RI fishing boat seized in Australia<\/p>\n
AUSTRALIA: Australian officials said on Saturday they had seized
\nan Indonesian boat and detained its crew following reports the
\nfishermen had attempted to board an Australian vessel.<\/p>\n
The boat was found off the remote northern coast of Western
\nAustralia with two Indonesian fishermen on board, a customs
\nspokesman told AFP.<\/p>\n
\"The boarding party went aboard the boat, which is to be
\ndestroyed on the spot, and after the two crew have been put board
\nthe (Western Australian Fisheries vessel) Walcott,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Customs Minister Chris Ellison said the government was taking
\nthe issue seriously and had spent \"unprecedented resources\"
\nprotecting Australia's coastline. -- AFP<\/p>\n
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\nRussia-space-US-ISS 2ndlead
\n'Space tourist' blasts off aboard Soyuz
\nJP\/RUSSIA<\/p>\n
'Space tourist' blasts off aboard Soyuz<\/p>\n
RUSSIA: A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur space center
\nin Kazakhstan early on Saturday, taking American \"space tourist\"
\nGreg Olsen and his fellow astronauts, a Russian and another
\nAmerican, off towards the International Space Station, an AFP
\nreporter witnessed.<\/p>\n
The rocket climbed faultlessly away from the Kazakh steppes
\ncarrying the Soyuz TMA-7 capsule and its fee-paying and
\nprofessional crew. Ten minutes later, the capsule was placed in
\norbit, Russian mission control said.<\/p>\n
Olsen was accompanied by Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev and
\nU.S. astronaut William McArthur on the trip to the International
\nSpace Station, where they will arrive on Monday after a period
\nadjusting to conditions. -- AFP<\/p>\n
;AFP;
\nANPAi..u..
\nUS-politics-press sched-lead
\nSchwarzenegger enacts anti-paparazzi law
\nJP\/US<\/p>\n
Schwarzenegger enacts anti-paparazzi law<\/p>\n
UNITED STATES: Movie star and California governor Arnold
\nSchwarzenegger signed into law on Friday tough new penalties
\nagainst paparazzi who commit assaults in order to snap lucrative
\npictures of stars.<\/p>\n
The law was spurred by a May incident in Los Angeles in which
\na photographer was arrested for allegedly crashing his car
\nintentionally into Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan's Mercedes
\nBenz in a bid to get an unusual picture of her, resulting in
\nLohan suffering cuts and bruises.<\/p>\n
The toughened law also makes photographers liable for punitive
\ndamages for any proceeds that result from the sale of photos
\ntaken under such circumstances.<\/p>\n
In addition, the new law for the first time makes employers of
\npaparazzi accused of such assault legally responsible for
\nordering employees to committing such acts. -- AFP<\/p>\n
;AP;
\nANPA ..u..
\nIndia-Contaminated Liquor
\n14 die from drinking illegal liquor
\nJP\/INDIA<\/p>\n
14 die from drinking illegal liquor<\/p>\n
INDIA: At least 14 people have died after drinking illegal home-
\nbrewed liquor sold at unauthorized shops in India's remote
\nnortheast, police said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The death toll was likely to rise because 61 others were
\nhospitalized after drinking the noxious brew on Friday night in
\nTezpur, a town 180 kilometers north of Gauhati, the capital of
\nAssam state, police officer L. Bora said by telephone.<\/p>\n
Many of those hospitalized were in critical condition, a
\ndoctor said on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n
The liquor deaths triggered violence, with angry residents
\nattacking government offices and torching half a dozen motorbikes
\nand some shops in the area, Bora said, and that samples of the
\nhome-brew liquor had been sent to a lab for tests. -- AP<\/p>\n
;AP;
\nANPA ..r..
\nThailand-Tsunami Invitations
\nThailand offers free trip for memorial
\nJP\/THAILAND<\/p>\n
Thailand offers free trip for memorial<\/p>\n
THAILAND: Invitations for an all expenses paid three-day trip to
\nthe tsunami one-year memorial ceremony in Thailand will be sent
\nin mid-October to thousands of victim's relatives around the
\nworld, officials said.<\/p>\n
The Thai foreign ministry will coordinate with foreign
\nembassies in Bangkok to send invitations to some 1,740 immediate
\nfamily members of those who passed away in the tsunami and about
\n2,000 injured victims, said Kiattikhun Chartprasert, foreign
\nministry deputy spokesman.<\/p>\n
The Thai government is inviting the guests for a tsunami
\nmemorial service on Dec. 26. -- AP<\/p>",
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