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By all counts, Prime Minister Najib Razak gave a sterling performance when he spoke to the Malaysian community in London a few weeks ago. He said all the right things about democracy and his own commitment to making Malaysia a better country. As the most articulate and erudite prime minister we have ever had, he can be impressive and inspiring.

He said, for example, that what mattered most in a democracy was the choice of the people and agreed that the people should have the choice to choose their own government. He also said his government wants to engage the people, listen to the people and do what is best for them while acknowledging that the era of the government knows best is over.

Its always thrilling to hear a Malaysian prime minister articulate such powerful sentiments, sentiments that speak to our deepest hopes; not surprisingly, many cheered him on.

But what is the meaning of democracy and what is the measure of the man?

Democracy is a much abused word. Political leaders everywhere tend to bend it to their own purpose. And so we have even the North Koreans calling themselves a democratic republic.

Abraham Lincoln said that democracy is government of the people, by the people and for the people. Such a political system is premised upon determining the true will of the people through free and fair elections. As well, it is reflected in a system of governance that is transparent and accountable and that respects the rights and dignity of the people. Such a government is not master of the people but servant.

Is this Najibs vision of democracy?

Do we have a system of free and fair elections? Do we have an elections commission that has integrity and impartiality? Is each vote equally weighted? Are all political parties on a level playing field with fair access to the media and an equal opportunity to present their case to the people? Are there clear checks and balances to ensure political parties do not manipulate the vote through corruption and money politics?

The answer to all these questions can only be a resounding no! This is not the ranting of a few Malaysians living abroad or George Soros junkies or Zionist conspirators; it is the view of the overwhelming majority of the people of Malaysia as a recent Merdeka Centre poll indicates. The poll found that Malaysians have no confidence in the electoral process, with nearly 92% of them wanting to see the electoral rolls cleaned up before the next elections.

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Najib Razak EXPOSED: The meaning of a word & the measure of a man

Two villages in the Holy land's small Christian community are teaching Aramaic - the language that Jesus spoke - in a bid to keep the ancient language alive.

Efforts to teach and revive the Aramaic language are taking place in the Palestinian village of Beit Jala and in the Arab-Israeli village of Jish, AP reported.

In Beit Jala, a village near Bethlehem, where Jesus was born according to the New Testament, older generations teach the language to the younger members of the community.

Similar efforts have been initiated in the village of Jish, which is nestled in the Galilean hills where Jesus lived and preached and where secondary schools are now teaching children the ancient tongue.

Most of the children are from the Maronite community, a dominant Christian church in neighbouring Lebanon.

Members still chant their liturgy in the Aramic, despite few understanding their meaning, the report added.

In Jish, up to 80 village children now voluntarily study Aramaic for two hours a week.

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"We want to speak the language that Jesus spoke," said Carla Hadad, a 10-year-old resident of Jish, who is an eager learner, according to her teacher, Mona Issa.

"We used to speak it a long time ago," she added, referring to her ancestors.

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The Word of Jesus: Schools in Holy Land Revive Aramaic Language

By Stephen Glover

PUBLISHED: 18:21 EST, 28 May 2012 | UPDATED: 18:21 EST, 28 May 2012

A stranger to our shores watching Tony Blair at the Leveson Inquiry yesterday would have got the impression of a reasonable and decent man who had unaccountably been abused and mistreated by a his word feral Press.

If I had not lived through the Blair years, and seen the way in which newspapers were manipulated and sometimes lied to by his formidable Press machine, I might have been persuaded by this suave and confident performance.

Much as I admire Lord Justice Leveson and the sardonic Robert Jay, QC, who asks most of the questions, I am afraid that either as a result of ignorance or excessive indulgence, their interrogation of the former prime minister was terribly lame. He was not put on the spot over many issues where he certainly has a case to answer.

Suave: Tony Blair was a confident witness at the Leveson Inquiry, and unlike other witnesses received very soft interrogation

For example, he was not examined as to why he and his turbulent spin doctor Alastair Campbell who has inexplicably been treated with the softest of kid gloves by this inquiry aided and abetted the bid for the Daily Express by the pornographer Richard Desmond in 2000. At that time, the Express was a New Labour-supporting paper, and Mr Blair believed Mr Desmonds assurances hed keep it so.

No questions were put about why he had permitted Mr Campbell to oversee the crucial September 2002 dossier about Iraq, which convinced many people that Saddam Hussein constituted a danger to this country. Equally, he was not required to justify his Press Secretarys fraudulent second dossier partly based unattributably on a long-out-of-date university doctoral thesis published in February 2003.

He was not asked why, in an unprecedented move, he had allowed his spin doctor to give orders to senior civil servants, and was not made to explain why Mr Campbell had connived in the politicisation of the civil service by installing Labour placemen as departmental press officers answerable to him.

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Kid gloves and the damning questions Tony Blair wasn¿t asked at the Leveson Inquiry

27-05-2012 14:01 Terry and Frankie break down what the smart grid means for us under the new world order. The Truth About The Smart Grid (previous report):

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Entertainment One, the film and TV distribution company behind childrens favourite Peppa Pig, more than doubled its profits last year after a licensing deal with Amazons digital movie service, LoveFilm, bolstered revenues.

However, its strong performance was overshadowed by concerns that it could over-stretch itself or dilute its shares in order to buy Alliance Films, a rival film distributor in Canada.

Entertainment Ones sales grew 7pc to 502.7m during the 12 months to April, as the rapid growth of licensing deals to digital movie services helped to offset a slowdown in the money it makes from distributing films to cinemas. Pre-tax profits jumped from 11.4m to 23m.

The company, which is headquartered in Canada and listed on the London Stock Exchange, launched 152 films in the cinema last year including the fourth instalment of the Twilight Saga vampire films, Breaking Dawn, helping to grow film revenues 17pc to 272m.

However, the real lift came from its digital business, which doubled revenues to 66m. Of that, a significant portion came from a five-year deal to license films to LoveFilm, which competes with the likes of Netflix (NasdaqGS: NFLX - news) in allowing users to rent films on-demand over the internet. Digital (Milan: DIB.MI - news) revenues now account for 13pc of Entertainment Ones total income.

The international expansion of Peppa Pig also fuelled growth at Entertainment (LSE: ETO.L - news) One. The cartoon character originally created by British animation firm Astley Baker Davies launched in the US during the period and will make its debuts in the Far East and Latin America later this year.

However, analysts and investors expressed concern about Entertainment Ones potential bid for Alliance Films, after it confirmed that they were in talks.

Alliance, whose properties include What To Expect When Youre Expecting and Piranha 3DD is valued at around $300m, more than Entertainment Ones debt facility which stood at $244m at the end of March, raising the likelihood that the Peppa Pig owner will have to raise more debt and increase its share offering to fund any deal.

Shares in Entertainment One have slumped from around 155p to below 130p amid rumours of the potential bid, although rose 2.4 to 137.9p in afternoon trading.

Darren Throop, chief executive, said Entertainment Ones current share price was kind of ridiculous and had effectively stymied its ability to buy Alliance.

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Amazon deal boosts profits at Entertainment One but bid plans weigh on shares