JAKARTA - REGIONAL cooperation to deal with Sars and avian influenza have left Southeast Asia in a stronger position to tackle an outbreak of swine flu, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations said on Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR- MALAYSIA is on 'high alert' over the swine flu threat and will install thermal scanners at international airports to screen arriving travellers, officials and reports said on Monday.

YANGON - MEMBERS of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party came from across Myanmar on Monday to discuss elections planned for next year by the ruling junta, a spokesman said.