Manila set to court-martial mutineers<\/p>\n
PHILIPPINES: Soldiers who allegedly took part in a mutiny last
\nmonth are set to stand trial in a military court, President
\nGloria Arroyo said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Arroyo, the commander-in-chief of the military, has accused
\nmore than 300 junior officers and men of mounting a coup attempt
\nduring their brief takeover of part of Manila's Makati financial
\ndistrict.<\/p>\n
The armed forces inspector-general has recommended that 108
\nofficers and 45 enlisted men face court-martial, on top of
\nrebellion charges already filed against the entire group who
\nsurrendered peacefully within 24 hours of seizing Makati.<\/p>\n
Six of the junior officers accused of leading the rebellion
\nmeanwhile showed up in court on Monday in a habeas corpus
\nhearing. --AFP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Malaysia-RI-crime
\nFour Indonesians killed in shootout
\nJP\/11\/robber<\/p>\n
Four Indonesians killed in shootout<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: Four armed Indonesian robbers suspected of carrying out
\nmore than 25 heists were shot dead in a clash with Malaysian
\npolice in southern Johor state, reports said on Monday.<\/p>\n
The four were believed to be en route to another robbery when
\nthey were intercepted by police at a highway after a tip-off, The
\nStar said.<\/p>\n
Police, who had been tracking the suspects for two weeks,
\nfired several warning shots and ordered them to surrender but the
\nfour charged at the policemen with knives and machetes, prompting
\nthem to shoot, it said. --AFP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Vietnam-piracy
\nMalaysian pirates kill fisherman
\nJP\/11\/pirates<\/p>\n
Malaysian pirates kill fisherman<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: Suspected Malaysian pirates attacked a Vietnamese
\nfishing boat and killed its captain in the South China Sea near
\nMalaysia, the coast guard said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Three pirates in a boat approached the fishing vessel last
\nWednesday and gestured for it to stop.<\/p>\n
But the Vietnamese vessel tried to outrun the pirates, who
\nopened fire with a semi-automatic weapon, killing its 33-year-old
\nskipper, Le Van Tam. Eight other Vietnamese on board were not
\ninjured.<\/p>\n
The pirates boarded the boat and made off with the fishermen's
\ncatch and fishing equipment, said a coast guard official from the
\ncentral province of Quang Ngai.<\/p>\n
The fishermen, who were all from Quang Ngai, only reached
\nshore at Khanh Hoa province on Saturday. --AFP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Thailand-Brennan
\nU.S. priest dies in Thailand
\nJP\/11\/priest<\/p>\n
U.S. priest dies in Thailand<\/p>\n
THAILAND: Father Raymond Brennan, an American Roman Catholic
\npriest who cared for abandoned children for 31 years at an
\norphanage he founded in Thailand, has died of heart failure, his
\npublicist said on Monday. He was 70.<\/p>\n
Brennan, born into a devout Irish Catholic family in a poor
\nneighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, died on Saturday at a Bangkok
\nhospital, a public relations firm representing his orphanage said
\nin a statement.<\/p>\n
Brennan was a highly respected figure in the Thai seaside town
\nof Pattaya where he had lived and worked since 1972 for children
\nand other destitute Thais, said the statement.<\/p>\n
Fondly known as Father Ray, Brennan joined the missionary
\nRedemptorists and was ordained on July 2, 1959, a year before he
\nwas posted to Thailand where he had expected to stay for only one
\nor two years. --AP<\/p>",
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