31.   Attendance generally was sparse despite enthusiastic support for the games by the Malaysian government and major promotions by Malaysian newspapers, which published special sections.

32.   But confusion mounted after the Malaysian government announced Friday that a mysterious new virus, unrelated to the mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis, had been discovered.

33.   Citing moral grounds, the Malaysian government refused permission Friday for a Taiwanese politician embroiled in a video-recorded sex scandal to hold a concert.

34.   Daewoo officials said they were talking with the Malaysian government to sell three submarines, although no concrete deal has yet emerged.

35.   Desperate for water, the Malaysian government has given rainmakers a second shot at making it pour on the capital by manipulating energy fields.

36.   Environment ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are expected to meet in Singapore to discuss the haze, the Malaysian government said.

37.   Experts say that could be important, because the Indonesian and Malaysian governments face trouble from some radicals who would like to see fundamentalist Muslims take over.

38.   Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar told reporters Tuesday that the Malaysian government would not investigate the reports in the absence of stronger evidence.

39.   Fourteen Indonesians who remained holed up at the U.N. compound Tuesday pleaded with journalists to tell the world that the Malaysian government was trying to kill them.

40.   Goyal is visiting modern port terminals in Malaysia and studying privatization projects undertaken by the Malaysian government.