Thailand, Cambodia to reduce border military presence (Thailandnews.net)
Thailand and Cambodia will on Friday begin reducing troop levels along the disputed border area, Deputy Prime Minister for security affairs Suthep Thaugsuban said. The move should help ease the tensio…

Bangkok Post : Thailand Tigers upset strong Singapore to retain Aussie Rules Pattaya Cup (Bangkok Post – Thailand’s English news)
The Thailand Tigers Australian Rules Football team scored their best win in many years to retain the Pattaya Cup last weekend, played in front of an appreciative crowd at Horseshoe Point. Pattaya.

Vietnam, Laos work to speed up border marker planting (Nh n D n)
Vietnam and Laos have agreed on a number of measures to speed up the planting of markers along their shared borderline, and build a plan for the task in 2010 at the fifth joint session of border experts from the two nations from June 28 to July 3.

Official: EU to lift ban on Indonesian airlines (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Indonesia’s transport minister says the European Commission will lift a ban on four Indonesian airlines. Jusman Syafii Djamal says Garuda, Mandala Airlines, Airfast Indonesia and Prime Air will be allowed to fly in EU airspace within 20 days.

Thailand, Cambodia to reduce border military presence (People’s Daily)
Thailand and Cambodia will on Friday begin reducing troop levels along the disputed border area, Deputy Prime Minister for security affairs Suthep Thaugsuban said. The move should help ease the tension along the sensitive frontier, Suthep on Friday was quoted by the website of the Bangkok Post as saying. Suthep and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen had agreed during talks last weekend that the …

Indonesian election campaigns online (Sky News Australia)
Just like politicians in the western world, Indonesian presidential hopefuls are taking to cyberspace, to spread their message and attract support ahead of the country’s July 8 election.

U.N.’s Ban rebukes Myanmar generals over Suu Kyi (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon rebuked Myanmar’s generals on Saturday for denying him a visit to see detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and said she should be allowed to take part in politics before 2010 elections.

Cambodia-Thailand talks on border issue “fruitful”: Cambodian PM (People’s Daily)
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday that the talks he had made with Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban and Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan on Saturday were “fruitful and honest.” He said the meeting, which was held in a private and close-door form. Elaborating the content of the talks, Hun Sen said the Thai delegation, upon his prior warning, did not raise Preah Vihear …

Ex-Vietnam coach Riedl takes over Laos U23s (tribalfootball.com)
Former Vietnam national team coach Alfred Riedl has taken over the Laos U23 team. read more

Hundreds of separatists slain: Philippine military (AFP via Yahoo! News)
More than a thousand Muslim rebels have been killed in the southern Philippines over the past year, despite the recovery of only 278 bodies, according to a military spokesman.

Philippines salvages deal to automate 2010 elections (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A 150 million-dollar project to automate next year’s Philippine elections is back on track just days after the winning bidders threatened to walk out on the deal, officials said Friday.

Firefly buzzing with new routes from Malaysia to Singapore (The Star)
SINGAPORE: Firefly will begin services from Kota Baru and Alor Setar to Singapore from Oct 25 and 27 respectively.

Thai PM to meet UN chief after his Burma visit (The Nation – Thailand’s English news)
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is ready to meet UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon who will be in transit from Rangoon to New York late Saturday.

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