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        "id": 1247946,
        "msgid": "school-children-drawn-into-debate-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-01-23 00:00:00",
        "title": "School children drawn into debate",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "School children drawn into debate MALAYSIA: Nursery schools became Malaysia's latest ideological battlefield on Tuesday as the Islamic opposition reacted angrily to a reported government threat to close its kindergartens. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad gave the warning after accusing Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) of teaching pre-school children to hate the government, The Star newspaper reported.",
        "content": "<p>School children drawn into debate<\/p>\n<p>MALAYSIA: Nursery schools became Malaysia's latest ideological<br>\nbattlefield on Tuesday as the Islamic opposition reacted angrily<br>\nto a reported government threat to close its kindergartens.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad gave the warning after<br>\naccusing Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) of teaching pre-school<br>\nchildren to hate the government, The Star newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<p>But PAS denied the allegation, saying Mahathir was attempting<br>\nto tighten his political control by cutting the biggest<br>\nopposition party off from the people.<\/p>\n<p>The latest threat was a continuation of measures to muzzle<br>\nPAS, which has been painted by the government as a Taliban-in-<br>\nwaiting, said Mahfuz Omar, PAS youth chief and lawmaker. --AFP<\/p>\n<p>Mahathir has suggested that PAS is linked to an alleged plot<br>\nby Afghan-trained militants to overthrow the government by force.<br>\n--AFP<\/p>",
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