Article: Malaysian opposition Islamic party gears up for elections without Mahathir as adversary

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Dateline: KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Malaysia's Islamic party opened its annual meeting Thursday and moved into high gear to face general elections without a familiar foe _ Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

The feisty 77-year-old leader, who transformed Malaysia into one of Southeast Asia's wealthiest countries, will step down in the next couple of months, depriving his fundamentalist opponents of a target

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