Southeast Asia – Laos beefs up patrols at border with Thailand, Cambodia (Borneo Bulletin)

Laos beefs up patrols at border with Thailand, Cambodia (Borneo Bulletin)
BANGKOK (dpa) – Laos has beefed up patrols to prevent “any untoward happenings” in Champassak province, part of the tri-border area where Laos, Cambodia and Thailand meet, state radio broadcasts said Thursday.

Vietnam-Cambodia border landmark planting scheme moves ahead (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge The chairmen of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Committee for Land Border Demarcation and Landmark Planting, met in Phnom Penh between Oct. 23-24.

Cambodian, Thai leaders agree to avoid border conflict: ministers (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Thai and Cambodian prime ministers agreed during a meeting here on Friday that their nations would prevent any more armed clashes over a border dispute, their foreign ministers said.

Former ally of Philippine leader backs impeachment (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
A former key ally of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo endorsed an impeachment complaint against her on Saturday.

Asean ready to step in on Thai-Cambodia dispute (The Nation – Thailand’s English news)
Beijing – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is ready to step in on the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia, even as the leaders of the two warring countries said Friday that they have put the recent clashes behind them. “Asean is ready to help but the concerned parties said they will exhaust all resources first,” Asean secretary general Surin Pitsuwan told journalists …

Six Philippines troops killed in rebel attack: military (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Communist guerrillas ambushed security forces in the southern Philippines, killing six soldiers and wounding two others, the military said Saturday.

England v Papua New Guinea (Sporting Life)
England’s World Cup hopes received a boost when they were greeted by perfect conditions at the Dairy Farmers Stadium for their eagerly-awaited opening World Cup clash with Papua New Guinea.

England’s World Cup off to a winning start as Peacock’s men bash Papua in Townsville (Daily Mail)
England got out of jail in their opening match at the Rugby League World Cup as they fought back to beat Papua New Guinea. Tony Smith’s side trailed at half-time in Townsville but their class told in the second half.

England 32-22 Papua New Guinea (RT News)
Winger Lee Smith scored a hat-trick on his debut as England survived a major scare from the Pool One minnows to get their World Cup campaign off to a winning start at the Dairy Farmers Stadium.

6 Philippine soldiers killed in rebel ambush (AP via Yahoo! News)
Communist rebels triggered a land mine and opened fire on a Philippine army unit in an ambush that killed six soldiers in the country’s troubled south, a military spokesman said Saturday.

Thai, Cambodia ‘friendly’ but firm in border talks (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Thai and Cambodian military commanders on Friday concluded talks aimed at easing border tensions after deadly clashes last week, but staunchly maintained their front line positions.

Thailand, Cambodia agree to prevent further border clashes (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Thailand and Cambodia agreed Friday to prevent a simmering border dispute boiling over into further armed conflict, in a sign that tensions were easing after deadly clashes last week.

Maoist rebels kill 6 soldiers in Philippine south (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A Philippine army vehicle hit a crude land mine planted by communist rebels who then opened fire on the troops inside killing six soldiers and wounding two, an army commander said on Saturday.

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