Bomb blast near south Philippine cathedral kills 4 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Suspected Muslim guerrillas detonated a bomb near a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines on Sunday, killing at least four people and wounding 47. Seven were in critical condition.

UN chief leaves Myanmar ‘disappointed’ with junta (AP via Yahoo! News)
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ended a mission to Myanmar on Saturday saying he was “deeply disappointed” that the isolated nation’s top military ruler denied him a visit to jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

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.

Vietnam northern floods kill 15, dozen missing (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Heavy rains triggering floods and landslides in mountainous northern regions of Vietnam have killed at least 15 people, destroyed houses and damaged roads, the government and state-run radio said on Sunday.

U.N. chief to meet Thai PM after Myanmar visit (Thailandnews.net)
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said that he will meet with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon after Ban concluded his visit to Myanmar late Saturday. The two sides will talk about tie…

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.

Ban Ki Moon Leaves Burma Disappointed (Time Magazine)
After two days in Burma and rare meetings with the reclusive leader of the country’s military government, the UN Secretary General came away with little to show for his diplomatically risky venture

Deadly floods hit China, Vietnam (BBC News)
Heavy rains in south-central China and northern Vietnam kill at least 31 people, state media say.

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 …

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.

Two dead, nearly 30 wounded in Philippine blast (AFP via Yahoo! News)
At least two people were killed and nearly 30 others wounded in a bomb attack outside a Catholic church in the strife-torn southern Philippines, police and military said.

Cambodia rebuts Thai claim over Preah Vihear decision (The Nation – Thailand’s English news)
Cambodian authorities on Friday dismissed claims by Thai Natural Resource and Environment minister Suwit Khunkitti that Cambodia failed to submit its plan for safeguarding and developing the Preah Vihear temple.

Bomb blast near south Philippine cathedral kills 3 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Suspected Muslim guerrillas detonated a bomb near a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines on Sunday, killing at least three people and wounding 48. Eight were in critical condition.

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