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Perhaps one does need to be mad to be a genius. But very few people, especially at a school like Harvard, are willing to admit that they’re not perfect. And many of us are prime targets for depression and eating disorders; we are high-achieving students at a high-pressure institution, prone to scathing self-criticism and inflated expectations...

Author: By Maya E. Shwayder | Title: Mental Floss | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...Azizah Wan Ismail and key political allies, including the venerated Muslim cleric Nik Aziz Nik Mat. In January, Anwar took his case to the people, holding rallies around the country where he claimed that the new sodomy charges had been trumped up to stop him from running for Prime Minister in the upcoming general election, an accusation the government denies. Though plenty of constituents like Aziz Maanan support him, the reception Anwar got from Muslim-majority Malays was not so warm. Anwar steadfastly supports a Dec. 31 court ruling that Christians can legally use the word Allah to refer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Sodomy Charges End Malaysia's Opposition? | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...believe in this charge at all," Aziz Maanan, a 36-year-old food vendor, says as he prepares double-layered, toasted roti at a night market in Kuala Lumpur. "They are all afraid of [Anwar] because if he wins and becomes Prime Minister, they will all end up in jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Sodomy Charges End Malaysia's Opposition? | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...Anwar has vowed to topple the current Prime Minister, Najib Razak, who took office in April last year, in the next general election, which is widely expected to be held next year. His defense plans to subpoena Najib and his wife Rosmah Mansor, alleging that the couple met with Saiful before the aide made the allegation against the Prime Minister's opponent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Sodomy Charges End Malaysia's Opposition? | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...Anwar has dominated Malaysian politics for more than four decades - first as a student leader in the 1970s and then as a rising minister in the government of Mahathir Mohamad. Eventually, as a powerful and charismatic Deputy Prime Minister, Anwar was poised to unseat Mahathir and take the reins of government when he was cut down in the fallout over how to tackle the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis. As a prisoner, Anwar continued to influence national politics, turning his plight into a global cause, forming a multiracial political party and putting together an opposition coalition - all from behind bars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Sodomy Charges End Malaysia's Opposition? | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

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