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Article: MALAYSIA: ANWAR HOPES FOR HUGE WIN IN CRUCIAL BY-ELECTION.
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- Interpress Service
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- August 26, 2008
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Analysis by Anil Netto
PERMATANG PAUH, Malaysia, Aug. 26, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- All eyes in Malaysia and beyond are trained on Permatang Pauh, a constituency of 58,000 voters in mainland Penang that could determine whether an opposition alliance will be able to take over the federal government in the coming weeks.
Permatang Pauh will be the scene of a pivotal by-election on Tuesday.
The de facto head of the People's Alliance, Anwar Ibrahim, is squaring off with a little-known candidate, Ariff Shah Omar Shah, from the ruling Barisan Nasional, which is led by the monolithic United Malay National Organization of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. A third ...