Aug
27

MALAYSIA: Anwar’s Win Spells Leadership Change

Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog – IPS Wednesday, August 27, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Analysis by Baradan Kuppusamy KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (IPS) – Despite a nasty campaign against him, opposition icon Anwar Ibrahim has won spectacularly in a landmark by-election in the family stronghold of Permatang Pauh,…
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Aug
27

PHILIPPINES: Gov’t Urged to Resume Talks With Muslim Rebels

Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog – IPS Wednesday, August 27, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Stella Gonzales MANILA, Aug 27 (IPS) – About 100 people have been killed or injured and more than 130,000 others displaced since hostilities resumed this month between government troops and Moro Islamic Liberation Front…
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