2.2.2012

Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia's former prime minister, smiles during an interview in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Malaysia's ruling National Front coalition should hold off calling elections to allow more time to win support from groups such as the country's ethnic Chinese, Mahathir said. 

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