Word: amien
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...Amien Rais, the speaker of Indonesia’s top legislative body, proclaimed, “Bush is the real evil and the real terrorist.” Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad publicly stated his fear that the Iraq invasion was only the beginning in “a war to dominate the world...
...illegal immigrants have been arrested; some have been sentenced to caning and lengthy prison terms. The harsh treatment has ignited a political and diplomatic firestorm. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo phoned Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to make a personal appeal for a moratorium on deportations of Filipinos. Amien Rais, speaker of the Indonesian Parliament, warned that Malaysia was "playing with fire" by mistreating foreign workers...
...main challengers to Megawati at the next election will be the Golkar party and Amien Rais's smaller Muslim party. They would certainly want to let Megawati dangle, and make the mistakes that will make it easier for them to challenge her at the polls...
...week president, because that would give them more power. The military is going to move to fill any political vacuum that arises, and nobody believes that Megawati will last very long. And waiting for her to fail are, on the one hand, ambitious politicians like parliamentary speaker Amien Rais, and on the other hand, the generals...
...stop moves to oust their leader, and the most ominous among them may be the massive militia that bears the ominous title "Brave Movement to Die Defending Gus Dur." Some of Wahid's rivals, of course, are supported by militias of their own - most notably the ambitious parliamentary speaker Amien Rais, who originally backed Wahid to keep out Megawati, but now demands his resignation - raising tensions on the streets of Jakarta to boiling point...