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- ... that Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (pictured) will become the first Malaysian in space when he launches on board Soyuz TMA-11 towards the International Space Station in September 2007?
- ... that Steven Gan took advantage of a loophole in Malaysian Internet law to create the country's first independent news source?
- ... that Maniam Moorthy, a member of the first team of Malaysians to summit Mount Everest, fell during army training a year later and became a paraplegic?