S'pore tracing over 100 air passengers<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE: Singapore authorities tried on Thursday to track down
\nmore than 100 people who arrived on three flights carrying
\npassengers later diagnosed with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
\n(SARS) symptoms, prompting renewed fears of the virus spreading
\nin the community at large.<\/p>\n
Two weeks ago, an outbreak of SARS at the country's largest
\nwholesale vegetable market prompted officials to close down the
\nfacility and impose a mass home quarantine. At least 12 people
\nwere infected from the market outbreak.<\/p>\n
Overall, the disease has infected 201 in Singapore, and killed
\n25.<\/p>\n
Health ministry spokeswoman Bey Mui Leng said on Thursday that
\nofficials were searching for passengers who arrived on flights
\nfrom Shanghai, Jakarta and Hong Kong earlier this month. Each
\nflight was carrying a passenger who either had SARS or showed
\nsymptoms of the disease.<\/p>\n
A passenger on an April 22 Garuda Indonesia flight from
\nJakarta was diagnosed with SARS four days after returning to
\nSingapore. His mother was diagnosed with the disease that same
\nday. --AP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Philippines-crash
\n15 people killed in truck accident in the southern Philippines
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
15 people killed in truck accident<\/p>\n
PHILIPPINES: Fifteen people were killed on Thursday when the
\ntruck they were riding in slammed into an electric post in the
\nsouthern Philippine town of Gingoog, police said.<\/p>\n
The accident occurred along a highway in Medina town in
\nMisamis Oriental province, 795 kilometers south of Manila,
\naccording to Chief Insp. Antonio Madlos.<\/p>\n
Madlos said initial investigation showed that the driver, who
\nwas among the fatalities, was drunk.<\/p>\n
Three other people were seriously injured in the accident,
\nwhich caused the truck to overturn, pinning most of the
\nfatalities. Others were thrown out of it on impact, he added.
\n--DPA<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Myanmar-Japan
\nJapan ex-PM holds talks with Myanmar military leader
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
Japan ex-PM holds talks with Myanmar leader<\/p>\n
MYANMAR: Former Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori concluded a
\nthree-day visit to Myanmar on Thursday during which he held a
\nrare lengthy meeting with military ruler Sr. Gen. Than Shwe,
\nofficials and diplomatic sources said.<\/p>\n
Japan is the biggest aid donor to Myanmar and Mori, who
\nresigned as premier in 2001 but remains as a legislator, led an
\n11-member team to the Southeast Asian state to discuss economic
\nties and other bilateral issues.<\/p>\n
He also confirmed Mori's one-hour meeting Wednesday night with
\nThan Shwe, the length of which strongly suggests the discussions
\nwent far beyond the typical visit paid to the general.<\/p>\n
Mori also held talks with Gen. Khin Nyunt, the number three in
\nthe ruling State Peace and Development Council and chief of
\nmilitary intelligence, as well as foreign minister Win Aung,
\ngovernment sources said.<\/p>\n
In February Japan's overseas aid agency JICA said it planned
\nto spend about US$20 million in Myanmar in the fiscal year
\nbeginning last month despite a reduction in its overall budget.
\n--AFP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Philippines-Moro
\nSix dead, 16 wounded in attacks by Philippines Muslim separatists
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
Six dead, 16 wounded in MILF attacks<\/p>\n
PHILIPPINES: At least five soldiers and a civilian were killed
\nand 16 people wounded in attacks by Moro separatists in the
\nsouthern Philippine island of Mindanao, the military said on
\nThursday.<\/p>\n
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) guerrillas on Wednesday
\nattacked a residential compound near the town of Datu Piang,
\nleaving a civilian dead and four others wounded.<\/p>\n
Later the same day, they attacked the military in the town of
\nPikit, wounding one soldier before retreating.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, troops of the 29th Infantry Battalion clashed with
\nsome 100 MILF guerrillas near the town of Munai also in Mindanao,
\nthe military's southern command said.<\/p>\n
Eid Kabalu, an MILF spokesman, said the attacks were part of
\noperations against military forces allegedly encroaching into
\nrebel-held areas. --AFP<\/p>",
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