KL condemns U.S. over false report<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: Malaysian acting prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
\nslammed the U.S. on Sunday for submitting a false report to the
\nUnited Nations on Iraq's alleged nuclear weapons program.<\/p>\n
Describing the action as \"a worrisome and shameful act\",
\nAbdullah said Malaysia was sad that the United States had
\nattempted to use it as evidence to attack Iraq.<\/p>\n
Abdullah made the comments when asked to respond to the
\nrevelation by UN weapons inspectors that the U.S. had submitted
\nfraudulent documents to prove its allegations that Iraq was
\nconducting a nuclear weapons program.<\/p>\n
Such actions would spark anger among the world community, he
\nwarned.<\/p>\n
On the question of possible Iraqi uranium imports from Niger,
\nthe head of the UN's nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei said on
\nFriday his agency had determined that documents said by the
\nUnited States and Britain to support the allegations were
\nfraudulent. --AFP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Thailand-drugs
\nPolice release data on drug killings
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
Police release data on drug killings<\/p>\n
THAILAND: Nearly 1,500 have been killed in Thailand's \"war\" on
\ndrugs since it was launched on Feb. 1, police said on Sunday,
\nreleasing an updated toll for the controversial campaign.<\/p>\n
Police acting in self-defense were responsible for 31 of the
\n1,498 killings, police spokesman Pongsapat Pongcharoen said.
\nAuthorities say the rest were allegedly carried out by drug gangs
\nto silence their members.<\/p>\n
Pongsapat said 108 suspects had been arrested for the
\nkillings, 108 of which occurred in the first week of March.<\/p>\n
Police also arrested 4,015 people in the first week of March
\nand seized 1.23 million amphetamine tablets, he said.<\/p>\n
The crackdown, targeted at the methamphetamines that pour into
\nThailand from its neighbors, has attracted criticism from a range
\nof rights groups concerned about allegations of extrajudicial
\nkillings and questionable official blacklists of suspects. --AFP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-RP-rebels-charged
\nRP charges 151 rebels with murder
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
RP charges 151 rebels with murder<\/p>\n
PHILIPPINES: Philippine prosecutors have filed murder charges
\nagainst the leader of the country's biggest Moro rebel group and
\n150 of his fighters over a deadly bombing at a southern airport,
\nofficials said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Acting chief prosecutor Danilo Belo of Davao city, where 21
\npeople were killed on Tuesday, said he expected the court to
\nissue arrest warrants for rebel chairman Hashim Salamat and the
\nothers by Wednesday, after reviewing the evidence.<\/p>\n
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has denied any role
\nin last Tuesday's terror attack, the worst in the mainly Roman
\nCatholic country for more than two years.<\/p>\n
The charges carry a maximum penalty of death by lethal
\ninjection, although it is not clear whether police will be able
\nto track down and capture the elusive Salamat and other leaders
\nof an estimated 12,000 heavily armed guerrillas. --Reuters<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Thailand-Cambodia
\nCasinos in Cambodia losing millions
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
Casinos in Cambodia losing millions<\/p>\n
THAILAND: Casinos in Cambodia have lost at least 300 million baht
\n(US$7 million) a week since Thailand stopped its nationals
\ncrossing the border after the January anti-Thai riots in Phnom
\nPenh, it was reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The Thai army's Burapa Task Force, which patrols part of the
\nborder, estimated that eight casinos in Cambodia's border town of
\nPoipet typically had a combined income of 300 million to 500
\nmillion baht per week from Thai gamblers.<\/p>\n
A percentage of this was allocated to the government of
\nCambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Bangkok Post said.<\/p>\n
Before the border restrictions, about 1,000 Thais gambled in
\nthe casinos every weekend, the paper said. This rose to 2,000
\nover public holidays. --AFP<\/p>",
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