We can still save planet from climate catastrophe

Love him like dad. Sumisha Naidu, Channel NewsAsia, October 9:

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and the man slated to take over (from) him, Anwar Ibrahim, have attempted to … (bury) the hatchet … On Monday (Anwar said:) “I am saying this with all sincerity. I know him. I love him as a father and a leader” … Mahathir was less effusive …

Not such friendly family relations. CNN Malaysia, April 14, 1999:

Malaysia’s sacked deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim was found guilty of four corruption charges and sentenced to six years in jail Wednesday … “I have been dealt a judgment that stinks to high heaven,” Anwar said … “The charges are part of a political conspiracy to destroy me and ensure Mahathir Mohamad’s continued hold on power at whatever cost” … After he sacked his former deputy in September, Mahathir called Anwar morally unfit.

Only four million in the Holocaust. Joseph Sipalan, Reuters, October 3:

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad … challenged historical accounts that six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, arguing that the figure was four million.

Six million in the Holocaust. Eric Ellis, The Times, October 17, 2003:

Malaysian Prime Minister (Mahathir Mohamad) said … “The Europeans killed six million Jews out of 12 million.”

Not about chopping. Malaysia’s The Star online, October 7:

“Islam is not a cruel religion and it is not about chopping (off) heads (or) hands,” the Prime Minister (Mahathir Mohamad) said.

Chopping in Chop Chop Square. Tariq Tahir, The Sun, August 10:

The majority of death sentences (in Saudi Arabia) are carried out in public by beheading … based on sharia law … Islamic tradition and the (Koran) … Last year the kingdom carried out 146 executions … Deera Square in the centre of the capital, Riyadh, is known as “Chop Chop Square”.

Brandon Miller, CNN, October 8:

Planet has only until 2030 to stem catastrophic climate change

Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, June 29 last year:

World has three years left to stop dangerous climate change, warn experts

Emily Gosden, The Telegraph, November 30, 2014:

One year to save the planet from climate change disaster

Andrew Alderson, The Telegraph, March 7, 2009:

The Prince of Wales … (warns) that nations have “less than 100 months to act” to save the planet from irreversible damage due to climate change.

BBC News, October 19, 2009:

Gordon Brown said negotiators had 50 days to save the world from global warming and break the “impasse”.

David Adam, The Guardian, May 5, 2007:

UN scientists warn time is running out to tackle global warming … eight years left to avoid worst effects

Peter Barrett, Pacific Ecologist, 2005-06:

Now, in 2005, we can only have a few years left, maybe a decade, to … (prevent) environmental catastrophe … (from global warming).

Karl Mallon et al, WWF, 2000:

Runaway climate change is almost inevitable … The point of no return is estimated to be 2014.