Malaysia: the times they are a changin'...

Malaysians are surveying the new political landscape a day after voters delivered a blow to the country's half-century-old ruling coalition.

In the parliamentary poll the National Front lost its two-thirds majority - needed to make constitutional changes - and control of four state assemblies.

It did, however, win a simple majority, taking 139 out of 219 seats, with three more seats yet to declare. More...

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