Boatload of Afghans detained in eastern Indonesia (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Indonesian officials say they have intercepted a boat with 61 Afghan asylum seekers trying to reach Australia.

Indonesia detains Afghani asylum seekers (Brisbane Times)
Indonesian have intercepted a boat carrying 61 Afghans heading for Australia and that two of the asylum seekers were wounded while trying to escape.

Indonesia deports Greenpeace activists (AP via Yahoo! News)
Indonesian authorities say they are deporting 11 foreign Greenpeace activists for joining a protest against forest destruction.

Philippines charges suspects in priest kidnapping (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Philippine police have filed charges against three suspected Muslim separatist rebels accused of kidnapping an Irish missionary priest who was freed unharmed after being held for a month in the country’s volatile south, the national police chief said Saturday.

Cambodia will not expel more Thai diplomats : spokesman (The Nation – Thailand’s English news)
Cambodia does not intend to expel more Thailand diplomats, an government official said here on Friday. “Our government’s stance so far is not purposed to expel other Thai diplomats,” Koy Koung, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry told Xinhua.

NATIONAL : Indonesia Extends Permit of Sri Lanka Asylum Seekers (Kompas)
Indonesia has extended the stay permit of Australias Oceanic Viking

Cambodia not intend to expel more Thai diplomats: Cambodian official (People’s Daily)
Cambodia does not intend to expel more Thailand diplomats, an government official said on Friday. “Our government’s stance so far is not purposed to expel other Thai diplomats,” Koy Koung, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry told Xinhua. “But first secretary of royal Thai embassy to Cambodia really involved with spying in Cambodia. We have concrete evidence to show that Thai first secretary and a …

Thaksin departs, Cambodia-Thai relations in trouble (Thailandnews.net)
SIEM REAP: Fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra left Cambodia on Saturday, ending a contentious four-day visit that deepened a diplomatic crisis between the neighbours. Thaksin, who was top…

Indonesia intercept asylum seeker boat (Sky News Australia)
Indonesian officials say they’ve intercepted a boat carrying 61 Afghans heading for Australia and that two of the asylum seekers were wounded while trying to escape.

Thaksin departs, Cambodia-Thai relations in trouble (Thailandnews.net)
SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AFP) – Fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra left Cambodia on Saturday, ending a contentious four-day visit that deepened a diplomatic crisis between the neighbours.Thak…

Ousted Thai PM rallies supporters to Cambodia (Thailandnews.net)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia Thailand said Friday it would not be provoked into violence in its diplomatic tussle with Cambodia over fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, even as the oust…

Thai fugitive Thaksin departs Cambodia: officials (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra left Cambodia on Saturday, officials said, concluding a trip that has stoked a major diplomatic crisis between the two neighbours.

Thaksin departs, Cambodia-Thai relations in trouble (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra left Cambodia on Saturday, ending a contentious four-day visit that deepened a diplomatic crisis between the neighbours.

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