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                                <title><![CDATA[ Khaled slammed for failing to explain long silence as 25-year old commando lays in coma after army camp assault ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 02:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Abdul Hamid Talib is currently being tube-fed in a government hospital after an incident which family members said they were not informed about for almost two months. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Malaysia dips in press freedom rating amid Putrajaya's clampdown on media, internet ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ This marks yet another indictment of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's coalition government, which has increasingly gone after critics. ]]></description>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Clip surfaces of prosecution witness in Shamsul graft trial making explosive claims against Anwar, Farhash ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ It is part of a video secretly recorded by businessman Albert Tei last year. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Anwar fetes controversial Saudi cleric criticised for being 'Zionist-friendly' ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Mohammad Abdulkarim Al-Issa's visit comes two years after criticism in Malaysia over his past friendly ties with pro-Israeli groups. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Fall of Trump ally in Hungary turns spotlight on multi-billion ringgit ventilator deal linked to Malaysian man ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 01:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ High expectations that the new government in Budapest is set to fulfil its campaign promise to investigate problematic government contracts awarded under Viktor Orban. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 168 containers of aid: An opportunity to help Iranians facing US-Israeli aggression ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ BlackRock chief repeats Trump and Israeli narratives in war against Iran ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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