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Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (R) and prime minister-in-waiting Najib Razak attend a closed-door Malaysia's ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) gathering in Kuala Lumpur on March 24, 2009. Malaysia's ruling party opens a landmark meeting to elect a new leadership and map out its future, one year after disastrous elections that jeopardised its half-century hold on power. The five-day assembly will be launched with a speech by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is to step down in favour of his deputy Najib Razak after an unremarkable six years in power.
