UK envoy walks out on Mahathir rights speech
9th Sep 2005, 13:02 GMT
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 - Britain's envoy to Malaysia walked out in disgust on a speech by former premier Mahathir Mohamad on Friday after he used a human-rights conference to accuse Britain and its U.S. ally of murdering Iraqis.
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