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Kuala Lumpur's Utusan Malaysia in Malay: www.utusan.com.my \"The calls of former Syrian vice-president Abdul-Halim Khaddam to topple President Bashar al-Asad have opened a new dimension in West Asian politics. Halim said that Bashar is involved in the killing of the Lebanese leader [former prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri]. Certainly, the stance of the former Syrian figure has given the United States a good chance to pressure the country which has been dubbed as part of the 'axis of evil'... To deal with Syria, the US does not want to engage its military, but prefers a regime change coming from inside of the country itself. So, the calls by Abdul-Halim for the Syrian people to rise up and oust the Ba'athist regime can be accepted easily by Washington. The question is: Does Abdul-Halim have the authority and capability to become a democratic leader?..\" (Zin Mahmud) (15) Utusan Malaysia: \"After being a mystery for nearly 32 months, the disappearance of the Muslim lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit, who struggled for human rights, has now become clear. It has been confirmed that the defender of the Muslim community in southern Thailand was killed by the police, who had detained him since 12 March 2004... Now the truth has been revealed\\ The death of Somchai has in principle eliminated the trust of Muslims in the government, particularly in Thaksin [Shinawatra, Thai prime minister].\" (Zulkiflee Bakar) (15) New Sunday Times: \"...Non-Muslims [in Malaysia] are beginning to feel that the religion [Islam] is encroaching upon their space. 'Creeping Islamization', it is alleged, is undermining non-Malay and non-Muslim interests. There is growing anger and unhappiness over this... The massive stigmatization of Islam and Muslims within the Christian and Zionist Right mainly in the United States in the wake of the 11 September 2001 tragedy has also begun to cause an impact upon the non-Muslim populace in the country... The non-Muslim intelligentsia in particular should come forward and discuss and debate this important issue with their people. It is a pity that there are hardly any non-Muslim academics or activists - let alone politicians - who are prepared to play this role... Similarly, there are very few Muslim intellectuals in Malaysia who have spoken out against pejorative generalizations of Christians and Jews within sections of the local media. Neither have our ulama - with a couple of exceptions - openly condemned the deliberate targeting of civilians and non-combatants by Muslim militants which is a blatant transgression of Islamic ethics. Their silence is deafening...\" (Chandra Muzaffar, president, International Movement for a Just World (JUST)) (15)

Khaddam made the claim as he declared a formal break with Assad in a television interview from Paris, criticising the regime and citing corruption and its failure to reform.

Syrian banks are in discussions regarding to the return of Iraqi assets back their rightful owners, said Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam on Saturday, October 25, 2003.\"There is some (Iraqi) money and some (Iraqi) demands\" to recover it, said Khaddam according to AP. \"This matter is still under discussion\".

The court issued seven charges, including inciting a foreign country to \"launch a direct aggression against Syria\", which carries a possible sentence of life imprisonment with hard labour. Others include conspiring to seize political and civil power; establishing illegal links with the enemy (apparently a reference to interviews given to the Israeli media); performing acts and speeches unauthorised by the government; and \"attempting to discredit the Syrian government by disseminating false information that would weaken national feelings\".

The man who once handled Syria's affairs in Lebanon, the ex- foreign minister Abdul Halim Khaddam, 72, was reported to have resigned his vice- presidency last night at the ruling Baath party's annual congress in Damascus. But his departure will do nothing to obscure the fact that, rather than open Syria to new political freedoms, President Bashar al-[Assad] is intent on 'reviving' the Baath to turn round the economy and stamp out 'corruption'. Most Syrians lost track of the number of times that Bashar's father, Hafez al-Assad, called upon the party to 'root out', 'liquidate' and eliminate the nepotism and high-level corruption that is the cancer of the Arab world. A few officials would feel the lash of the state's anger, and one of Hafez's prime ministers actually committed suicide by shooting himself \" twice \" in the head. Hafez was always being urged to 'reform' the economy, which is exactly what his son said he was going to do yesterday.

DAMASCUS - Syria has sent messages to Israel via Turkey offering to restart stalled peace talks between the two countries, Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam said Wednesday. Turkey has also sought recently to improve relations with its neighbor Syria. In January, Syrian President Bashar Assad made the first visit ever by a Syrian head of state to Turkey.

DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syria's ruling Baath Party stripped former Vice President Abdul-Halim Khaddam of membership and joined parliament in demanding he be tried...

Syria has sent messages to bitter foe Israel -- by way of Turkey - - offering to restart stalled peace talks, vice-president Abdul Halim Khaddam...

The messages carried by Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul expressed \"Syria's readiness to resume peace talks from where they broke off\" in January...

The messages carried by Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul expressed \"Syria's readiness to resume peace talks from where they broke off\" in January 2000, [Abdul Halim Khaddam] said.