KL, S'pore refer island row to ICJ<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: Malaysia and Singapore on Friday cleared the last
\nhurdle in referring their territorial dispute over an island to
\nthe International Court of Justice (ICJ).<\/p>\n
Officials from both sides exchanged documents to ratify a
\nspecial agreement signed three months ago by their foreign
\nministers to take their dispute to the ICJ, according to a
\nforeign ministry statement here.<\/p>\n
Malaysia was represented by foreign ministry deputy secretary-
\ngeneral Aziz Mohammed and Singapore by its High Commissioner in
\nKuala Lumpur, Ashok Kumar Mirpuri at the ceremony in the
\ngovernment capital of Putrajaya.<\/p>\n
The island, known as Pulau Batu Puteh to Malaysia and Pedra
\nBranca to Singapore, is the latest source of tension between the
\ntwo countries. --AFP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Thai-Asia-UN-drugs
\nTraffickers pursue new markets after Thai anti-drug blitz: UN
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
Traffickers pursue new markets<\/p>\n
THAILAND: Drug manufacturers and traffickers are seeking new
\nusers beyond their traditional methamphetamine market in Thailand
\nfollowing a brutal crackdown here, the United Nations drug agency
\nsaid on Friday.<\/p>\n
The makers of methamphetamines, predominantly in Myanmar, have
\nturned to neighbors India, Cambodia and Laos to peddle pills
\nsince Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's three-month war on
\ndrugs which ended April 30, a top official in the UN Office on
\nDrugs and Crime (UNODC) said.<\/p>\n
Thaksin's self-described drug war, during which over 2,000
\npeople were killed, has forced dealers to reconsider their normal
\npractice of moving the pills across the border from Myanmar,
\nidentified by experts as Asia's number one producer of the
\nstimulants.<\/p>\n
Thailand is the world's largest per-capita consumer of the
\npills -- known here as yaa baa, or \"crazy medicine\", with five
\npercent of Thailand's 63 million people considered users and with
\nthe crisis now funneling into other countries. --AFP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-S'pore-SARS-jail
\nSingapore man sentenced to 6 months in jail for violating home
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
Man jailed for violating quarantine<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE: A Singapore man, suspected of having Severe Acute
\nRespiratory Syndrome (SARS), was jailed for six months on Friday
\nfor repeatedly flouting home quarantine orders, police said.<\/p>\n
Officers arrested Chua Hock Seng, 50, last week after he went
\nout drinking twice even though medical authorities ordered him to
\nstay at home, said police spokesman Stanley Norbert.<\/p>\n
His conviction and sentencing on Friday marks the first time
\nthe city-state has invoked tough new laws, ushered through
\nParliament last month, aimed at curbing the spread of SARS.<\/p>\n
For the past week, Chua had been isolated at a former drug
\nrehabilitation center as a health precaution. He has now been
\ngiven a clean bill of health and will be moved to a standard
\nprison cell, said Norbert. --AP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Malaysia-Anwar
\nMalaysia's Anwar gets prison break to attend daughter's wedding
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
Anwar attends daughter's wedding<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: Jailed Malaysian ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim was on
\nFriday given a brief prison break to attend his eldest daughter's
\nwedding after his bail hearing in court.<\/p>\n
Anwar arrived under armed escort at the family's residence in
\na Kuala Lumpur suburb to attend the wedding of his 22-year-old
\ndaughter, Nurul Izzah, to engineer Raja Ahmad Sharir Iskandar,
\n26, in a Malay ceremony held under tight security.<\/p>\n
After changing into a Malay costume, Anwar, who is still
\nwearing a neckbrace due to an old injury, gave his daughter's
\nhand to the groom during a 30-minute religious rite watched by
\nsome 200 family members and relatives.<\/p>\n
Nurul Izzah, who met her husband during a study tour in London
\nin 1999 after her father was ousted and jailed, said: \"I am happy
\nthat he could attend the wedding.\" --AFP<\/p>\n
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\nAGlance-Philippines-negotiator
\nPhilippine negotiator with Muslim rebels quits
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
RP negotiator with Moro rebels quits<\/p>\n
PHILIPPINES: The Philippine government's chief negotiator with
\nthe country's biggest Moro rebel group quit on Friday, dealing
\nanother blow to the difficult quest to reach a peace deal.<\/p>\n
The government of the Roman Catholic nation and the Moro
\nIslamic Liberation Front (MILF) have held talks for years to end
\nthree decades of violence on the southern island of Mindanao but
\ntwo deadly bombings blamed on the rebels quashed hopes of any
\nprogress.<\/p>\n
The latest round of talks brokered by Malaysia were scrapped
\nthis week as Manila stepped up military operations and offered a
\nreward of nearly US$1 million for the capture of key MILF
\nleaders.<\/p>\n
Jesus Dureza, who chaired a government panel seeking to forge
\na peace pact with the rebels, said in a letter to President
\nGloria Macapagal Arroyo he was stepping aside to focus on
\ndevelopment efforts on war-torn Mindanao. --Reuters<\/p>",
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