







Malaysia’s opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim speaks during a news conference at his residence in Kuala Lumpur July 17, 2008. Anwar has been freed on police bail, his lawyers said on Thursday, but the lingering threat of a sodomy charge stoked political tensions and cast gloom on financial markets. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA)

The wife of Malaysia’s opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (L), and their daughter Nurul Izzah Anwar, leave their residence in Kuala Lumpur July 17, 2008. Anwar has been freed on police bail, his lawyers said on Thursday, but the lingering threat of a sodomy charge stoked political tensions and cast gloom on financial markets. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA)