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The Malaysian mass media will not allow Indonesian opposition parties the opportunity to run down its government and Malaysia hopes the same sensitivity will be applied by the Indonesian mass media.

Instead of going after only civil servants, why hasn't the Anti-Corruption Agency investigated Najib Tun Razak, who is also deputy Umno president, yet?

by Fan Yew Teng

Harakah English Section 

Pemimpin dunia desak siasatan terbuka serangan terhadap Benazir

PESHAWAR: Pembunuhan Benazir Bhutto terus menimbulkan persoalan apabila kerajaan Pakistan dan pemimpin al-Qaeda saling tuduh-menuduh berhubung pihak yang bertanggungjawab melakukan serangan berkenaan, manakala parti pimpinan bekas perdana menteri itu menuduh kerajaan berbohong.

I refer to the news report in the The local daily - dated 14 Dec 2007 - " Additional Fees is not a Must" and the PM budget speech 2008 text which is available on the Ministry of Finance as well as Bank Negara website.

Written by Kazi Mahmood

World Futures

In Mauritius, where I come from, a teacher accused the Muslims of being terrorists. This is a first in the peaceful country. The teacher, a Chinese lady, said to my nephew Ishtiak (his name) that terrorism was written on the faces of all Muslims. This caused an outcry and the end of the story came when the teacher had to apologize in public over her remarks.

Bahang Pilihanraya Umum ke 12 (PRU 12) semakin hari makin terasa kepanasannya. Semua parti politik, tidak kira samada parti pemerintah atau parti-parti pembangkang, bagai cacing kepanasan sibuk merancang dan mengatur strategi bagi menghadapi hari penentuan ini bagi memastikan kemenangan di pihak masing-masing.

In the Philippines, the word "Allah" was used to unite the Muslims and Christians, primarily the Catholics. In the eastern region of Poland, bordering Russia, the word "Allah" appeared in some of the old churches and Hindu temples.

Haji Mustapha Ong

Benazir Bhutto's assissination should serve as a valuable lesson to those who assume that 'freedom of assembly, of speech and of assembly and democracy' is safe. It has it's disadvantages, and it can happen in the most explosive way, as we have just found out recently. There is a limit to these and it is not absolute.