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UPHELD. The conviction of ANWAR IBRAHIM, 57, former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia; on charges of corruption; in Putrajaya. Malaysia's Federal Court last week ruled there was no new evidence to warrant reconsideration of the case, which alleged Anwar had used his political power to block a 1998 police investigation into sodomy charges against him. Anwar was released from prison three weeks ago after a dramatic reversal of his sodomy conviction, and since then has vowed to push for democratic reforms. His failure to get the corruption conviction overturned means he is barred from holding political office until...
...FREED. ANWAR IBRAHIM, 57, former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia; after six years in prison; when the nation's top court overturned a 1998 conviction for sodomy that led to his removal from office and triggered a major political crisis; in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Once considered the heir apparent to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who retired last year, Anwar maintained that he was being persecuted for having crossed his former boss. When Mahathir fired him in 1998, Anwar led thousands in protests demanding democratic reform...
...FREED. ANWAR IBRAHIM, 57, former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia; after six years in prison; when the nation's top court overturned a 1998 sodomy conviction that led to his removal from office and a major political crisis; in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Once considered the heir apparent to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who retired last year, Anwar maintained that he was being persecuted for having crossed his former boss. When Mahathir fired him in 1998, Anwar had led tens of thousands in demanding democratic reform, in the largest demonstrations Malaysia had seen in decades. DISMISSED. Sexual-assault charges against KOBE BRYANT...
...ASIA MALAYSIA: He's free, but can Anwar Ibrahim get back into politics...
...Meanwhile, the sense of disorder across the country is mounting. On May 21, the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Anwar Choudhury, was wounded in Sylhet by a bomb that killed three people and wounded more than 50. Although no arrests have been made, the city's mayor has said he suspects religious extremists of carrying out the attack. Three journalists have been killed in Bangladesh so far this year, and several more have been threatened with violence. Adding to fears that freedom of expression is under attack, Prothom Alo, a Bengali-language newspaper, has been subjected to mass protests...