BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN -2004

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, BRUNEI: Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad arrives at the wedding banquet of Brunei's Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah and his new bride Princess Sarah at the Nurul Iman Palace in Bandar Seri Begawan 10 September 2004. Government leaders, kings and other royalty feasted on lobster, venison, beef and prawns at a grand banquet in honour of Brunei's newly married crown prince and his teenage wife.

 AFP PHOTO / Jimin LAI (Photo credit should read JIMIN LAI/AFP/Getty Images)

Honrary degree of Doctor of Science -2004

KARACHI, PAKISTAN: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (R) enters the Convocation hall with the Chairman of the private Hamdrad University, Sadia Rashid (L) in Karachi, 04 September 2004. The University confered an honrary degree of Doctor of Science on Mahathir Mohammad who is on a 3-day visit to Pakistan during which he participated in an international meet of Muslim Ummah (nations) in the Modern World organised by the Hamdard Foundation Pakistan.

AFP PHOTO/ Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)

Karachi -2004

KARACHI, PAKISTAN: Former Malysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad (C), governor of Pakistan's southern Sindh province, Ishratul Ebad ( L) and human rights activist Sadia Rashid (R) attend a conference titled 'International moot on Muslim Ummah (nations) in the Modern World', in Karachi, 03 September 2004. In the opening session of the three-day conference, organised by non-governmental organisation Hamdard Foundation Pakistan, the Malaysian leader spoke extensively on the challenges being faced by the Muslims across the world. 

AFP PHOTO/ Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)

JAPAN - 2004

TOKYO, JAPAN: Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad (L) delivers a speech before a discussion with Fidel Ramos (R), former president of the Philippines, and Yasuhiro Nakasone, former Japanese prime minister, as part of the 10th International Conference on 'The Future of Asia' organized by Japan's Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper at a Tokyo hotel, 03 June 2004. The conference is an extraordinary forum where leaders and prominent executives from throughout Asia present their latest ideas for and lasting change to the region. 

AFP PHOTO/Kazuhiro NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)

Interview with Agence France Presse -2004

PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA: Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during an interview with Agence France Presse at his office in Putrajaya, 18 March 2004. The deadly bombings in Madrid proved that US President George W. Bush had made the world a more dangerous place, the former premier said. 

AFP PHOTO / Jimin LAI (Photo credit should read JIMIN LAI/AFP/Getty Images)

the sixth Arab Advertising conference in Jeddah-2004

 

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA: Mahathir Mohamad, former premier of Malaysia who retired last October after 22 years in power, delivers a speech during the sixth Arab Advertising conference in Jeddah, 14 March 2004. AFP 

PHOTO/Mahmoud MAHMOUD (Photo credit should read MAHMOUD MAHMOUD/AFP/Getty Images)

JEDDAH-2004

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA: Mahathir Mohamad (R), former premier of Malaysia who retired last October after 22 years in power, receives an honorary award from Saudi Usama al-Khirriji (L), director of the organizing company of the sixth Arab Advertising conference, after delivering a speech during the conference in Jeddah, 14 March 2004.

 AFP PHOTO/Mahmoud MAHMOUD (Photo credit should read MAHMOUD MAHMOUD/AFP/Getty Images)