Air force plane crashes in sea<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: An air force training plane crashed off peninsular
\nMalaysia's east coast on Wednesday, a defense ministry official
\nin Kuala Lumpur said.<\/p>\n
The plane's sole occupant was believed to be its pilot, said
\nTengku Sariffuddin Tengku Ahmad, an aide to the defense minister.
\nThe cause of the crash had not yet been determined.<\/p>\n
Tengku Sariffuddin said that the pilot had been rushed to a
\nhospital in the eastern state of Pahang.<\/p>\n
A hospital official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said
\nthat the pilot remained conscious and was expected to live,
\nalthough he suffered serious injuries, including some backbone
\nfractures.<\/p>\n
The Pilatus PC7 aircraft crash occurred at about noon local
\ntime in Malaysian waters off Pahang, about 13 nautical miles (21
\nkilometers) off Beserah beach. --AP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Thailand-RI-visit
\nThailand PM Thaksin to visit Indonesia Jan 17-18
\nJP\/9\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
PM Thaksin to visit Jakarta this month<\/p>\n
THAILAND: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is due to arrive in
\nJakarta on Jan. 17 for a two-day visit, Thai officials in Bangkok
\nsaid on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The trip follows Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri's
\nvisit to Bangkok last August.<\/p>\n
Details of Thaksin's trip were not immediately available.<\/p>\n
During Megawati's visit last year, part of a whistle-stop tour
\nof all nine fellow members of the Association of South East Asian
\nNations (ASEAN), Thailand and Indonesia discussed political
\nstability, security and boosting investment. --Reuters<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-RP-earthquake
\nModerate earthquake shakes southern Philippine province of South
\nJP\/9\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
Moderate earthquake shakes RP<\/p>\n
PHILIPPINES: A moderate earthquake rattled southern Philippine
\nprovinces but caused no injuries or damage, seismologists in
\nManila said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The magnitude 5.6 quake at 7:34 p.m. (6:34 p.m. Jakarta)
\nTuesday was centered in the Mindanao Sea 76 kilometers southeast
\nof General Santos City in the province of South Cotabato, the
\nPhilippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.<\/p>\n
The institute said the tectonic quake was focused below the
\nMindanao Sea at a moderate depth of 125 kilometers. No
\naftershocks were expected.<\/p>\n
The quake could be felt at intensity 4 in the city of General
\nSantos but there were no reports of damage. It could be felt at
\nlower intensities in several provinces nearby. --AP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Malaysia-politics
\nMalaysian officials schedule Jan. 19 for state by-election
\nJP\/9\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
KL sets date for state by-election<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: Officials set Jan. 19 for a Malaysian state by-election
\nthat is expected to underscore the dominance of Prime Minister
\nMahathir Mohamad's government.<\/p>\n
Mahathir's ruling National Front coalition hopes to retain the
\nnorthern Perlis state assembly seat of Indera Kayangan by an
\nincreased majority compared to a 1999 election, when it captured
\nnearly two-thirds of the vote.<\/p>\n
The seat fell vacant Dec. 19 when assemblyman Khor Liang Tee
\ndied of cancer. Khor was a member of the Malaysian Chinese
\nAssociation, the largest ally of Mahathir's United Malays
\nNational Organization.<\/p>\n
Announcing the by-election Wednesday, Abdul Rashid Abdul
\nRahman, chairman of the national election commission, said that
\n7,976 people were eligible to vote. There are an almost equal
\nnumber of ethnic Malays and ethnic Chinese voters. --AP<\/p>",
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