotel's chief of security (Chief) still could not make sense of what happened during his watch that Thursday...
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  Hopeless Live : A tale of provertya nd despair amidst rapid industrial development

  It's hard to imagine that the busy, congested Mak Mandin area in Butterworth was once an idyllic coconut plantation around...
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  The Height of Hypocrisy : The DAP, The Tunku and Human Rights

  Kua's response to my article "Rights: Getting it Right', AM 1995: 14(12) is a stark revelation of his obsession...
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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 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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  Inconsistencies and Omissions

  Allow me to point out gaping inconsistencies and omissions in Chandra's article "Getting it Right", AM 1994: 14(12)
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  Reflections on the General Elections

  In the 1995 general elections , the opposition parties have suffered a disastrous setback almost to the extent of near demise
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  Vision without sight

  The Barisan National (BN) won a landslide victory in the recent elections based on its economic track record over the...