YANGON - MYANMAR received nearly 25 per cent fewer tourists through its main airport in 2008, official figures showed Tuesday, in a year when a deadly cyclone laid waste to vast swathes of the military-run nation.
BANGKOK - THAILAND on Wednesday named new dates for a delayed summit of Southeast Asian nations, but said arrangements for meetings with heavyweight partners including China and Japan would be made separately.
The 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have agreed to meet in Bangkok on Feb 27, 28 and March 1, said Mr Virasakdi Futrakul, permanent secretary of the foreign ministry.
MANOKWARI (Indonesia) - ABOUT 7,000 people in eastern Indonesia are living in tents after a series of powerful earthquakes destroyed hundreds of houses and stoked fears of a tsunami in an area still traumatized by 2004's deadly waves, an official said on Tuesday.
JAKARTA - INDONESIAN prosecutors on Tuesday said they would launch a Supreme Court appeal against the acquittal of a former top spy accused of plotting the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib.
