Catholics, Muslims to pray for peace<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE: Wars may be raging elsewhere but Muslims and Roman
\nCatholics in Singapore are getting together for a big dinner on
\nDec. 27 to jointly celebrate the Idul Fitri and Christmas
\nholidays.<\/p>\n
Some 300 people from the two faiths will take part in a
\nfunction hosted jointly by the Islamic Fellowship Association and
\nthe St. Anthony's Canossian Convent.<\/p>\n
\"It's a historical event because this is the first time that
\nthe Muslim and Catholic communities are jointly celebrating Eid
\nal-Fitr (idul Fitri), which is the after-Ramadhan festivities,
\nand Christmas,\" Ameerali Abdeali, secretary general of the
\nIslamic Fellowship Association, said on Friday.<\/p>\n
The celebration will kick off with readings from the Koran and
\nthe Bible, followed by an exchange of gifts. The supreme Muslim
\nreligious leader and the head of the Roman Catholic Church in
\nSingapore will sit down to dinner along with guests from nine
\nother faiths. -- Reuters<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Malaysia-Chinese
\nMCA suspends youth leaders
\nJP\/9\/ASEAN2<\/p>\n
MCA suspends youth leaders<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: A factional dispute within an important party in
\nMalaysia's ruling coalition has deepened with the surprise
\nsuspension of all its top youth leaders ahead of internal
\nelections next year.<\/p>\n
At a meeting late on Thursday, the decision-making body of the
\nMalaysian Chinese Association suspended the youth leaders to
\nrestore \"order, stability, peace and harmony\" to the wing,
\npresident Ling Liong Sik said.<\/p>\n
But Chua Jui Meng, Ling's main rival in the party, accused him
\nof fomenting disunity and announced a national campaign to
\ndenounce the suspensions as \"a travesty of justice.\"<\/p>\n
The association, which has more than 900,000 members and is
\nthe country's largest group representing Malaysia's large ethnic
\nChinese minority, is also the biggest ally of Prime Minister
\nMahathir Mohamad's United Malays National Organization.<\/p>\n
The dispute does not pose any serious threat to the stability
\nof Mahathir's government. But many members fear the conflict will
\nhurt the party in Malaysia's next general election, slated for
\n2004, and could weaken overall support for Mahathir, who has led
\nthe country for 20 years. -- AP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Thailand-riot
\nOne dead in college riot
\nJP\/9\/ASEAN3<\/p>\n
One dead in college riot<\/p>\n
THAILAND: More than 200 Thai college students went on a rampage
\nagainst a rival school, wielding hand grenades and guns in an
\nattack that left one student dead and dozens injured, police said
\non Friday.<\/p>\n
In the assault late Thursday, hundreds of students from the
\nBangkok campus of the Institute of Technology vocational college
\nthrew hand-made explosives at the Bangkok Commercial College
\ncompound, which was open for night classes.<\/p>\n
One male student among the group of attackers was found shot
\ndead while dozens of students were left injured in the aftermath
\nof the melee, police said.<\/p>\n
Students smashed and spray-painted more than 10 vehicles and
\ncampus buildings in the riot that began around 7:40 pm and lasted
\nan hour, they added. About 210 students were detained and later
\ncharged on four counts, including organizing a violent raid, arms
\npossession and rioting with intent to kill. -- AFP<\/p>\n
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\n~Aglance-Cambodia-elections
\nEU starts Cambodian polls monitoring mission
\nJP\/9\/ASEAN4<\/p>\n
EU starts Cambodian polls monitoring mission<\/p>\n
CAMBODIA: A European Union (EU) team assigned to observe
\nCambodia's first genuine local elections emphasized on Friday the
\nneed for the government to put an end to violence if it wants to
\nhave a credible vote.<\/p>\n
\"Elections are democratic when they are free, and to be free
\nit's not possible to have intimidation or violence during all
\nprocedures,\" Carlos Costa Neves, chief of the EU observation
\nmission, said at a news conference.<\/p>\n
Neves, a member of the European Parliament, and his five-
\nmember advance team arrived in Cambodia on Wednesday to begin
\ntheir mission of observing the run-up to voting slated for early
\nnext year.<\/p>\n
On Feb. 3, Cambodians will select men and women for commune
\ngoverning councils in the country's first genuine local polls.
\nInvestigating violent attacks and killings of political
\ncandidates and activists, and making sure they do not occur again
\nis one of the mission's priorities, deputy chief observer Mark
\nStevens said. --AP<\/p>",
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