Two ships collide off Malaysian coast<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: Two ships have collided off Malaysia's southern Johor
\ncoast, a marine office spokesman said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The Sanko Robust, a cargo ship registered at Monrovia port,
\nand the Tirta Mas, a semi-container registered in Jakarta
\ncollided Wednesday night near Kukup island, spokesman for the
\nMarine Office's Malaysia Rescue and Coordination Center (MRCC)
\nHisham Ali was quoted as saying by the Bernama news agency.<\/p>\n
The Tirta Mas partially sank. The Santo Robust suffered
\ntechnical problems and was directed to dock at Kukup for further
\ninvestigations.<\/p>\n
However, Hisham said all 20 sailors on board Tirta Mas were
\nrescued by marine police and were brought to Kukup. No injuries
\nor loss of lives were reported. --AFP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Cambodia-blast
\nFour dead, 44 wounded at party
\nJP\/11\/ATW<\/p>\n
Four dead, 44 wounded at party<\/p>\n
CAMBODIA: A grenade exploded at a wedding celebration in
\nsoutheastern Cambodia, killing four people and wounding 44
\nothers, officials said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The blast occurred late Tuesday in a village in Prey Veng
\nprovince, 50 kilometers east of the capital Phnom Penh, said Dim
\nYarom, the province's deputy police chief. It appeared to be an
\naccident, he said.<\/p>\n
Guests were dancing around midnight when the hand grenade
\nexploded, killing three people instantly. A fourth person died
\nlater in a hospital and 44 people were injured.<\/p>\n
One of the guests apparently had a grenade in his pocket, Dim
\nYarom said.<\/p>\n
He did not explain why someone might carry a grenade to a
\nwedding party, but Cambodia is awash with weapons, the deadly
\nlegacy of almost three decades of war and unrest. --AP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-RP-MILF
\nSouthern RP blacked out by rebels
\nJP\/PHILIPPINES<\/p>\n
Southern RP blacked out by rebels<\/p>\n
PHILIPPINES: Moro separatists blacked out the southern third of
\nthe Philippines in overnight sabotage attacks, leaving about 18
\nmillion people in the dark for hours, officials said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Electricity supply was restored to most of Mindanao island by
\nThursday as the government fired up emergency generating stations
\nto temporarily replace baseload plants disabled by the toppling
\nof transmission pylons overnight Wednesday, they said.<\/p>\n
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) guerrillas blew up at
\nleast five steel transmission towers before midnight using
\nimprovised explosives from mortar shells on Wednesday, knocked
\nout the key Agus hydro-electric power complex outside this city.<\/p>\n
No casualties were reported in the attacks, which blacked out
\nthe key Mindanao cities of Davao, General Santos, Cagayan de Oro,
\nCotabato, Butuan and Malaybalay, said Max Adiong, operations
\nchief for Mindanao of state-run National Power Corp. (Napocor).
\n--AFP<\/p>\n
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\nAglance-Thailand-drugs
\nThai govt to review drugs blitz
\nJP\/11\/ASEAN<\/p>\n
Thai govt to review drugs blitz<\/p>\n
THAILAND: Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Thursday
\nhis government would review its controversial drugs blitz, which
\nhas led to the killings of around 1,000 people across the
\ncountry.<\/p>\n
In particular, the widely criticized policy of measuring the
\nperformance of provincial governors and police commanders in the
\ncampaign by how far they reduce controversial suspect blacklists
\ncould change, Thaksin told reporters.<\/p>\n
Provincial governors and police commanders across the country
\nhave been ordered by the interior ministry to reduce the numbers
\non their lists by 25 percent by Feb. 28, the end of the first
\nmonth of the crackdown.<\/p>\n
The accuracy of the ministry's list of 46,177 names has been
\nwidely questioned in the media, with the national police chief
\nSant Saratunond distancing himself from it. --AFP<\/p>",
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