Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, center, and his wife Wan Azizah, left, and an unidentified family member, right, arrive at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Anwar was charged last August with sodomizing a 23-year-old male former aide, Saiful Bukhari Azlan. Sodomy, a crime in this Muslim-majority country, is punishable by up to 20 years in jail. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, center, and his wife Wan Azizah, left, and an unidentified family member, right, arrive at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Anwar was charged last August with sodomizing a 23-year-old male former aide, Saiful Bukhari Azlan. Sodomy, a crime in this Muslim-majority country, is punishable by up to 20 years in jail.

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  1. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, center, arrives at a court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. The Malaysian court refused Tuesday to stop Anwar''s sodomy trial from going ahead, dealing another blow to the opposition leader's fluctuating fortunes since he achieved spectacular election results last year.

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  1. Shamsul Iskandar, youth chief of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's Keadilan party, gestures while speaking to the press during a visit to Hong Kong on October 2, 2009.
  2. Shamsul Iskandar, youth chief of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's Keadilan party, speaks to the press during a visit to Hong Kong on October 2, 2009.
  3. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim speaks to media at a court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. The Malaysian court refused Tuesday to stop Anwar's sodomy trial from going ahead, dealing another blow to the opposition leader's fluctuating fortunes since he achieved spectacular election results last year.
  4. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, center, arrives at a court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. The Malaysian court refused Tuesday to stop Anwar''s sodomy trial from going ahead, dealing another blow to the opposition leader's fluctuating fortunes since he achieved spectacular election results last year.
  5. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, right, gestures to his supporter as he leaves a court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. The Malaysian court refused Tuesday to stop Anwar's sodomy trial from going ahead, dealing another blow to the opposition leader's fluctuating fortunes since he achieved spectacular election results last year.
  6. Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (L) and Prime Minister Najib Razak share a light moment as they have tea at the parliament house in Kuala Lumpur November 17, 2009. Photo taken November 17, 2009.
  7. FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2009 file photo Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim speaks during a briefing on Southeast Asia at The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington. Anwar won a defamation suit Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, against a government-linked newspaper over an article that he said portrayed him as untrustworthy.

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