Bomb scare at KL int'l school<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: Hundreds of students were evacuated from an
\ninternational school in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on
\nMonday after a bomb threat, a school spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n
A police bomb squad was searching the school, marketing
\ndirector for the International School Kuala Lumpur (ISKL), Hilda
\nAl Poosilva said.<\/p>\n
The bomb threat was made in a telephone call to the school, in
\nthe upmarket Ampang area, around mid-morning, she said.<\/p>\n
All students were evacuated immediately and classes were
\ncanceled for the day.<\/p>\n
ISKL has 750 students from 40 countries, the spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n
Several Western countries have urged their citizens in
\nMalaysia to be on a heightened state of alert after a bombing
\nkilled nearly 200 people in neighboring Indonesia's resort island
\nof Bali on Oct. 12. --AFP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Thailand-Murder
\nFamous Thai doctor charged with killing wife
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
Doctor charged with killing wife<\/p>\n
THAILAND: Thai prosecutors on Monday revived murder charges that
\nhad been dropped against a renowned Thai gynecologist accused of
\nkilling his wife, cutting up the body and dumping the pieces in
\ncesspools.<\/p>\n
The Bangkok Criminal Court accepted the charges against Dr.
\nWisuth Boonkasemsanti and set a hearing for Nov. 1, court
\nsecretary Pris Piyanarathorn said. If found guilty, Wisuth faces
\nthe death penalty.<\/p>\n
After dominating headlines for weeks last year, the case
\nagainst Wisuth fizzled out when prosecutors dropped charges,
\nsaying there was no body to prove murder. The decision outraged
\nthe victim's family and many Bangkok residents.<\/p>\n
After a new investigation, prosecutors announced last month
\nthat a DNA test had shown that flesh pieces found in cesspools
\nwere the remains of Wisuth's wife, Dr. Phassaporn Boonkasemsanti.
\n--AP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Vietnam-Poisoning
\n150 Vietnamese workers sickened by chemical in shoe factory, one
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
one dies, 150 sickened by chemical<\/p>\n
VIETNAM: More than 150 workers were hospitalized and one later
\ndied after a chemical preservative was sprayed in a shoe factory
\nin southern Vietnam, a company official said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of workers at the Nam Kang Shoe Factory, which
\nproduces shoes for a Taiwanese company, were allowed to go home
\nearly Friday after complaining of a noxious smell, said the
\nofficial, who identified himself only as Binh and would not
\ndisclose the company's name.<\/p>\n
The chemical formaldehyde - widely used as a preservative,
\nsterilizer and embalming fluid - had been sprayed in a storage
\narea earlier in the day to prevent leather from molding, he said.<\/p>\n
One female worker, who had recently suffered from severe
\nhepatitis, was hospitalized Friday night for breathing problems
\nand died the next day, he said.<\/p>\n
Workers returned on Saturday to the factory, in Binh Duong
\nprovince, but began experiencing headaches, eye irritation and
\nvomiting, and about a dozen fainted, Binh said. --AP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Cambodia-weapons
\n100,000th weapon goes up in flames
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
100,000th weapon goes up in flames<\/p>\n
CAMBODIA: Phnom Penh destroyed its 100,000th weapon on Monday in
\na fiery ceremony as part of European Union program aimed at
\ncurbing the number of small and light arms in this country.<\/p>\n
Some 3,458 weapons were destroyed at the latest Flame of Peace
\nceremony in north west Battambang in a ceremony which, according
\nto project manager David de Beer, displayed the government's
\ncommitment to reform.<\/p>\n
The weapons have been destroyed in a series of bonfires since
\nthe destruction program began in May 1999, a year after nearly 30
\nyears of war officially ended.<\/p>\n
De beer said in a statement that the weapons had been
\nconfiscated by police, handed over voluntarily or been declared
\nsurplus to requirements by the military. --AFP<\/p>",
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