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                                <title><![CDATA[ Malaysia antara 51 negara terlibat dalam rantaian bekalan ketenteraan Israel, menurut siasatan Al Jazeera. ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 11:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Walaupun keterlibatan Malaysia sangat kecil nilainya, ia menimbulkan beberapa persoalan yang dibangkitkan kumpulan pro-Palestin tidak lama dulu. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Di sebalik nasihat Sultan fahami Rukun Negara, pemimpin DAP cetus kecaman persoal status 'titah diraja' ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 14:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Ia susulan teguran Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah kepada dua ahli politik yang tidak setuju dengan pengharaman industri penternakan babi di Selangor. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Selepas aduan Farhash, Bukit Aman siasat media di bawah 'jenayah fitnah' ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 14:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Peguam menganggap ia percubaan menakut-nakutkan wartawan supaya mengubah hala tuju editorial. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Mahkamah arah Farhash bayar kos selepas permohonan halang MalaysiaNow dibatalkan ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 05:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Bekas pemimpin PKR yang kini tokoh korporat itu beberapa kali cuba mendapatkan perintah injunksi terhadap portal berita tersebut. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Pegawai itu ialah Azam Baki, kata Albert Tei dakwa diugut jangan dedah skandal mineral Sabah ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 06:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Bekas ketua SPRM itu menolak dakwaan tersebut, sebaliknya berkata Albert Tei perlu membuat laporan polis, bukan 'menyalak seperti anjing'. ]]></description>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 02:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Kajian pelancongan secara konsisten menunjukkan pembezaan destinasi merupakan pemacu utama kecekapan persaingan jangka panjang, bukan peniruan atau imitasi. ]]></description>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 09:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'Kewarganegaraan Turki dan hantar wang ke Afrika': Polis digesa siasat dakwaan wanita terhadap Anwar, Farhash ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 07:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Aktivis dan pendedah maklumat Albert Tei mempersoalkan perdana menteri dan bekas pembantunya kerana masih tidak mengambil tindakan saman terhadap Sofia Rini Buyong. ]]></description>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Penilaian itu dilihat sebagai tamparan kepada pentadbiran Perdana Menteri Anwar Ibrahim ketika pengkritik kerajaan menjadi sasaran. ]]></description>
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                                <description><![CDATA[ Pempengaruh terkenal itu berkata Pengerusi SKMM Salim Fateh Din dan Menteri Komunikasi Fahmi Fadzil membazirkan masa agensi kerajaan yang sepatutnya memerangi jenayah 'scammer'. ]]></description>
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