May 27, 2009 Wednesday
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BANGKOK - A HEALTHY panda cub was born in a Thai zoo on Wednesday, the first in the country after years of failed attempts that included using mating videos to entice the bears to have sex.

Staff were unaware that Lin Hui, a 7-year-old female, was pregnant, Chiang Mai Zoo's director Thananpat Pongamorn said.

 
Cambodia's 1st overpass

PHNOM PENH - CAMBODIA broke ground at its capital's busiest intersection on Wednesday for what will be the country's first road overpass.

Funds for typhoon alert upgrade

MANILA - JAPAN on Wednesday extended a two billion-peso (S$61.3 million) grant to the Philippines to help it improve its defences against deadly typhoons, the Filipino government said.

PM rejects Chin Peng's return

KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA on Wednesday ruled out appeals to allow the return of exiled former communist chief Chin Peng, who led a bloody guerrilla campaign after World War II.

Chin Peng lost his final legal appeal to return to Malaysia last month, but several groups including members of the ruling coalition have urged the government to allow the 85-year-old to return on humanitarian grounds.

   
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