April 6, 2009 Monday
Updated

KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA' new prime minister urged the local media on Monday to criticise the government 'without fear,' but stopped short of saying if he would remove the annual licensing system that shackles publications.

Prime Minister Najib Razak, who took office on Friday, said he wants to build a free press that is transparent, accountable and caters to the needs of all Malaysians regardless of their race.

 
Militants face kidnap charge

MANILA - POLICE have filed kidnapping charges against al-Qaeda-linked extremists who seized three two Red Cross workers in January and are still holding two hostages, officials said on Monday.

Thai emergency call resisted

BANGKOK - THAI Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Monday that he did not need to declare a state of emergency to handle a massive anti-government demonstration planned in Bangkok later this week.

Death sentence for serial killer

DEPOK (Indonesia) - A SELF-CONFESSED Indonesian serial killer who recorded a pop album and wrote a grisly tell-all book from his prison cell was sentenced to death on Monday for the murder of a romantic rival.

   
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