Free Malaysia Today - Free and Independent

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  'Let's build a better future'
• Leaders spur Malaysians on into the New Year
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  Scepticism greets Najib's plan for 'boat clinics'
• MAS debacle: A-G must explain ties with Tajuddin
• Sabah DAP joins chorus to register overseas voters
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  MP questions 'real agenda' behind native cert freeze
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  MIC: Make national coach a 'Datuk'
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  Clear your name, Ramasamy told

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  Push for Sabah, S'wak's independence: Next stop UN
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  'Umno paid his RM1.8 mil debt': Zahrain cries slander
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  PKR renegades met Najib, Rosmah before quitting
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  ‘Three blind mice’ to Washington went
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  'One Israel-1M'sia': Anwar implicates Khairy's old friend
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  'Diploma holder' IGP accused of perjury
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  Mahathir and Ibrahim – an 'ultra and a liar'
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  Anwar: Who is Rais to question my position?

• Penang port X’mas bonanza for Bukhary
• Sime Management 101: Make them accountable
• 100-day reforms: BN has lost and Pakatan deserves a chance
• A year won by public relations
• Who wants to be a millionaire?
• Malay needs mental paradigm shift as much as economy paradigm shift
• Deals and last minute sting jobs
• Hasil iklan Harakah dan blog PAS

A coming of age

NEW This was FMT’s first full year of operation. And what a year it has been for news, especially in politics. It is true that 2008 was the year that political reporting in Malaysia had its Woodstock, but 2010 was no less exciting for the reporter, the politician and the observer. Some might even argue that it was an even more sensational year. The ecstatic reception of the opposition gains of 2008 waned a little, and more and more Malaysians raised their doubts about Pakatan Rakyat’s ability to lead, especially during the tumultuous PKR elections that took place in the later part of the year. Perhaps PKR was trying to do too much too soon with its one-member-one-vote election. Perhaps Malaysians had become wiser and more critical.Barisan Nasional, on its part, had finished licking its wounds and was bouncing back aggressively. Not only did it use the established media under its control to the hilt; it also finally got wise to the power of the Internet and unleashed a large army of bloggers to help it fight its cause. Read more...  

• Waiting for WikiLeaks’ UFO papers
• Pakatan’s 100-day plan almost silent on Sabah, Sarawak
• Sound engineers wanted badly
• A beautiful game
• Sime Darby shamelessly seeking retribution
• MIC offers Indians nothing new under Palanivel
• Minister's sexual indiscretion: Trouble ahead for Najib
• Najib must explain the use of taxpayers money on Apco

• What are you waiting for Pakatan! For the sky to fall?
• Sime Darby's cost and time-wasting charade
• MIC, not the govt, should honour Rajagopal
• Full autonomy for Sabah-Sarawak the only way
• The Indian dilemma: To be a crab or crow
• Under 1Malaysia, people suffer more 'first'
• Action must be taken now to avert tragedies
• It takes a thief to catch a thief