BANGKOK - An INTERNATIONAL human rights group praised a Thai court ruling on Thursday that found soldiers responsible for the beating death of a detained Muslim religious leader in the country's turbulent south.
HANOI - HUNDREDS of Vietnamese farmers have protested as bulldozers under police guard started clearing their land for a new township and golf course near Hanoi, officials and residents said on Thursday.
MELBOURNE - TIGER Airways has refused a full refund to a Melbourne woman who was booked on a non-existent flight from Hobart, Tasmania, and then not told of her replacement flight until an hour after it departed, it has been reported.
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA will allow the Malay edition of a Catholic newspaper to resume publication, lifting a ban imposed for its use of the word 'Allah', an official said on Thursday - a move likely aimed at assuaging the anger of minorities in this Muslim-majority country.
