Estrada allowed to leave detention<\/p>\n
PHILIPPINES: An anti-graft court on Thursday allowed deposed
\nPhilippine president Joseph Estrada to leave detention for post-
\noperative eye check-ups later this month.<\/p>\n
Estrada, who is detained in a military hospital in suburban
\nQuezon city, north of Manila, underwent surgery to remove a
\ncataract from his left eye in December.<\/p>\n
The Sandiganbayan anti-graft court on Thursday granted Estrada
\npermission to leave detention on Jan. 7 and Jan. 14 for post
\noperative check-ups and evaluation, but said police should escort
\nhim back to confinement immediately at the end of both sessions.<\/p>\n
It said \"subsequent visits shall depend on the progress\" of
\nEstrada's recovery. A military-backed popular uprising ousted
\nEstrada almost a year ago this month amid a mounting corruption
\nscandal.<\/p>\n
Estrada was jailed in April to stand trial on charges of
\nplundering a personal fortune of $80 million in his 30 months in
\noffice. He has consistently denied the accusations. --AFP<\/p>\n
;AFP;EGO;
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\nAglance-Thailand-transport
\nThailand moves to halt British \"tuk tuk\" trademark
\nJP\/T9\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
Thailand to halt British 'tuk tuk' trademark<\/p>\n
THAILAND: The government will try to stop a British company from
\nregistering the trademark for the country's three-wheeled \"tuk-
\ntuk\" scooter, a report said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Deputy Industry Minister Pichate Satirachaval was quoted by
\nThe Nation daily as saying the government was taking action to
\nrevoke the trademark by a British company producing similar
\nvehicles.<\/p>\n
\"The industry, foreign and commerce ministries are
\ncoordinating efforts to have the registration revoked because
\neveryone knows tuk-tuk is a Thai symbol,\" he reportedly said.<\/p>\n
\"We are looking at all possible channels to revoke the
\nregistration,\" Pichate added without giving further details,
\naccording to the newspaper.<\/p>\n
A British firm, MMW Imports, reportedly imports tuk-tuks from
\nThailand and modifies them for sale in Europe under the MMW Tuk
\nTuk brand. -- AFP<\/p>\n
;AP;EGO;
\nANPAu..r..
\nAglance-Vietnam-AIDS
\nAIDS cases rise sharply in Vietnam in 2001
\nJP\/9\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
Vietnam's AIDS cases rise sharply in 2001<\/p>\n
VIETNAM: The number of Vietnamese with AIDS rose by 24.1 percent
\nin 2001 and those who died from the disease increased by 22
\npercent, according to Vietnam's official news agency.<\/p>\n
The number of people testing positive for HIV, the virus which
\ncauses AIDS, rose most rapidly among high-risk groups, the
\nVietnam News Agency said. More than 60 percent of the HIV
\ncarriers were drug addicts, said an official from the Ministry of
\nHealth's Anti-AIDS Bureau.<\/p>\n
The HIV positive rate among female prostitutes increased to
\n3.53 percent in 2000 from 1.5 percent in 1997, the official said.
\nAs of Nov. 30, 42,365 people in Vietnam have tested positive for
\nHIV, including 6,343 who developed full-blown AIDS and 3,474 who
\ndied from the disease, he said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
About 84 percent of the HIV carriers are men, he said.
\nExperts estimate that the actual HIV infection figure in Vietnam
\ncould be 130,000 to 135,000. -- AP<\/p>\n
;AFP;EGO;
\nANPAu..r..
\nAglance-Cambodia-crime
\nThree charged with murder after Cambodian mob killing
\nJP\/9\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
Three charged with murder after mob killing<\/p>\n
CAMBODIA: A Cambodian court has charged three people with murder
\nafter the lynch mob killings of two teenagers, officials said on
\nThursday.<\/p>\n
\"Three people have now been charged with murder,\" said Rosey
\nKeo district police chief Captain Ly Lay. Van Samdy, 16, and
\nHuong Kimheang, 17, were brutally beaten to death on Monday by an
\nangry mob after they were wrongfully accused of stealing a
\nmotorbike.<\/p>\n
Police said the two male youths and five other friends were
\nrunning home after being involved in a fight with a 14-year-old
\nboy when they were attacked.<\/p>\n
Their rival's parents were chasing them, yelling \"stop
\nthieves,\" prompting other villagers to join the pursuit.
\nWhen they caught up with the duo, they beat them with sticks,
\nsickles and spade handles while the victims' five friends managed
\nto escape, police said.<\/p>\n
Soon after the incident police arrested five people in
\nconnection with the killings. Two young boys were later been
\nreleased without charge. Two of the people charged were the
\nparents of the victims' rival and another was a friend of the 14-
\nyear-old.<\/p>\n
Cambodia has seen a surge in lynchings amid frustration at the
\ncountry's notoriously corrupt legal system. --AFP<\/p>",
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