KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA'S next premier Najib Razak on Tuesday warned the ruling party it must embark on a radical overhaul to win back public support, or face the end of its half-century grip on power.
JAYAPURA (Indonesia) - FOUR Dutch journalists were detained by police in Indonesia's remote Papua region on Tuesday for reporting on a protest calling for independence from Jakarta, police said.
JAKARTA - INDONESIAN prosecutors demanded 20 years' jail on Tuesday for an alleged terrorist from Singapore who has confessed to killing a teacher and plotting an attack against Western tourists.
Mohammad Hasan bin Saynudin laughed and giggled as the prosecution announced it would not seek the maximum sentence of death.
COTABATO (Philippines) - A ROADSIDE bomb went off about 10 seconds after a passenger bus passed by early on Tuesday in the southern Philippines, the latest attack believed staged by an extortion gang led by former Muslim rebels, police said.
