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...came from a little town called Hope. Chairman Mao sprung from the chili-eating village of Shaoshan, a place whose entire economy now relies on promoting its native son. So it's instructive to think for a moment of the rural district of Kepala Batas, home to Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. The locals of Kepala Batas, located in western Malaysia's Penang state, consider Abdullah, whose ruling National Front coalition is contesting the March 8 general elections, a kindly, avuncular presence. But their real respect appears to be reserved for his father and grandfather, both noted Islamic...
...wield more power than citizens from urban areas, where opposition parties hold some sway. The weighted system explains why the National Front won 64% of the popular vote in 2004 yet managed to fill 90% of the seats in Parliament. In five decades, the country has had exactly five Prime Ministers - all leaders of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), the Malay-based party that dominates the National Front. "Malaysia is a heavily controlled state," says Steven Gan, editor of the online daily Malaysiakini. "We are stuck with Abdullah because of the nature of patronage politics and the enormous power...
...remembered for her honest effort to understand and influence the future direction of her religion, if not for her honest governance. As her posthumous words show, the tragedy of Bhutto's death is not so much in the loss of a great leader for Pakistan - her record as Prime Minister is hardly to be emulated - but in the silencing of a passionate advocate of moderate, contemporary Islam...
...quiz: name the most important issue for voters in the recent Pakistani elections. Was it the increase in terrorist attacks over the past year? President Pervez Musharraf's heavy-handed sacking of the country's top judges? Or the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto...
...Turkish envoy in Baghdad said on Wednesday that Turkey would continue military operations in northern Iraq until it was satisfied it had destroyed the bases of Kurdish guerillas. "Our objective is clear, our mission is clear and there is no timetable," said Ahmet Davutoglu, an adviser to the Turkish prime minister, at a Baghdad news conference. He was in Iraq for meetings with American and Iraqi officials, including the Iraqi foreign minister and U.S. commander David Petraeus...