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        "msgid": "mahathir-stirs-poll-speculation-1447893297",
        "date": "1999-11-10 00:00:00",
        "title": "Mahathir stirs poll speculation",
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        "source": "REUTERS",
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        "summary": "Mahathir stirs poll speculation KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad abruptly canceled on Tuesday a major foreign trip, prompting speculation he will call snap elections expected to be his most difficult since winning power 18 years ago. Mahathir made a last-minute decision to skip the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in South Africa this week to attend to \"pressing matters\" at home, Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said.",
        "content": "<p>Mahathir stirs poll speculation<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir<br>\nMohamad abruptly canceled on Tuesday a major foreign trip,<br>\nprompting speculation he will call snap elections expected to be<br>\nhis most difficult since winning power 18 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Mahathir made a last-minute decision to skip the Commonwealth<br>\nHeads of Government Meeting in South Africa this week to attend<br>\nto \"pressing matters\" at home, Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar<br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement to skip the summit, set for Nov. 12 to Nov.<br>\n15, came hours before Mahathir was to fly to Johannesburg and set<br>\noff speculation the 73-year-old prime minister would soon<br>\ndissolve parliament, forcing general elections within 60 days.<\/p>\n<p>Political sources said the prime minister was expected to call<br>\na news conference for Wednesday afternoon after holding a weekly<br>\nmeeting with the king and chairing a regularly scheduled cabinet<br>\nmeeting.<\/p>",
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