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Malaysia abuzz as old foes Mahathir, Anwar join hands

Kuala Lumpur

ONCE bitter foes, former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad and the one-time protégé he jailed, Anwar Ibrahim, exchanged a previously-unthinkable handshake on Monday that illustrated the country's topsy-turvy politics.

Dr Mahathir sparked a social media frenzy with a show of support at a court appearance by Anwar, who was jailed again last year by Malaysia's current government following a controversial sodomy conviction, the same charge Dr Mahathir used against him in 1998.

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