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MALAYSIAN PM ABDULLAH READY FOR MUZAKARAH (DISCUSSIONS) WITH PAS AT ANY TIME
KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) -- Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he was ever ready to hold a muzakarah (discussions) with leaders of PAS to strengthen Malay solidarity.

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MALAYSIA: MAHMOOD ADAM APPOINTED NEW IMMIGRATION DIRECTOR-GENERAL
KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) -- Defence Ministry deputy secretary-general (management) Mahmood Adam will take over as the new Immigration Department director-general effective Monday, Chief ... Full Story

MALAYSIA: ANWAR CLAIMS LAST DNA SAMPLE TAKEN IN 2004
PETALING JAYA, July 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) -- Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisori Anwar Ibrahim Saturday maintained he would not allow his DNA sample to be taken over a sodomy allegation, saying he had ... Full Story

MALAYSIA: GOVERNMENT AND BANKS MUST HAVE MINDSET OF HELPING BUMIPUTERAS
KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) -- The government and banks in the country must think of a new approach to help bumiputeras.

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BORNEO'S OLDEST NATIONAL PARK, A POPULAR CHOICE FOR REPEAT VISITORS
By Caroline Jackson

KUCHING, July 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) -- The 'Proboscis Monkey' or 'Orang Belanda', symbolic of Borneo's internationally-renowned and protected animal, is not the only ... Full Story

MALAYSIA: MITI TO TAKE PROACTIVE STEPS TO WOO COMPANIES PLANNING TO EXIT CHINA, SAYS MUHYIDDIN
KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) -- Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) will take proactive steps to attract the companies that are thinking of shifting their operations out of ... Full Story

MALAYSIA: NAJIB SAYS HE'S COMMITTED TO POWER TRANSITION PLAN
KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) -- Umno Deputy President Najib Tun Razak said he was committed to the plan for transition of power from Umno President Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to him in June ... Full Story

MALAYSIA: SYED HAMID EXPLAINS HIS STATEMENTS ON ANWAR'S SODOMY ALLEGATION

KOTA TINGGI, Malaysia July 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) -- Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar said it was not in his interest to keep on issuing statements on the allegation of sodomy against Anwar Ibrahim ... Full Story

FIRST PHASE OF PENANG SENTRAL TO BE READY BY 2011
BUTTERWORTH, July 19 (Bernama) -- Construction of the first phase of the Penang integrated transport terminal, dubbed Penang Sentral, will begin in the first quarter next year, and be completed by ... Full Story

HOW DOES SINGAPORE MAKE ITS PEOPLE LIVE IN HARMONY?
By Zakaria Abdul Wahab

SINGAPORE, July 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) -- How does Singapore manage to keep its multi-racial and multi-religious people stick together and live harmoniously?

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BROWN ARRIVES IN ISRAEL FOR FIRST VISIT SINCE ELECTED BRITISH PM
JERUSALEM, July 20 (NNN-XINHUA) -- Gordon Brown arrived in Israel for the first time since elected British prime minister, according to local daily Ha'aretz.—NNN-XINHUA
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BROWN SAYS BRITAIN READY TO CUT TROOPS IN IRAQ, BUT GIVES NO TIMETABLE
BAGHDAD, July 20 (NNN-XINHUA) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that his country wants to cut its troops in Iraq without setting a timetable for their withdrawal.

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SOLANA: NO CLEAR ANSWER FROM IRAN OVER NUCLEAR PROPOSAL
GENEVA, July 20 (NNN-XINHUA) -- Iran has given no clear answer to a package of incentives for suspending its nuclear program, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said.

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OAPEC SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS OPEC PRESIDENT IN ALGERIA
ALGIERS, July 20 (NNN-KUNA) -- Secretary-General of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) Abbas Ali Taqi made a visit to Algeria on Saturday, that is to last for two days.
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