Malaysia’s election system drawn to sustain BN’s dominance, don tells forum

By Syed Jaymal Zahiid
May 23, 2013

PETALING JAYA, May 23 — Barisan Nasional’s (BN) rule will continue as long as Malaysia uses the first-past-the-post voting system despite redelineation, academic Amer Saifude told a forum here ... Read More

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KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Police arrested 18, including four women, at a candlelight vigil for detained student activist Adam Adli Abdul Halim at the Jinjang police station here last … Read More

Two-thirds of Pakatan GE13 wins in multi-racial seats, research shows

By Zurairi AR

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 – Pakatan Rakyat (PR) won in 59 mixed-race federal seats, almost double its 30 wins in Chinese-majority seats in Malaysia’s Election 2013, according to a new … Read More

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Bernanke says more progress needed before stimulus pullback

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Risky behaviour starts young on web, survey finds

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