Oil tankers attacked in Myanmar<\/p>\n
THAILAND: Unidentified gunmen attacked two oil tankers on
\nThursday in a border area of Myanmar where a series of bomb
\nexplosions killed four people a day earlier, Thai officials and a
\nresident said.<\/p>\n
Unconfirmed reports said three people were killed in the
\nlatest attack and the resulting gunfight between troops and the
\nassailants.<\/p>\n
Gen. Wallop Phinmanee, the deputy chief of an internal
\nsecurity wing run by the Thai military, told reporters he has
\nbeen informed about the attack on the oil tankers, which he said
\noccurred at about 11 a.m.<\/p>\n
Four bombs exploded on early Wednesday in different places in
\nTachilek, killing two policemen and two civilians. No one claimed
\nresponsibility, but the government blamed ethnic Shan rebels who
\nhave been fighting for autonomy for decades. The Shan denied they
\nwere involved. --AP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Malaysia-US-alert
\nMalaysia refutes new terror alert
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
Malaysia refutes new terror alert<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: Kuala Lumpur on Thursday urged foreign envoys not to be
\nparanoid as it sought to refute renewed warnings by the U.S. and
\nother western countries of possible terrorist attacks here.<\/p>\n
Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said advisories warning
\nagainst travel to Malaysia were \"unjustifiable\" given the absence
\nof credible evidence to back the terror alerts.<\/p>\n
The U.S. advisory, an extension of a previous statement issued
\nin November, urged its citizens to \"exercise extreme caution\" in
\nMalaysia especially in Sabah state, where members of the banned
\nJamaah Islamiyah group, linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda
\nnetwork, have been active.<\/p>\n
Australia, Britain, Germany and other countries have similarly
\nwarned their citizens to exercise caution in traveling to
\nMalaysia.<\/p>\n
Syed Hamid said such \"baseless fears and perceived terrorist
\nattacks\" on the country had caused considerable damage and eroded
\npublic confidence in Malaysia's security. --AFP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Singapore-fuel cells
\nS'pore to get fuel cell top-up point
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
S'pore to get fuel cell top-up point<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE: This tiny Southeast Asian nation will be first in the
\nregion where cars that run on environmentally friendly fuel cells
\ncan top up with hydrogen, according to a news report on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Petroleum company BP and Air Products, an American supplier of
\nindustrial gases, plans to open the hydrogen refueling station by
\nthe first quarter of next year, the Straits Times newspaper
\nreported.<\/p>\n
Fuel cell-driven cars are powered by compressed hydrogen,
\nwhich emits no pollutants. DaimlerChrysler will bring seven fuel-
\ncell vehicles to Singapore next year for testing, it said.<\/p>\n
Building the station will cost between US$500,000 and $1
\nmillion. It will have the capacity to refuel about 11 cars per
\nday, it said. --AP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Thailand-DeadMan
\n\"SARS victim\" faked his own death
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
\"SARS victim\" faked his own death<\/p>\n
THAILAND: Thai police foiled a plot by an accused heroin dealer
\nto avoid prison by using the scare over Severe Acute Respiratory
\nSyndrome (SARS) to fake his own death, news reports said on
\nThursday.<\/p>\n
With his \"cremation\" over and his death certificate on file,
\nKormard Prappam, 38, appeared to have gotten away with his plan
\nuntil he was found to be alive and well last Sunday at the
\nsouthern Thai resort of Krabi.<\/p>\n
Crime Suppression Division police Lt. Col. Ronnasilp Phusara
\nwas quoted by The Nation newspaper as saying it was the second
\ntime Kormard appeared to have \"returned from the dead\".<\/p>\n
The suspect was first arrested last August and charged with
\npossession of heroin with intent to sell. But while he was on
\nbail his friend, Abdul Mahlek Kaenkrai, informed the Krabi
\nmunicipal court that Kormard had died of a heart attack.<\/p>\n
The scheme unraveled when court officials demanded to see the
\nsuspect's death certificate. --DPA<\/p>",
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