February 16, 2009 Monday
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JAKARTA - MEMBERS of an Islamic group held a protest outside the US embassy in the Indonesian capital on Monday.

The protestors held placards in a demonstration against the upcoming visit by Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton, who is on her first mission overseas as President Barack Obama's chief diplomat.

 
Ivory boom endangers elephants

HANOI - ELEPHANTS in Indochina are under increasing threat as ivory prices in Vietnam surge, a survey by wildlife trade monitoring organisation TRAFFIC said on Monday.

Thai airports lost $72m

BANGKOK - THAILAND'S airports announced a loss of US$48 million (S$72.7 million) in the last quarter of 2008 amid a blockade of its two Bangkok hubs and a poor global economic climate, the airport authority said on Monday.

Airports of Thailand (AOT) issued a statement revealing a loss of 1.68 billion baht between October and December last year compared to a profit of nearly 340 million baht for the same period in 2007.

Appeal for racial unity

KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA'S king on Monday appealed for unity in the multi-ethnic nation, and hit out at bloggers whom he said were causing 'confusion' among the population.

'We are sad that despite 50 years of independence, racial issues are still being raised and debated,' Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin said in a speech at the opening of parliament.

   
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