Southeast Asia – Homeless, in debt: Myanmar cyclone survivors struggle (CNN)

Homeless, in debt: Myanmar cyclone survivors struggle (CNN)
Debt problems and lack of credit. A housing crisis and a funding shortfall. These are not the problems of the Western world in the face of the global economic downturn, but some of the lingering challenges in Myanmar one year after devastating Cyclone Nargis hit the country, aid groups said.

Man U to visit Indonesia for 1st time in 34 years (AP via Yahoo! News)
Manchester United will play in Indonesia for the first time since 1975 as part of the European champion’s offseason tour of Asia.

Philippines had most displaced people in 2008: study (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The biggest new internal displacement of people last year was in the Philippines, where 600,000 fled fighting between the government and Muslim rebels, a United Nations-backed report said on Friday.

Indonesia seeks travel ban for corruption chief (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Indonesia’s attorney-general’s office has asked the immigration authorities to ban the head of the country’s anti-graft commission, Antasari Azhar, from leaving the country, a senior immigration official said on Friday.

UN warning over Burma cyclone aid (BBC News)
Hundreds of thousands of people in Burma still need assistance – a year after deadly Cyclone Nargis, the UN warns.

Burmese junta still shuns cyclone survivors (Belfast Telegraph)
On the anniversary of the Burmese cyclone, more than a hundred thousand survivors are still living in makeshift shelters hopelessly inadequate to the monsoon rains that will soon engulf the country.

Philippines sees shortfall in anti-viral drugs (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Philippine health department on Friday said it needed two million dollars to fill a shortfall in supplies of an anti-viral drug as the country announced measures to fight any outbreak of swine flu.

Thai army protests Burma over stray shells which injured two Privates (The Nation – Thailand’s English news)
Thai army in Tak province protested against Burma on Wednesday after Burmese soldiers fired the 81-mm mortars into the Thai soil during their clashes with Karen National Union army.

Myanmar should release aid workers: rights groups (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Human rights groups on Friday urged Myanmar’s government to release more than 20 aid workers they said were imprisoned for making donations to cyclone victims and insulting authorities a year ago.

Cambodian, Thai border talks end with no agreement (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Cambodian and Thai defence ministers on Wednesday concluded border talks but said they could not agree to pull back troops from a tense territorial dispute near an ancient temple.

Indonesian graft-buster turns murder suspect (The Malaysian Insider)
JAKARTA, May 2 The head of Indonesia’s anti-corruption agency was yesterday named by the government as a suspect and a mastermind in a high-profile murder being investigated by the police an announcement that has shocked the country. Antasari Azhar, 56, who leads the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), is one of several suspects in the murder of company director Nasrudin Zulkarnaen, said …

Vietnam, Cambodia enhance border security (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge – Representatives of border districts in southern Tay Ninh and Long An provinces travelled to the Cambodian province of Svay Rieng to take part in a meeting on how to protect the Vietnamese and Cambodian border.

Philippines’ prized pork sizzles amid flu scare (AFP via Yahoo! News)
While it might seem the deadly flu outbreak is capable of reaching every corner of the world, it has singularly failed to put the Philippines off its favourite dish of “lechon”, slowly roasted pig.

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