Myanmar’s ethnic challenges in elections: analysts (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Myanmar’s military junta may have taken Aung San Suu Kyi out of the picture ahead of elections next year, but it could face an even greater challenge from rising ethnic unrest, analysts said.
Coke says to double Vietnam investment (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Coca-Cola Company said it would double its investment in communist Vietnam to 400 million dollars.
Hundreds rescued from sinking ferry in Philippines (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Nine hundred passengers were plucked from a sinking ferry off the Philippines on Sunday, officials said, but at least five people were killed and rescuers were scouring the waters for 63 more who were still missing.
Suspected separatists kill four in southern Thailand (Thailandnews.net)
Bangkok – Suspected Muslim separatists killed four people in Thailand’s southern Yala province over the weekend in a stepped-up wave of violence in the area, police reports said Sunday. Three gunmen u…
2 killed, hundreds rescued from Philippine ferry (AP via Yahoo! News)
At least two people drowned and more than 800 terrified passengers were rescued early Sunday from a ferry that listed dangerously in the southern Philippines, officials said.
Vietnam frees blogger ahead of Australia visit (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Vietnam has freed a blogger who was recently detained over a plan to distribute anti-China T-shirts, he said on Sunday, as Communist Party chief Nong Duc Manh prepared to leave on a visit to Australia and New Zealand.
Twilight life of Malaysia’s Muslim transsexuals (AFP via Yahoo! News)
With her tight jeans, elaborate make-up and flowing hair, Tasha looks for all the world like a striking young woman. But her all-important Malaysian ID card declares she is a Muslim man.
Vietnam releases detained blogger (USA Today)
Vietnamese authorities have released a blogger more than a week after detaining him for questioning about postings critical of the Communist government’s handling of relations with China and the Catholic Church.
Rescue under way for Philippine ferry passengers: officials (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Rescue operations were under way Sunday after the captain of a listing ferry ordered more than 800 passengers to abandon ship off the southern Philippines, the coastguard said.
Three Muslims killed in Thai south violence (Thailandnews.net)
Gunmen shot and killed three Muslim villagers, including a local leader and his daughter, in front of their home in the latest violence in Thailand’s restive south, police said.
3 killed, 880 people rescued from Philippine ferry (AP via Yahoo! News)
At least three people drowned and more than 800 terrified passengers, many roused from their sleep, were rescued early Sunday from a ferry that listed and then sank in the southern Philippines, officials said. More than 80 people were missing.
PM to meet senior Vietnamese officials (The Age)
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will welcome a senior Vietnamese government delegation arriving in Australia on Sunday night for a four-day visit.
Two dead as Philippines ferry sinks: govt (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Two people were killed Sunday as a ship listed before sinking off the southern Philippines as hundreds were rescued in an operation involving naval and civilian vessels, officials said.
