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        "msgid": "mahathir-endorses-anwar-as-successor-1447893297",
        "date": "1996-11-23 00:00:00",
        "title": "Mahathir endorses Anwar as successor",
        "author": null,
        "source": "REUTERS",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Mahathir endorses Anwar as successor KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad endorsed his deputy, Anwar Ibrahim, as his eventual successor after a magazine hinted at a conspiracy to topple Anwar, the national Bernama news agency said yesterday. \"I will abide by the wishes of the party, which has chosen...Anwar as my successor, and I am giving him 100 percent support,\" Bernama quoted Mahathir as saying.",
        "content": "<p>Mahathir endorses Anwar as successor<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Reuter): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir<br>\nMohamad endorsed his deputy, Anwar Ibrahim, as his eventual<br>\nsuccessor after a magazine hinted at a conspiracy to topple<br>\nAnwar, the national Bernama news agency said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\"I will abide by the wishes of the party, which has<br>\nchosen...Anwar as my successor, and I am giving him 100 percent<br>\nsupport,\" Bernama quoted Mahathir as saying.<\/p>\n<p>The two men have often been viewed as potential rivals for the<br>\nleadership of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), the<br>\ndominant member of the ruling coalition, in party elections set<br>\nfor 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Asiaweek magazine reported in its Nov. 15 issue that Anwar's<br>\npolitical future was being threatened by the return of Tengku<br>\nRazaleigh Hamzah, a former rival of Mahathir. Razaleigh recently<br>\ndisbanded his opposition Spirit of 46 party to rejoin UMNO.<\/p>",
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