May 2, 2009 Saturday
Updated

BANGKOK - THAILAND on Saturday sought to reassure Asian leaders that a regional summit to be rescheduled and held on the southern isle of Phuket would not end in chaos as an earlier meeting did in April.

The summit of leaders from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations and six dialogue partners was abruptly cancelled last month after anti-government protesters stormed the venue in the coastal city of Pattaya.

 
In their own words

'Fortify the spirit of the revolution! Be on your guard against the strategy and tactics of the enemy so as to defend the country, the people and the Party.'

Forgive but not forget

ANLONG VENG DISTRICT (NORTH-WEST CAMBODIA): The men ate in silence, downing a hearty breakfast of pork vermicelli soup and chicken drumstick rice, their bleary eyes glued to the television set mounted on the coffee shop's wall.

A news bulletin showed former Khmer Rouge chief executioner Duch lifting his arms repeatedly, telling a rapt courtroom how torturers at the notorious S-21 prison he ran in the 1970s dipped a woman detainee headfirst into a water jar.

ADB to set up $4.5b fund

NUSA DUA (Indonesia) - THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Saturday it will establish a US$3 billion (S$4.44 billion) fund to boost developing member countries' fiscal spending capacity amid the global economic crisis.

ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda announced plans for the new facility at the bank's annual meeting on the Indonesian island of Bali, saying it would provide short-term loans faster and cheaper than existing programmes.

   
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