One Billion and Rising
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In Malaysia, police statistics in 20101 show that eight reports on domestic violence and 17 on sexual violence are made daily. These shocking numbers show that...
The Sabah-Sulu Crisis Threatens The Palm Oil Supply Chain
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Since about February 9, 2013, there have been several landings by militant gangs armed with sophisticated weaponry (including M-16s and rocket launchers) in Lahad Datu, and the outbreak of fighting in the coastal zone in the eastern part of Sabah.
Making Space Truly Public
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A public space is not public by virtue of it not being private. What makes it public is that the public seeks it out as a place to be.
Can Our Economy Withstand a Political Transition?
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The highly anticipated 13th General Election (GE13) was finally given a date, May 5, 2013. The question that most citizens are asking with regard to GE13 is: will our economy be able to withstand a change in government?
I Musici
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One ensemble, 12 musicians and over 60 years of making history – I Musici is the world’s oldest active chamber music group and will be performing at...
Surely Not Another Cold War!
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In the many workshops on US-China relations that I have attended in the last decade, one very popular view about the future of US-China relations is based on th...
Slowing Climate Change
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As the Norwegian Nobel Committee correctly noted when announcing its decision to award the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize jointly to the Intergovernmental Panel on Cl...
Raising Awareness in the Fight Against Cancer
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Members of the cancer support group.Major advances in medical science now mean that cancer is not necessarily a death sentence. What’s more, the num...
A Little Island That Danced
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Oratnitza's Horhe on the didgeridoo.Music defines us. It gives us an identity, a culture. Flutes carved from animal bone, stone drums, goat-skin string in...
Shale Gas – A Game Changer for the Energy Industry
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In November 2012, while the world focused on the US presidential elections, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released the World Energy Outlook 2012 that...
Penang Way Back When... and Not So Long Ago Either
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Many are the Malaysians who grew to know Penang through studying for years at USM. The memories of those days live with them throughout their lives, and bring them back time and again. Gunalan Namasivayam is one of them.
Bountiful beats of AkashA
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The crowd at the recent Penang World Music Festival at the Botanical Gardens had already been entertained by a number of global acts by the time AkashA went on...