From outright racism and religion-based tension to political machinations and probes into 'private palaces', a wide range of incidents caught our imagination. The conclusion is mind-boggling - nothing has changed, except for the worse.

This is the year that was - according to the men and women in Malaysiakini .

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2006 X-files: An inelegant silence

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