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In search of human security

ISLAM AND DIPLOMACY: Full text of Regent of Perak Raja Dr Nazrin Shah's keynote address at the Peace and Security Forum 2013

Chance to improve India-Pakistan relations

WITH their civilian-supremacy political culture, Indians have always disapproved past military takeovers in their neighbourhood. They have responded warmly to the outcome of Pakistan's polls, hopefully ending that pattern after 55 years.

Proton can rev up with greater focus on R&D

NATIONAL carmaker Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional (Proton) must be doing something right. It seems at any stop on the road now, one is bound to see either to the left, the right, in front or at the back, at least one of its latest offering, the Proton FLX. It seems the reasonably-priced sedan is giving another affordable national car, the Perodua Myvi, a run for its money.

Mukhriz has right qualities to forge Kedah ahead

THE 13th General Election is over, and Barisan Nasional (BN) has again formed the new government at federal level.

Engrossed in facts and figures

BITS OF WISDOM: The recent general election has rekindled an astonishing amount of interest in numbers

Reinforcing Asean solidarity

COMMON HERITAGE: The seemingly intractable bilateral issues can be surmounted given earlier precedents of success

The migrant cash lifeline

CONTRIBUTION: First-generation migrants are sending a staggering amount of dollars to their families in developing countries, writes Marie Arana

An opportunity for wisdom

NO TIME TO WASTE: The cabinet has to be creatively pragmatic to drive the agenda of progress

Pas has a lot of soul-seaching to do

DEFEAT OF MODERATES: Its unimpressive performance in GE13 raises questions on the path the party has taken in recent years

Forging greater unity, harmony among Malaccans

PEACE AND STABILITY: After the May 5 polls, there was tension among the people over the defeat of certain politicians, but good sense prevailed that unity is far more important

Carrying out reforms fairly

INCREMENTAL REFORMS: It is vital for Malaysia's future that our uneven numbers relating to performance along ethnic lines eventually even out

Najib's motley crew has yin and yang to administer

WOE betide the manager of the Brazilian national team whose head is strategically placed on the chopping block every time the team plays: it must be a win or there will be hell to pay.

Johor ruler shows concern for all subjects

REPRESENTATION: Sultan Ibrahim had wanted a Chinese in the exco

Scrambling for bright minds

A new era has arrived in immigration. Many countries -- the United States, the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands -- have for decades taken in poor immigrants with the express intention that they would do work that native citizens had become reluctant to do. The labour was either too hard, too cheap or too dangerous for the locals.

A bandwagon of gullible Malaysians

GE13: Some went overboard on polling day to prevent those who didn't look like Malaysians from voting

A visit to Yemen's Zoo

ARRIVING in Yemen last week, I had an experience I'd never had before. I drove from the airport into Sana, the capital, on the main thoroughfare, through a raging torrent of water.