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                                <title><![CDATA[ Mengapa Iran benarkan kapal Malaysia di Selat Hormuz? ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tuah Al Qkenji ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 05:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Jawapannya bermula 38 tahun lalu, ketika kerajaan pimpinan Dr Mahathir Mohamad melakukan tindakan berani. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Harga RON95 dan diesel melonjak: Adakah rakyat Malaysia tertipu? ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Walaupun harga minyak mentah dunia turun, kerajaan tetap menaikkan harga RON95 dan diesel Euro5 secara mendadak. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Mojtaba Khamenei: Yakini janji Allah yang pasti dan muktamad ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 23:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Teks penuh perutusan pertama Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, pemimpin tertinggi Revolusi Islam Iran. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Keberanian luar biasa Azam Baki ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rafique Rashid ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Adakah beliau akan diambil tindakan kerana langgar pekeliling mengenai milikan saham, atau apakah undang-undang dikenakan pilih bulu? ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Zahid perlu bersihkan nama menerusi mahkamah, bukan peguam negara ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 07:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ NFA lazimnya dibuat di peringkat siasatan sebelum pertuduhan difailkan atau sebelum perbicaraan bermula, dan jauh sekali selepas tuduhan itu disahkan kukuh (prima facie). ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Mati di tangan Zahid: Di mana garis merah PH sekarang? ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Parti Muda ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 07:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Di manakah suara Mohamad Sabu, Anthony Loke dan Nurul lzzah: adakah mereka kini bersetuju melihat ke arah lain hanya kerana kedudukan politik mereka kini terjamin? ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Jangan jadi proksi gangster global ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/my/opinion/2026/01/05/jangan-jadi-proksi-gangster-global</link>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rafique Rashid ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 01:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Tindakan Donald Trump terhadap Venezuela menunjukkan bagaimana Amerika Syarikat akan sentiasa mencabuli negara lain demi hasil bumi. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'Menjijikkan' apabila media putar belit fakta mengenai aktivis pro-Palestin ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/my/opinion/2025/12/31/menjijikkan-apabila-media-putar-belit-fakta-mengenai-aktivis-pro-palestin</link>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Malaysia Protest for Palestine dan 4 lagi ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Kenyataan bersama pertubuhan sokong Palestin mengecam 5 media termasuk Bernama kerana menyebar maklumat palsu. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Siapa di belakang tawaran rasuah RM50 juta gugurkan undang-undang anti-rokok? ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Dr Murallitharan Munisamy ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 04:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Ia bukan lagi persepsi bahawa wujud satu corak campur tangan industri yang sistemik dan terancang dalam proses penggubalan dasar kesihatan awam negara. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ DAP ugut, Kabinet dirombak ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/my/opinion/2025/12/18/dap-ugut-kabinet-dirombak</link>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ibrahim Ali ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Anwar Ibrahim perlu jelaskan mengapa setiap kali DAP meninggikan suara, kerajaan segera tunduk dan menyusun kuasa mengikut nafsu DAP. ]]></description>
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