Shirin Ebadi (all pics © Shahram Sharif / flickr) PETALING JAYA, 19 Dec 2008: Nobel Laureate Dr Shirin Ebadi has still not been re-invited to Malaysia despite Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim’s retraction of a ministry-recommended ban. “Absolutely nothing. We have not received any invitation, or oral or written, formal or informal apology […]
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Money not the answer to financial crisis
PUTRAJAYA, 11 Dec 2008: Injecting a few billion ringgit into the country’s economy was not the answer in mitigating the current global financial crisis, said former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Speaking at a talk on Global Uncertainties and the Future of Malaysia here today, Mahathir said the country needed a proper plan by […]