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	<title>anilnetto.com &#187; Democracy</title>
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	<description>Let justice flow like a mighty river</description>
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		<title>Ambiga faces more harassment; Anwar, Azmin to be charged</title>
		<link>http://anilnetto.com/democracy/human-rights/ambiga-faces-more-harassment-anwar-azmin-to-be-charged/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anil Netto</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysian elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ambiga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anwar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Azmin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bersih]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ambiga continues to faces more harassment. This was painted on the road in front of her house. This is supposed to be the going rate for a &#8216;prime lot&#8217; for a traders&#8217; stall protest outside Ambiga&#8217;s house on Thursday and Friday. &#8220;Still no offence?&#8221; Ambiga tweeted. Meanwhile, Anwar, Azmin and Badrul Hashim are due to <a href='http://anilnetto.com/democracy/human-rights/ambiga-faces-more-harassment-anwar-azmin-to-be-charged/' class='excerpt-more'>[Read more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Retired army captain raps bottom-wiggling vets</title>
		<link>http://anilnetto.com/democracy/reactions-to-the-bottoms-up-exercise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 09:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anil Netto</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysian elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ambiga Sreenevasan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[army veterans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Azmi Sharom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Retired army captain Hussaini Abdul Karim says he would have disciplined the crude &#8216;bottoms-up&#8217; army veterans and sent them for rehabilitation if he had been their senior officer. Azmi Sharom adds a dose of sarcasm for good measure. A letter in today&#8217;s Star: Protest was crude and rude I REFER to your report, “Group performs <a href='http://anilnetto.com/democracy/reactions-to-the-bottoms-up-exercise/' class='excerpt-more'>[Read more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Activists embarrass US trade reps with fake award</title>
		<link>http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/activists-embarrass-us-trade-negotiators-with-fake-award/</link>
		<comments>http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/activists-embarrass-us-trade-negotiators-with-fake-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 07:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anil Netto</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FTAs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global justice movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other Asian countries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trans Pacific Partnership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[US trade reps at the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in Dallas were left red-faced on Friday, when activists gatecrashed a welcome gala and presented the US Trade Rep with a fake award for bulldozing through the Big Business/MNC agenda. (Malaysia is also involved in the secret TPP negotiations.) DALLAS PARTY ENDS BADLY FOR U.S. TRADE REPS <a href='http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/activists-embarrass-us-trade-negotiators-with-fake-award/' class='excerpt-more'>[Read more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Splash of green at Bersih 3.0</title>
		<link>http://anilnetto.com/democracy/civil-society/a-splash-of-green-at-bersih-3-0/</link>
		<comments>http://anilnetto.com/democracy/civil-society/a-splash-of-green-at-bersih-3-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 11:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anil Netto</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bersih]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bukit Koman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gold mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Himpunan Hijau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Much has been written about the yellow shirts of Bersih 3.0 on 28 April, but there was also a noticeable number of green-shirted protesters. Who were they? The green shirts started gathering at KLCC from as early as 9.00am. At the KLCC, there were two groups milling around: a small group of about 100 from <a href='http://anilnetto.com/democracy/civil-society/a-splash-of-green-at-bersih-3-0/' class='excerpt-more'>[Read more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Over 1000 lawyers turn up for Bar EGM on Bersih 3.0</title>
		<link>http://anilnetto.com/democracy/over-1000-lawyers-turn-up-for-bar-egm-on-bersih-3-0/</link>
		<comments>http://anilnetto.com/democracy/over-1000-lawyers-turn-up-for-bar-egm-on-bersih-3-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 07:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anil Netto</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bersih]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EGM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More than 1000 lawyers have turned up for the Malaysian Bar&#8217;s extraordinary general meeting on Bersih 3.0 this afternoon, dispelling doubts raised in the mainstream media that the Bar might not raise a quorum. The turnout of over 1000 at the ballroom of the Sunway Putra Hotel has easily exceeded the quorum of 500, according <a href='http://anilnetto.com/democracy/over-1000-lawyers-turn-up-for-bar-egm-on-bersih-3-0/' class='excerpt-more'>[Read more]</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Man with the Straw Hat</title>
		<link>http://anilnetto.com/democracy/human-rights/the-man-with-the-straw-hat/</link>
		<comments>http://anilnetto.com/democracy/human-rights/the-man-with-the-straw-hat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anil Netto</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysian elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bersih]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tear gas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the enduring images of the Bersih 3.0 rally is that of the man with the straw hat, teacher Toh Ching Hong. Watch how he doesn&#8217;t flinch even when tear gas is fired.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sabah, Sarawak minimum wage below poverty line</title>
		<link>http://anilnetto.com/society/poverty/sabah-sarawak-minimum-wage-below-poverty-line/</link>
		<comments>http://anilnetto.com/society/poverty/sabah-sarawak-minimum-wage-below-poverty-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 05:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anil Netto</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workers' rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minimum wage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sabah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sarawak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government&#8217;s recently announced minimum monthly wage of RM800 for Sabah and Sarawak falls below the poverty line of the two states, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has pointed out. During the recent Workers&#8217; Day celebration in KL, workers were demanding a minimum wage of RM1500 per month. Penang has come up with <a href='http://anilnetto.com/society/poverty/sabah-sarawak-minimum-wage-below-poverty-line/' class='excerpt-more'>[Read more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Local elections bill to be tabled in Penang</title>
		<link>http://anilnetto.com/democracy/local-elections-bill-to-be-tabled-in-penang/</link>
		<comments>http://anilnetto.com/democracy/local-elections-bill-to-be-tabled-in-penang/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 15:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anil Netto</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysian elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penang]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Penang is set to table a Local Government Elections (Penang Island and Province Wellesly) Bill 2012 in the State Assembly on Thursday. The Bill is being seen as a test of the local government&#8217;s legal right to conduct elections for the two municipal councils in the state. The Bill provides for local elections to be <a href='http://anilnetto.com/democracy/local-elections-bill-to-be-tabled-in-penang/' class='excerpt-more'>[Read more]</a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Independent probe into violence, abuse of power needed</title>
		<link>http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/independent-probe-needed-in-violence-abuse-of-power/</link>
		<comments>http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/independent-probe-needed-in-violence-abuse-of-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 16:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anil Netto</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bersih]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inquiry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An independent inquiry into the Bersih 3.0 events should also examine this 71-year-old woman&#8217;s testimony and allegations about what she experienced and witnessed.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bersih 3.0 images you won&#8217;t see in the mainstream media</title>
		<link>http://anilnetto.com/democracy/bersih-3-0-images-you-wont-see-in-the-mainstream-media/</link>
		<comments>http://anilnetto.com/democracy/bersih-3-0-images-you-wont-see-in-the-mainstream-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 15:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anil Netto</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethnic and inter-religious relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysian elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bersih]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These scenes depict a new Malaysia blossoming in the unity of purpose at Bersih 3.0 &#8211; but don&#8217;t count on seeing these images in the mainstream media.]]></description>
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