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20080119

Food - Oil - Money - Poverty - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "A New, Global Oil Quandary: Costly Fuel Means Costly Calories." ... "Rising prices for cooking oil are forcing residents of Asia’s largest slum, in Mumbai, India, to ration every drop. Bakeries in the United States are fretting over higher shortening costs. And here in Malaysia, brand-new factories built to convert vegetable oil into diesel sit idle, their owners unable to afford the raw material." ... "This is the other oil shock. From India to Indiana, shortages and soaring prices for palm oil, soybean oil and many other types of vegetable oils are the latest, most striking example of a developing global problem: costly food." ... "The food price index of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, based on export prices for 60 internationally traded foodstuffs, climbed 37 percent last year. That was on top of a 14 percent increase in 2006, and the trend has accelerated this winter." ... "In some poor countries, desperation is taking hold. Just in the last week, protests have erupted in Pakistan over wheat shortages, and in Indonesia over soybean shortages. Egypt has banned rice exports to keep food at home, and China has put price controls on cooking oil, grain, meat, milk and eggs." ... "According to the F.A.O., food riots have erupted in recent months in Guinea, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Senegal, Uzbekistan and Yemen." ... "A startling change is unfolding in the world’s food markets. Soaring fuel prices have altered the equation for growing food and transporting it across the globe. Huge demand for biofuels has created tension between using land to produce fuel and using it for food." ... "Cooking oil may seem a trifling expense in the West. But in the developing world, cooking oil is an important source of calories and represents one of the biggest cash outlays for poor families, which grow much of their own food but have to buy oil in which to cook it." (1, 2, 3) -By Keith Bradsher with contributions by Andrew Martin, Anand Giridharadas, and Michael Rubenstein -NYTimes

20060419

Pete Sessions

Jack Abramoff

John Ashcroft

Gale Norton

Dana Rohrabacher

Curt Weldon

Tony Rudy

Michael Scanlon

Money

Politics

Law

Military

Technology

San Francisco

Louisiana

Malaysia

"CREW Files DOJ Complaint Against Texas Rep. Pete Sessions." ... "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today filed a Department of Justice (DOJ) complaint against [Texas Republican Representative] Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX [Republican-Texas]) for official actions he may have taken on behalf of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, as well as possible bribes he may have accepted from a San Francisco [California] defense technology company. The complaint asks for the DOJ to immediately begin an investigation into Rep. Sessions." ... "Abramoff Ties" ... "CREW’s complaint alleges that Rep. Sessions co-signed two letters, one to former Attorney General John Ashcroft in 2001 and another to former Interior Secretary Gale Norton in 2002, which benefitted Mr. Abramoff’s client, the Louisiana Coushatta. One month after his 2002 letter was sent, Rep. Sessions’ political action committee, PETE PAC, received $3,500 from the Louisiana Coushatta and another $3,500 from other tribes with casinos. Within 18 months, PETE PAC received $20,500 from tribes associated with Abramoff." ... "Rep. Sessions also traveled to Malaysia on an Abramoff-arranged trip with indicted public relations executive Michael Scanlon, two lobbyists from Abramoff’s firm Greenberg Traurig, one of which, Tony Rudy has been indicted, and two other Members of Congress, [California Republican Representative] Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA [Republican-California]) and [New York Democratic Representative] Gregory Meeks (D-NY [Democratic-New York]). Prior to the trip, Rep. Sessions had shown no public interest in Malaysia, but four months after the trip, Rep. Sessions became an advocate for Malaysia by forming the Malaysia Trade, Security and Economic Cooperation in the House with trip-mate Rep. Meeks." ... "Promia Ties" ... "Additionally, Rep. Sessions promoted the interests of Promia, a firm based in San Francisco that hired Session’s former communications director, Adrian Plesha, as vice president and director of its Washington office. Mr. Plesha pleaded guilty to felony charges related to FEC [Federal Election Commission] offences shortly after he began working for Promia." ... "Promia was able to garner a nearly $800,000 Navy research and development contract in May, 2000 and Rep. Sessions, along with [Pennsylvania Republican Representative] Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA [Republican-Pennsylvania ]), publicly worked to get an additional $8 million for Promia through a Department of Defense grant." ... "In October 2000, the same month that Promia received $2 million from Trautman Wasserman & Co., a New York venture capital firm, Rep. Sessions received the maximum allowed — $1,000 each, from eight Promia executives for his re-election campaign. In 2002, Promia gave $30,000 to PETE PAC. In total Promia and its executives have contributed nearly $55,000 to Rep. Sessions since 2000 – by far the largest contribution Promia has made to any Member of Congress." ... "“Why would Rep. Sessions, who represents a northern Texas district, work so hard for and receive so much cash from a San Francisco firm?” Melanie Sloan, executive director of CREW asked today. “The Department of Justice should open a criminal investigation to determine whether the campaign contributions Rep. Sessions received from Abramoff, the tribes and from Promia executives were a quid pro quo for official actions.”"

-CitizensForEthics.org

20060220

US - Malaysia - Jack Abramoff - Money - "Ex-Malasian Leader Says He Paid Abramoff." ... "Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Monday that disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was paid $1.2 million to organize his 2002 meeting with President Bush, but denied the money came from the Malaysian government." ... "Mahathir told reporters he was aware a payment was made to Abramoff, but he didn't know who made it. He said he had been persuaded by the U.S. think tank Heritage Foundation to meet with Bush at the time." -AP via -HoustonChronicle.com

20060215

US - Malaysia - Karl Rove - Jack Abramoff - Business - "Rove tied to Malaysian-Bush visit: Abramoff reportedly called adviser to get leader into Oval Office." ... "When the government of Malaysia sought to repair its tarnished image in the U.S. by arranging a meeting between President Bush and its controversial prime minister in 2002, it called on lobbyist Jack Abramoff for help." ... "A few years earlier, the [Malaysian] prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, had been chastised by the Clinton administration for making anti-Semitic statements and jailing political opponents." ... "Abramoff contacted presidential adviser Karl Rove on at least four occasions to help arrange a meeting, according to an eyewitness to the activities." ... "Finally, this former associate said, Rove's office called to tell Abramoff personally that the Malaysian leader would get an official White House invitation." -By Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten with contributions by Stephen Braun -LAtimes -ChicagoTribune

20050811

Malaysia - - - - - - Transport - "Malaysia Declares Emergency, Closes Port Amid Haze (Update1)." ... "Malaysia shut its biggest port after pollution from forest fires worsened visibility in the Southeast Asian nation, which held crisis talks today with Indonesia." ... "Haze is covering Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur and much of the rest of the country, threatening shipping, air transport and public health. Malaysian and Indonesian officials held talks on how to reduce the spread of smoke and pollution from Borneo and Sumatra islands and Peninsular Malaysia, where farmers use brushfires to clear land." ... "Seasonal monsoon winds are spreading smoke from fires, set to clear forests for use as farmland or sparked by the current dry season."" -By Chan Sue Ling and Stephanie Phang -Bloomberg

20050417

- - Malaysia - - Tom DeLay - "Think Tank's Ideas Shifted As Malaysia Ties Grew: Business Interests Overlapped Policy." ... "For years, the Heritage Foundation sharply criticized the autocratic rule of former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, denouncing his anti-Semitism, his jailing of political opponents and his "anti-free market currency controls."" ... "Heritage's new, pro-Malaysian outlook emerged at the same time a Hong Kong consulting firm co-founded by Edwin J. Feulner, Heritage's president, began representing Malaysian business interests. The for-profit firm, called Belle Haven Consultants, retains Feulner's wife, Linda Feulner, as a "senior adviser."" ... "On Sept. 27, 2001, Belle Haven hired Alexander Strategy Group, a Washington lobby firm run by Edwin A. Buckham, a former chief of staff to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), to help represent Malaysian clients." -By Thomas B. Edsall with contributions by Susan Schmidt and Lucy Shackelford -WashingtonPost
- - - Tom DeLay - Florida - Travel - "The Foreign Junket: Who Paid for the Malaysia Trip?" ... "On Aug. 30, 2001, then majority whip Tom DeLay, his wife, his staff and two Florida Republican House members arrived in Malaysia on what was billed as an educational trip." ... "A Heritage senior fellow who was on the trip tells TIME that it wasn't Heritage. He says that Belle Haven Consultants, a for-profit, Hong Kong-based firm linked to the Malaysian government, played a key role. "Heritage had nothing to do with it," says the senior fellow, former Wyoming Senator Malcolm Wallop. "Belle Haven did."" ... "It would be a violation of House ethics rules if a group other than the official sponsor paid for a trip for a member of Congress." -By Massimo Calabresi -TIME.com

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20050329

- - "Lethal quake rattles tsunami zone: A massive earthquake off the coast of Indonesia has killed hundreds of people and triggered tsunami alerts around the Indian Ocean." ... "The 8.7 magnitude quake struck just before midnight, destroying buildings on the Sumatra island of Nias." ... "Thousands of people fled their homes in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, India and Sri Lanka - areas still recovering from the deadly tsunami in December." ... "But three hours after the quake, tsunami alerts were scaled down." -BBC /News

20050112

Lesotho - - - - Malaysia - - "Lesotho textile workers lose jobs: Six foreign-owned textile factories have closed in Lesotho, leaving 6,650 garment workers jobless, union officers told the AP news agency." ... "Factory Workers Union secretary general Billy Macaefa blamed the closures on the end of worldwide textile quotas." ... "The quotas for developing nations, ended on 1 January, gave them a set share of the rich countries' markets." ... "They also limited the amount countries like China could export to the big markets of the United States and EU." ... "He [Billy Macaefa] said the six factories were Leisure Garments, Modern Garments, Precious Six Garments, TW Garments, Lesotho Hats and Vogue Landmark." ... "The owners - two from Taiwan, two from China, one from Mauritius and one from Malaysia - left over the December holiday period without informing or paying their employees, he said." -BBC /News

20021009

- - -West Coast Port Lockout - "Asia Relieved U.S. Ports Reopen: Asia Relieved, but Counts Cost As West Coast Ports Set to Reopen." ... "Hong Kong's Trade Development Council has estimated local losses linked to the shutdown would be at least $128.2 million." ... "The impact has varied, though with countries like Malaysia and Taiwan that specialize in high-value electronics and computer equipment to the United States saying they are least affected because a large share of their exports are shipped by air." -AP via -ABCNEWS.com

20020916

"U.S. [embassies] missions in Indonesia, Malaysia reopen." ... They were closed "because of terror warnings ahead of the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, officials said." ... "But the missions in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh and the Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained closed until further notice, embassy officials said. The U.S. consulate in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City has reopened." -AP via -MercuryNews

20020711

"Malaysian addicts get natural high: ... from cow dung: Faced with some of the world's strictest anti-drug laws, some addicts in Malaysia are sniffing fresh cow dung to get high." ... "Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz was quoted in The New Straits Times newspaper Wednesday as saying she wanted the government to deal with addicts who sniff cow dung, glue and even polystyrene smoke." ... "She did not elaborate." -AP via -CNN/Asia

20020603(10)

"The Hijackers We Let Escape: The CIA tracked two suspected terrorists to a Qaeda summit in Malaysia in January 2000, then looked on as they re-entered America and began preparations for September 11. Inside what may be the worst intelligence failure of all." Newsweek's cover: "The 9/11 Terrorists the CIA Should Have Caught." -By Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman 20020610 ed.-Newsweek

MALAYSIA Notes:

From the 2004 World Factbook:

Country name:

conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Malaysia
former: Federation of Malaysia

Government type: constitutional monarchy

note: Malaya (what is now Peninsular Malaysia) formed 31 August 1957; Federation of Malaysia (Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore) formed 9 July 1963 (Singapore left Federation on 9 August 1965); nominally headed by paramount ruler and a bicameral Parliament consisting of a nonelected upper house and an elected lower house; all Peninsular Malaysian states have hereditary rulers except Melaka and Penang; those two states along with Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia have governors appointed by Malaysian Government; powers of state governments are limited by federal constitution; under terms of federation, Sabah and Sarawak retain certain constitutional prerogatives (e.g., right to maintain their own immigration controls); Sabah - currently holds 20 seats in House of Representatives and will hold 25 seats after the next election; Sarawak holds 28 seats in House of Representatives

Capital: Kuala Lumpur

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