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Thursday, 02 December 2010

Asia cannot afford destruction by terror: Malaysian PM

Kuala Lumpur: Emergence of India and China as "economic juggernauts" has changed the way the world viewed Asia and the region cannot afford any disruption or destruction caused by extremism or terror, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said on Thursday. He urged political parties across Asia to join Malaysia's call for a global movement of moderates and reject the politics of hate and any form of extremism. He was delivering his keynote address at the 6th General Assembly of the...

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