Pauline Marois, 63, of the Parti Quebecois (PQ), will become the province's first woman premier.

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"Rihanna's image including her dressing is not suitable for our culture, " Kamaruzaman Mohamad of the Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) told Malaysia's Star newspaper.

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The Parti Quebecois was reviewing the budgets regarding infrastructure projects since coming into office and that meant delays on roadwork for Route 167.

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Challenger Anwar Ibrahim leads a coalition of three opposition parties: his Parti Keadilan Rakyat, and the Islamist Parti Agama SeMalaysia and the Democratic Action Party.

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The same cannot be said for Malaysia's Parti Islam SeMalaysia.

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Not only did she keep the flame of her husband's cause alive, she also gave organizational form to the movement by launching Parti Keadilan Nasional - National Justice Party - in April.

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With a new minority Parti Quebecois government in place, and on the backdrop that they wanted to raise mining duties and royalties during their campaign, mining companies were getting anxious to see what changes would occur.

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Former finance minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, a onetime rival of Mahathir who once bolted UMNO but has since returned to the ruling camp, has been given the task of winning back Kelantan, currently ruled by the opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia.

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