"In Jakarta, I think he'll be quite welcome, " says oppositionist Syed Husin Ali, who has known Anwar for years.

CNN: NATION THAT IS

Now that we have a real chance to work with others, we should not adopt a simple oppositionist mentality.

BBC: Charles Kennedy: A party of government

Both Lee and Kim Jong Pil call the Chungchung region of central South Korea home, a coincidence that could dilute the oppositionist's strength.

CNN: Change at the Top

Even so, the sultan remains the leading dark-horse candidate, and his name is mentioned alongside top oppositionist Megawati Sukarnoputri and Muslim preacher Abdurrahman Wahid.

CNN: A PRESIDENTIAL DARK HORSE

Ayman Nour, the head of the oppositionist Ghad Party and the man heralded as the liberal democratic alternative to Mubarak by Washington neo-conservatives has called for the peace treaty to be abrogated.

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Habibie one day, then the next with fellow Muslim oppositionist Amien Rais of the National Mandate Party (PAN in Indonesian) as well as Muslim-linked United Development Party (PPP) head Hamzah Haz, whose party is expected to ally with Habibie's ruling Golkar.

CNN: INTELLIGENCE