Former Thai PM leaves Cambodia (People’s Daily)
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra left Cambodia on Thursday after a day stop here, a government official said. Prak Sokhon, minister attached to Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thaksin arrived in Cambodia on Wednesday afternoon. He said Thaksin had dinner with Prime Minister Hun Sen Wednesday in Phnom Penh. The visit was the third by Thaksin since he was appointed as an advisor to Royal …
Former Malaysia king dies aged 77 (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The sultan of Malaysia’s Johor state, Iskandar Ismail, who served as the nation’s king for five years, has died aged 77, state media reported.
Malaysia police hold six over Indonesia maid death (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Malaysian police in southern Malacca state said Sunday six people had been detained over the murder of an Indonesian maid.
01/23/2010 11:38 PHILIPPINES Manila, drug lords abandon crime thanks to Gospel (AsiaNews.it)
by Santosh Digal A priest and a group of catechists helping over 150 drug dealers and their families to find an alternative to poverty.
Dogs fatally maul woman in Vietnam: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A Vietnamese woman was mauled to death by at least five guard dogs at a coffee farm in the country’s Central Highlands, state-linked media reported Saturday.
Thai Amata plans to list Vietnam unit by 2010 (Thanh Nien Daily)
Amata Corp, Thailand’s largest seller of industrial land, said on Friday it expected to list its subsidiary Amata Co on the Ho Chi Minh stock exchange by the end of this year.
Former Thai PM leaves Cambodia (Thailandnews.net)
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra left Cambodia on Thursday after a day stop here, a government official said.Prak Sokhon, minister attached to Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thaksin arrived …
Malay Ruler of Johor State in Malaysia dies (MalaysiaNews.net)
The Sultan, or literally the Malay Ruler, of Johor State in Malaysia Iskandar Ismail died on Friday at the age of 77, a local media reported here.Bernama, Malaysia’s news agency, said that the Sultan …
Gunmen fire on Papua mine employees, six wounded (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters TIMIKA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen fired at two vehicles carrying employees of U.S. miner Freeport McMoran Copper and Gold Inc’s in Indonesia’s Papua province on Sunday, …
Boxer Viloria to stay in Manila hospital two days (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Brian Viloria, who collapsed in his dressing room and was hospitalized for apparent exhaustion soon after he was knocked out in a title fight on Saturday, will have to remain there for at least two days. Viloria won’t be cleared by doctors to fly home to the United States for at least 10 days, and he will need to return to the hospital to ensure there is no latent brain swelling, his manager…
Six wounded in ambush near US mine in Indonesia (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Six people were wounded Sunday in a shooting ambush near US company Freeport McMoRan’s massive gold and copper mine in Indonesia’s eastern Papua region, police said.
Shooting near Freeport mine in Indonesia wounds 7 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Indonesian police say gunmen have attacked a convoy of buses near the world’s largest gold mine in Papua, wounding seven people including one foreigner.
Trophy lands in Thailand and Vietnam (FIFA)
The second leg of the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola continued its global journey in Asia in Bangkok, Thailand yesterday.
Thai migrant worker policy tough on Burmese (ABC Radio Australia)
The Thai Cabinet has moved to enforce tougher monitoring of more than one million Burmese, Cambodian and Lao migrants legally working in Thailand.
