PHNOM PENH - CAMBODIAN Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday accused neighbouring Thailand of preparing a coup against his government as the war of words between the neighbouring nations worsened.
Mr Hun Sen said he had seen a secret Thai government document outlining the plan to mount a coup, which he said he had passed to Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni to show the 'bad character of our neighbouring leaders'.
JAKARTA - THE father-in-law of slain Malaysian terror leader Noordin Mohammed Top was arrested on Thursday during a raid in West Java, Indonesian police said.
The head of the Detachment 88 counter-terror squad, Tito Karnavian, said that Noordin's accomplice Baharudin Latif was arrested early morning in the West Java district of South Garut after months on the run.
TOKYO - PROSECUTORS charged two former aides of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Mr Hatoyama on Thursday with giving false reports about political funding, a serious embarrassment for his new government.
Mr Hatoyama, who has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, immediately called a news conference and apologized for the scandal. Prosecutors said the prime minister will not face any charges.
SYDNEY - AUSTRALIAN holidaymakers were evacuated on Thursday from a campsite in the path of raging wildfires, a day after an inferno destroyed 13 homes in the country's south-east, officials said.
Fire crews in Victoria state were on high alert as strong winds and searing temperatures prompted extreme fire warnings, with four blazes burning out of control in the Gippsland region north of Melbourne.
