Cory Aquino dies; Philippine people power heroine
MANILA (Reuters) - Corazon Aquino of the Philippines, whose ouster of one of the 20th Century's most corrupt dictators made her a global icon of democracy, died on Saturday after a 16-month battle against colon cancer. She was 76. Her family announced she died in the early hours of Saturday, shortly after a private mass was...
Massive anti-ISA protests in Kuala Lumpur
By Syed Jaymal Zahiid and Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani from The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 - Police have crushed an anti-ISA rally that turned the capital into a battlezone with tear gas and water cannon as Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz defiantly said Barisan Nasional will keep the security law as it was “necessary”. “As...
Familiar signs of ‘patriotism’ as National Day approaches?
From our Correspondent In a letter published on the Straits Times Forum on 31 July 2009, Chan Han Yang wrote that he noticed the familiar signs of 'patriotism' as National Day approaches. (read full letter here) Below are his first two paragraphs: "As I hurried to the bus stop in my No. 4 uniform, the sight of HDB blocks decked...
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