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Anwar8217;s wife says he will contest polls
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia8217;s Opposition alliance will try to nominate jailed former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim as a candidate in the November 29 election, his wife says. In an interview to AFP, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said: 8220;He will stand as a candidate in Kuala Lumpur.8221; However, she declined to identify his constituency, saying 8220;they can do many things to prevent him from standing for election8221;. Head of the National Justice Party, Azizah said she would contest the Permatang Pauh constituency, which her husband held.

Czechs remember Cold War leaders
PRAGUE: Former US president George Bush, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, former German chancellor Helmut Kohl, Danielle Mitterrand, widow of former French president Francois Mitterrand, former British PM Margaret Thatcher and former Polish president Lech Walesa were honoured by Czech President Vaclav Havel with the Order of White Lion, the highest Czech state award, on Wednesday, as theCzech Republic and Slovakia marked the 10th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. It was a gathering of the world leaders who were in power when the Cold War came to an end. However, Gorbachev sounded a pessimistic note by criticising Western leaders for wanting to 8220;impose NATO as the only Saviour8221;.

8220;NATO caught the victor8217;s disease, tearing up not only the Paris Charter, but also attacking the UN,8221; he asserted. Later, Gorbachev said: 8220;If Kosovo becomes a model for solving problems, there will be no stone left standing in our world.8221; He also warned against 8220;the illusion that Europe could become unified and stable without Russia, or even against Russia8221;.

World of security for Planet Lord8217;
ATHENS: After postponing his visit to Greece home of Europe8217;s most dangerous terrorist group amid security fears, President Bill Clinton has been told to fear not: Athens, say local police, will resemble Fort Knox by the time he flies in on Friday. The Greek government, fearful of plannedanti-American demonstrations, has pulled out all the stops for the man Hellenes like to call the Planet Lord, with agents, surveillance units and riot police.

8220;It is self-evident just how important this visit is,8221; said Greek Premier Costas Simitis. 8220;Greece will, and must, live up to its reputation for hospitality.8221; Hospitality, the socialist government has said, will almost certainly entail clamping down on Greece8217;s hallowed tradition of street protests even if that means alienating Leftists months before a general election.