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...ASIA Malaysia: Mahathir steps down Essay: Last of the strongmen? Korea: Roh's Woes...
...This organization is today collapsing on its clay feet, helpless to protect the weak and the poor." MAHATHIR MOHAMAD, Malaysian Prime Minister, in a speech at the United Nations in New York City...
...when the criticism comes from near neighbors, even juntas may have to take notice. Early last week, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad raised the extraordinary prospect of expelling Burma from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) if the Nobel peace laureate isn't freed. The frustrated Prime Minister says the junta's continued intransigence "has affected our [ASEAN's] credibility." Mahathir's comments were echoed by Philippine Foreign Minister Blas Ople on the sidelines of a meeting last week of Asian and European foreign ministers in Bali...
...They are ready to invent false allegations to go to war against children, old people, sick people." MAHATHIR MOHAMAD...
...former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, sending him back to the jail where he had just served four years on a corruption charge. The decision, which means Anwar will spend at least six more years in prison, comes during a year of political transition in which veteran Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will retire. Anwar's continued detention - widely decried as politically motivated - sidelines the opposition's most charismatic leader in the run-up to general elections scheduled for November 2004. meanwhile in the U.S.... A Bit Premature CNN's slogan "Be the first to know" took on new meaning when...