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General : Rosmah Mansor Receives STEM Hero Award

From Jamaluddin Muhammad NEW YORK, Sept 23 (Bernama) — Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor was awarded the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Hero Award at the launch of the Global STEM Alliance at the United Nations headquarters, here, Monday (Tuesday in Malaysia). The international …

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Karpal, my hometown hero

The maverick lawyer took on the role of Big Brother to local journalists, protecting us from powerful local figures who tried to intimidate us. I FIRST heard about Karpal Singh when I was still in school in Penang. It was around the time Star Wars hit the cinemas in the late 1970s. Karpal Singh had …

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Death of a hero, birth of a legend

The death of Karpal Singh is a sad, sad thing. But what’s sadder is the dearth of humanity – that there are those who can celebrate the death of a fine man, or that they can incite others to hate just because they share the same views. IT’S mid-April, the time of the year when many in the world cele …

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