Military elements implicated in Atambua killings JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Marzuki Darusman revealed here on Thursday that elements of the Indonesian Military (TNI) have been implicated in two recent incidents in Atambua, East Nusa Tenggara, earlier this month, which resulted in the death of three UN relief workers and a militia leader. Marzuki said "elements of the military" were among 13 suspects who have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the two incidents.

Firepower won't quell unrest in restive Mindanao By Phar Kim Beng SINGAPORE: When the Abu Sayyaf abducted three Malaysian hostages from Pandanan island on Sept. 11, one day after receiving their ransom, their action energized the Philippine government to go on the offensive. In the words of a top Philippine government negotiator: "It was the straw that broke the camel's back." The military operations now under way in Jolo aim to wipe out the Abu Sayyaf.

SE Asia floods leave two million homeless HANOI (AFP): More than two million people across Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand are now homeless as a result of the floods sweeping down the Mekong River, officials said on Thursday. In Vietnam as many as two million people are without shelter, where thousands of families face hunger and epidemics as they camp out in narrow dikes, they said.