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Notes from a divisive year
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Brendan Pereira
New Straits Times
12-25-2005
Notes from a divisive year
Byline: Brendan Pereira
Edition: New Sunday Times
Column: Plain talk
What a year it has been. There was the never-ending debate over the Approved Permits scheme, the endless speculation over a Cabinet reshuffle and the headline-grabbing nude squat controversy, to name just a few.
In between, world number one squash player Nicol David reminded Malaysians that nothing brings us together like success in sports.
So here are the 2005 news awards:
* The most depressing episode of the year.
The nude squat incident. Not because ...
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