2008

MALAYSIA - OCTOBER 22: Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia's former prime minister, smiles during an interview at his office, in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. Mahathir, the leader who steered Malaysia through the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, said the current global turmoil is far from ending and will soon spread to the region's export-dependent economies. 


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