1.  As Mahathir and other Malaysian officials seethed in the audience, Gore saluted anti-government protesters as brave people.

2.  Police raided a laboratory allegedly making pirated Hollywood movies and arrested one person last week, Malaysian officials said Tuesday.

3.  Pacific rim ministers will focus on liberalizing trade in an attempt to solve the financial crisis that is damaging Asian economies, a Malaysian official said Thursday.

4.  A Malaysian official on Sunday denied a report that a sharp limit on foreign exchange dealings was being planned to save the national currency from speculators.

5.  A Malaysian official and a Taiwanese gang leader have been arrested on gun-smuggling charges, police said Wednesday.

6.  A new crossing point opens Wednesday on the Thai-Malaysian border, and Malaysian officials say it will boost trade and tourism and help curb smuggling.

7.  A Malaysian official denied Sunday a New York Times report that Malaysia was involved in covert operations to smuggle heavy artillery weapons to Bosnian Muslims.

8.  A senior United States official is scheduled to arrive in Kuala Lumpur Tuesday to discuss the Petronas investments in Iran with Malaysian officials.

9.  A top Malaysian state official vowed Sunday to spare listeners from longwinded monologues.

10.  A plane carrying Malaysian officials was expected to arrive in the southern Philippines later Friday.