YOGYAKARTA (Indonesia) - THE pilot of a Garuda Indonesia jet that crashed in 2007, killing 21 people, blamed a faulty wing flap Tuesday for the plane's lethal air speed as it came in to land.

KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIAN authorities have seized the butchered remains of dozens of civet cats, long-tailed monkeys and wild boar destined to be sold to neighbouring countries, an official said on Tuesday.

The Department of Wildlife and National Parks said it seized a total of 7,000 kilos of exotic meat in a raid near the Thai border on Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR - OPPOSITION leader Anwar Ibrahim will go on trial for sodomy in July, Malaysia's high court said on Tuesday, overruling the politician's fears of not getting a fair hearing.

High Court Judge Mohamad Zabidin Mohamad Diah scheduled hearings for July 1-24, nearly a year after Mr Anwar pleaded innocent in August 2008 to a charge of sodomising a 23-year-old male former aide.