KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA Airlines on Tuesday launched an air pass offering sharp fare discounts for travel within Southeast Asia in a bid to fill up its planes and spur tourism into the country.
The flag carrier plunged into the red in the first quarter, hit by a triple blow of overcapacity, fuel hedging losses and the global economic slump which hurt passenger and cargo demand.
YANGON - A COURT in military-ruled Myanmar will deliver its verdict in the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, on charges that could see the democracy leader jailed for up to five years, her lawyer said.
Myanmar's junta has sparked international outrage for prosecuting the Nobel peace laureate for breaching the rules of her house arrest after an American man swam uninvited to her lakeside house in May.
JAKARTA - INDONESIAN opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri launched a Constitutional Court challenge on Tuesday to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's election victory.
The daughter of independence hero Sukarno has refused to accept the results of the July 8 polls which she lost in a landslide to ex-general Yudhoyono, just as she lost the previous election to him in 2004.
