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Article: Notes from a divisive year
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- December 25, 2005
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Brendan Pereira
New Straits Times
12-25-2005
Notes from a divisive year
Byline: Brendan Pereira
Edition: New Sunday Times
Column: Plain talk
What a year it has been. There was the never-ending debate over the Approved Permits scheme, the endless speculation over a Cabinet reshuffle and the headline-grabbing nude squat controversy, to name just a few.
In between, world number one squash player Nicol David reminded Malaysians that nothing brings us together like success in sports.
So here are the 2005 news awards:
* The most depressing episode of the year.
The nude squat incident. Not because it exposed an inhumane and Stone Age practice among some police personnel. Not because it showed that ...