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Malaysia's Lawmakers on the run

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Sep 09, 2008
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Faced with the possibility of an incipient revolt that could end his political career, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is putting at least 41 of his backbench parliament members on a plane for Taipei, and, he hopes, out of temptation's way.

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who was returned to parliament in a by-election on August 26, has v…

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