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Indonesian ulema panel says it will study yoga issue

November 27th, 2008 - 3:47 pm ICT by ANI -
Jakarta/Kuala Lumpur, Nov.27 (ANI): The Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) has said that it will investigate the practice of yoga in Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the ...

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Ex-Malaysian PM says fatwa on yoga should not be made into a religious debate

November 26th, 2008 - 3:33 pm ICT by ANI -
Kuala Lumpur, Nov.26 (ANI): Ex-Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad says that the National Fatwa Councils edict on yoga should not be turned into a religious debate. If they believe it is ...

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Diwali celebrated in Malaysia

Diwali celebrated in Malaysia

October 27th, 2008 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 27 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdulah Ahmed Badawi and his cabinet ministers Monday joined the nationwide celebrations of the Indian festival of Diwali, reinforcing the country's multi-racial traditions.Heralded by ...

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Malaysian PM says Indians contribution vital in nation-building

October 27th, 2008 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI -
Petaling Jaya (Malaysia), Oct 27 (ANI): Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has reportedly sent Diwali greetings to the Indians living in his country, saying they were an integral ...

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Malaysia’s Hindraf detainees released on Deepavali eve

Malaysia’s Hindraf detainees released on Deepavali eve

October 27th, 2008 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 27 (IANS) Ten activists of the banned Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), who were detained last week for gathering outside the Malaysian prime minister's office, have been released on ...

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Contributions of Indians vital: says Malaysian PM

October 26th, 2008 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 26 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi has hailed the contribution of ethnic Indians as "vital" to nation-building and said a cabinet committee has been set up to ...

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Former Malaysian PM says Shah Rukh Khan deserves his Datukship

Former Malaysian PM says Shah Rukh Khan deserves his Datukship

October 25th, 2008 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI -
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 25 (ANI): Former Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has jumped to superstar Shah Rukh Khans defence, insisting that he deserves a Datukship. He also said that even ...

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Hindraf will join coalition only after its leaders are released from detention under ISA

October 13th, 2008 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI -
Kuala Lumpur , Oct 13 (ANI): Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) national event coordinator Kannan Ramasamy has reportedly said that the organisation looking after the interests of the Indians in Malaysia ...

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Son-in-law says he did not cause Badawi’s exit

October 10th, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 10 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's son-in-law says he is not to blame for the premature exit of his father-in-law. Badawai is slated to leave office next ...

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Badawi should step down now, says Mahathir

October 9th, 2008 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 9 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi should step down immediately and not wait until March, his predecessor and friend-turned-critic Mahathir Mohamad has said.Mahathir said that Badawi, while ...

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Hindraf ‘disappoints’ Malaysian PM on Hari Raya

October 7th, 2008 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 7 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is "disappointed" that members of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) came to his Hari Raya, as Eid is called in ...

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Hindraf supporters attend Malaysian PM’s Eid open house

October 3rd, 2008 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 3 (IANS) Members of a Hindu body utilised Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi's annual Hari Raya open house to seek freedom for five of their detained leaders.W. Vaishnavee, ...

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Somali pirates free hijacked Malaysian tanker

September 29th, 2008 - 11:20 am ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 29 (DPA) Somali pirates have released a Malaysian oil tanker after holding the vessel and its 41-member crew hostage for more than a month, reports said Monday.The MT Bunga ...

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Malaysian prime minister to make way for deputy

September 27th, 2008 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 27 (IANS) Weakened after the March poll debacle when the ruling alliance's majority was reduced drastically, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will hand over power to his deputy ...

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Malaysian PM considering freedom of Hindraf leaders: MIC

September 24th, 2008 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI -
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 24 (ANI): Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has agreed to consider the Malaysian Indian Congresss appeal to release five Hindraf leaders detained under the ISA. The Prime Minister ...

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Double crisis hits Badawi-led Malaysian government

September 16th, 2008 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 16 (IANS) With a minister threatening to quit and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim claiming the support of 31 members of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN), Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah ...

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Malaysian PM opens campus of ethnic Indian university

August 18th, 2008 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 18 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi opened the new campus of the ethnic Indian-run Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology, now renamed by its acronym, AIMST ...

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Blair is a war criminal: Mahathir Mohamad

August 1st, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI -
Kuala Lumpur, Aug.1 (ANI): Former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad has labelled former British Prime Minister Tony Blair a war criminal, and criticised the present government for extending an invitation ...

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Malaysian PM bars top officials from probing Ibrahim

July 20th, 2008 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, July 20 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has barred two top officials from the probe against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, charged with sodomy, since the latter has accused ...

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Malaysia’s PM to step down in 2010

July 10th, 2008 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Kuala Lumpur, July 10 (DPA) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced Thursday that he will retire in mid-2010, news reports said. Abdullah has been fighting criticism and calls to step down ...

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Muslim nations call for global efforts to tackle food crisis (Lead)

July 8th, 2008 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Kuala Lumpur, July 8 (DPA) Muslim leaders from the Group of Eight developing Islamic countries, or D8, Tuesday urged governments to find a solution to the worsening global food crisis, warning that ...

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Mulsim leaders call for global efforts to tackle food crisis

July 8th, 2008 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Kuala Lumpur, July 8 (DPA) Muslim leaders from the Group of Eight developing Islamic countries, or D8, Tuesday urged governments to find a solution to the worsening global food crisis, warning that ...

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Panel formed to look into welfare of Malaysian Indians

June 27th, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, June 27 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has formed a new governmental panel to look into the welfare of Indians that would study greater training for youth and ...

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Malaysian PM forms new cabinet committee for Indians welfare

June 27th, 2008 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI -
Kuala Lumpur, June 27 (ANI): Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has formed a new cabinet committee to look into the welfare of Indians. He said the committee, chaired by Deputy ...

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Hindraf leader calls Dr Mahatir a broken record over anti-Tamil rants

June 23rd, 2008 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI -
Kuala Lumpr, June 23 (ANI): Hindraf (HINDU Rights Action Force) leader P. Waythamoorthy has reportedly criticised former Malaysian prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad for saying that the organisation (Hindraf) was made ...

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We represent oppressed Indians, not racist: Hindraf

June 23rd, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, June 23 (IANS) The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) has denied the racism charges levelled against it by former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad and said it just voiced the ...

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Hindraf represents Tamil racists: Ex-Malaysian PM

June 20th, 2008 - 4:17 pm ICT by ANI -
Kuala Lumpur, June 20(ANI): Former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has written in his blog that "Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) represents Tamil racists who look to their old masters, ...

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Mahathir calls Samy Vellu ‘racist’ for supporting Hindraf

June 20th, 2008 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, June 20 (IANS) Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has called ethnic Indian leader and his long-time cabinet colleague S. Samy Vellu "racist" for demanding the release of Hindu Rights ...

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Mahathir’s ‘racist’ remarks provoke outrage

June 17th, 2008 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, June 17 (IANS) Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad's comments demolishing the notion of a composite Malaysian identity has triggered fresh controversy about relations amongst the country's major ethnic groups, ...

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Deputy Najib Razak choice of Badwai

June 14th, 2008 - 11:34 am ICT by Nksagar -
2008-06-14 06:32:59 - "Najib and I have decided on the right time for me to hand over the premiership to him. We've no problems and we enjoy good working relations," Badawi said 14 ...

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