SE Asian MP's to meet in Hanoi<\/p>\n
VIETNAM: Nearly 400 Southeast Asian parliamentarians will
\nconverge on the Vietnamese capital on Sunday for a five-day
\nmeeting tackling human rights, terrorism, democracy and other
\nregional issues.<\/p>\n
Delegates at the 23rd general assembly of the ASEAN Inter-
\nParliamentary Organization (AIPO) will also discuss measures to
\naccelerate growth in the region, the body's secretary-general, Vu
\nMao, said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
AIPO is made up of eight states from the 10-member Association
\nof Southeast Asian Nations -- Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,
\nMalaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.<\/p>\n
The other two ASEAN members not part of the AIPO grouping,
\nBrunei and Myanmar, have no legislatures but will attend the
\nmeeting as observers. --AFP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-S'pore-Security
\nS'pore steps up security checks
\nJP\/12\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
S'pore steps up security checks<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE: The government said on Thursday security would be
\nbeefed up ahead of Sept. 11 in this wealthy Southeast Asian
\nnation where more than a dozen men -- believed linked to al-Qaeda
\n-- were arrested for allegedly plotting to blow up the U.S.
\nEmbassy and other targets late last year.<\/p>\n
Singapore and the United States have close military relations.
\nThe country recently opened a new naval facility built
\nspecifically to accommodate U.S. aircraft carriers, and also is
\nhome to a U.S. Navy logistics unit.<\/p>\n
Armed patrols at Singapore's Changi International airport by
\npolice and soldiers, which began last October, will be more
\nfrequent and more visible ahead of the Sept. 11 anniversary, said
\nSoh.<\/p>\n
Singapore will also perform more stringent immigration and
\nsecurity checks at ferry terminals and bridge entrances to this
\nisland nation, he said. The country lies between Indonesia and
\nMalaysia. --AP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-RP-air
\nPlane with 45 tourists crash-lands
\nJP\/12\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
Plane with 45 tourists crash-lands<\/p>\n
PHILIPPINES: A plane carrying 45 mostly South Korean tourists on
\na domestic flight crash-landed at Manila airport late Thursday
\nsustaining major damage, rescue officials said.<\/p>\n
\"There were no injuries\" among the passengers and crew of the
\nAsian Spirit De Havilland-7 turboprop, Air Transportation Office
\n(ATO) chief Adelberto Yap said.<\/p>\n
A witness saw shell-shocked adult passengers being ushered
\ninto an air-conditioned bus parked outside the airline office at
\nthe airport complex about an hour later.<\/p>\n
An unidentified boy among them had a gash on his right cheek.
\nAirline officials said the passengers also included at least two
\nWesterners, but they declined to give exact numbers by
\nnationality. A Caucasian male was seen hauling his golf bag into
\nthe bus. --AFP<\/p>",
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