NEW DELHI - INDIA'S foreign minister accused Pakistan on Sunday of trying to dodge blame over the Mumbai attacks' Pakistani origins by leaking a story about a hoax call to Pakistan's president that set off diplomatic panic.

Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reported on Saturday that Pakistan had put its forces on high alert after a caller pretending to be Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee threatened President Asif Ali Zardari while the attacks were still going on.

BEIJING - FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy's meeting with the Dalai Lama was an 'unwise' move by France that has hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and undermined bilateral ties, a state news agency said.

'Deputy Foreign Minister He Yafei has lodged a strong protest with the French side over Mr Sarkozy's meeting with the Dalai Lama,' Chinese state-run CCTV reported in its nightly broadcast.

KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA'S prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has banned hillside developments after a weekend landslide in suburban Kuala Lumpur killed four people and forced thousands to evacuate.

'I am sure this will incur the wrath of individual land owners and developers but enough is enough,' Mr Abdullah said, according to Sunday's Star, ordering current projects to be frozen while soil tests are carried out.

SINGAPORE beat Myanmar 3-1 to advance to the semi-finals of the Asean Football Federation Suzuki Cup in Jakarta on Sunday night.

But the match was marred by Myanmar goalkeeper Aung Aung Oo's pushing of referee Phung Dinh Dung. The goalie had been incensed by Phung's awarding of a controversial goal to Singapore in the 74th minute.