BANGKOK: Britain's decision to revoke the visas of ousted Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife provoked speculation in local press yesterday over where the self-exiled leader might set up home next.
JAKARTA - WITH the executions early yesterday of three Indonesian militants behind the 2002 Bali bombings, the focus is shifting to the hunt for a radical militant leader who allegedly masterminded the carnage.
Noordin Mohammed Top, a Malaysian- born fighter believed to be leading a radical faction of the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) regional network, has been the subject of a police manhunt since 2002.
KUALA LUMPUR: International Trade and Industry Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, who is running for the Umno deputy presidency, will face a rare fight for the post in internal polls in March after two opponents qualified over the weekend to challenge him.
PHNOM PENH - CAMBODIA'S top policeman died in a helicopter crash in bad weather that also claimed the life of a top-ranking army general, a government spokesman told AFP on Sunday.
