JAKARTA - INDONESIA denied allegations on Wednesday that it is imposing non-tariff trade barriers by restricting imports of major goods to five ports and requiring translations of imported food labels.
JAKARTA - TWO Indonesians have died of bird flu, apparently after contact with sick chickens, raising the country's death toll to 115, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
BANGKOK - THAILAND'S prime minister on Wednesday refused to grant UN experts access to 126 boat people from Myanmar, following allegations that the Thai army had left them to die on the open seas.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva dodged reporters' questions on a request from the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) to visit the group, and urged it instead to work with Thai authorities.
JAKARTA - MUSLIM leaders on Wednesday cautiously welcomed President Barack Obama's promise of a fresh start to US relations with the Islamic world and moves to halt 'war on terror' trials at Guantanamo Bay.
