S'pore, RI hold joint exercise<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE: Singapore and Indonesia held a joint search-and-rescue
\nexercise in the South China Sea on Tuesday to test their
\nreadiness to respond to an aircraft in distress, aviation
\nauthorities said.<\/p>\n
More than 100 personnel from the Civil Aviation Authority of
\nSingapore (CAAS) and the National Search and Rescue Agency of
\nIndonesia took part in the exercise, which also involved aircraft
\nand ships from the air force, navy and coast guard.<\/p>\n
Apart from Indonesia, Singapore has concluded bilateral
\nsearch-and-rescue agreements with Malaysia, the Philippines,
\nThailand and Vietnam, and has a \"standing agreement\" with Brunei,
\nCAAS said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Indonesia has also concluded such pacts with Malaysia, the
\nPhilippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia and the United States.
\n--AFP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Cambodia-vote
\nTop cop issues poll warning
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Top cop issues poll warning<\/p>\n
CAMBODIA: Cambodia's top cop Hok Lundy on Tuesday ordered the
\narmed forces to leave their guns at home on polling day but
\nwarned any violent protests in the aftermath of Sunday's national
\nelections would be met with force.<\/p>\n
He said his troops must comply and that no guns would be
\nallowed near polling booths while the police and military must
\nalso ensure security for voters, political activists, local and
\ninternational election monitors.<\/p>\n
\"Your duty will not be over until after the elections and your
\nduty will have to be fulfilled until the new government is
\nformed,\" he declared to reporters.<\/p>\n
He said large political rallies were expected in the capital
\non Friday, the last day of official election campaigning.<\/p>\n
But Hok Lundy also warned that in a post-electoral environment
\nhis men would be armed with police dogs, tear gas and electric
\nbatons which would be used if political activists protested the
\nresult in a violent fashion. --AFP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Australia-Myanmar
\nEx-Myanmar prisoner protests in Brisbane
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Ex-Myanmar prisoner protests in Brisbane<\/p>\n
AUSTRALIA: A former political prisoner from Myanmar shuffled
\nthrough Brisbane in leg irons on Tuesday to raise awareness of a
\nrecent bloody crackdown in his homeland.<\/p>\n
Htoo Htoo Han, 33, winced in pain as he slowly made his way
\nthrough the city's business district. He plans similar
\ndemonstrations in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.<\/p>\n
The shackles are a reminder of the three years he spent in
\nprison in Myanmar - also known as Burma - after his arrest at a
\npro-democracy student uprising in 1988.<\/p>\n
Htoo Htoo Han, then 19, was subjected to daily beatings and
\ntorture and was chained for almost a year in an unsanitary cell,
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
Paroled after three years, Htoo Htoo Han fled to Thailand and
\nwas later accepted as a refugee by the United Nations and moved
\nto Australia in 1996. --AP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-KL-Chirac
\n'Jungle law should not rule the world'
\nJP\/11\/jungle<\/p>\n
'Jungle law should not rule the world'<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: Visiting French President Jacques Chirac, accepting a
\nMalaysian peace award for his opposition to the U.S.-led war on
\nIraq, said on Tuesday the world should not be ruled by the \"law
\nof the jungle\".<\/p>\n
Chirac was speaking after being presented with the inaugural
\nKuala Lumpur World Peace Award by Malaysian Prime Minister
\nMahathir Mohamad, who was also a strong opponent of the war.<\/p>\n
All countries should be able to make their voices heard so
\nthat none felt sidelined, marginalized or humiliated, he said.<\/p>\n
Chirac said the United Nations \"may not be a perfect
\norganization. It could be better structured, modernized, brought
\nup to date, but it is an unavoidable organization.\"<\/p>\n
Chirac's five-hour visit to Malaysia, en route to the French
\nPacific territory of New Caledonia, is the first by a French
\npresident. --AFP<\/p>",
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