Democrats Show Strength in Final Days of Race for the Senate, New Polls Find
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Democrats are up in Michigan, Texas, Kansas, Maine and Ohio, have an edge
in Alaska and are effectively tied with Republicans in Iowa, new New York
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KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — The United States ambassador here told Washington in 2008 that Malaysia was facing a “political crisis” caused by Umno’s control and abuse of security institutions and national security laws to remain in power.
ReplyDeleteUS ambassador James R. Keith said in a leaked cable, released by whistleblower site WikiLeaks through the Malaysia Today news portal that “in good times Umno can maintain control by distributing power and money to get what it wants (but) in bad times, it uses the stick, and for now that means intimidation.”