KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians voted Saturday in general elections
expected to hand the ruling coalition another victory but with a
reduced majority, as ethnic Chinese and Indians shift to the
opposition.
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi won a
landslide victory in 2004 polls, but now faces public anger over
high inflation, rising crime rates and ethnic tensions in the
multicultural nation.
NEW DELHI: The Indian government will award cash incentives to the
parents of baby girls in a bid to discourage the country’s mothers
from aborting female fetuses.
LONDON: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was in a
stable condition in a London hospital Saturday after being admitted
for tests, an official said.
WASHINGTON: A key advisor to Barack Obama quit Friday after
calling Hillary Clinton a “monster” and sparking a new Iraq war
policy row, as the hyper-competitive Democratic White House race
took another nasty twist.
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