by Mike Krumboltz

Believe it or not, there's more than one democracy in the world. While much of the world's attention is focused on the slugfest between Barack Obama and John McCain, a recent election in Malaysia sparked a tremendous reaction in Search.

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim saw his searches soar into the top 2,000  terms after being elected to his nation's parliament. Such rarefied air is usually occupied by starlets named Britney, Paris, and Lindsay, not politicians half a world away. And, if we look at the Yahoo! Search data from Malaysia, the numbers are even more impressive. There, Anwar landed among the country's top 80 overall terms.

Surprising? Not really. Anwar Ibrahim isn't your average politician. Several articles within the Buzz explain how this return to glory concludes an amazing and nearly improbable comeback. Not so long ago he looked to be as politically dead as Larry Craig, Mark Foley, and Gary Hart put together. Now, he's, as the New York Times notes, on the cusp of possibly becoming Prime Minister. Second chances, it seems, aren't just an American tradition.