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Thai police vow crackdown on Buddha statue thieves

Thai police promised to get tough with criminals who steal historic artefacts for the international market after a spate of thefts from the old capital of Ayuthaya outraged the public in the Buddhist country.
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Indonesia to seek delay of China-ASEAN trade pact - minister

Indonesia plans to ask for a delay in a free-trade pact between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for certain products as local producers fear it may hurt their business, the industry minister said on Wednesday. ...
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School holidays in Malaysia, time for circumcision

Thousands of Malaysian boys will begin the journey into adulthood at mass circumcision ceremonies that start this month throughout this mainly Muslim Southeast Asian nation. ...
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Indonesian ferry sinks; 29 dead, most survive

An overloaded ferry sank in bad weather off Indonesia's Riau islands on Sunday, killing 29 people, while 245 passengers survived the accident, officials said....
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Ousted Thai premier Thaksin arrives in Cambodia

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, wanted at home for a graft conviction, arrived in Cambodia on Tuesday to take up a government job offer that has set off a diplomatic row with Bangkok. ...
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Japan urges Myanmar to release Suu Kyi before poll

Japan urged Myanmar on Saturday to release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before next year's election, adding it was ready to provide more aid if democratisation in the country advanced....
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Japan steps up ties with Mekong region at summit

Japan stressed on Saturday the development needs of the resource-rich Mekong River region where Japan, China and the United States are competing for influence in an area seen as a last frontier of emerging Asia. ...
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Indonesia says may seek compensation over Timor Sea oil leak

Indonesia may seek compensation from a company operating a Timor Sea oil rig that leaked into Australian and Indonesian waters and then caught fire, a foreign ministry official said on Friday. ...
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Malaysia's oldest nomads struggle to find a home

For thousands of years, Malaysia's nomadic Batek tribe have roamed the country's ancient tropical rainforests, completely at one with their natural habitat....
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Thailand recalls envoy from Cambodia over Thaksin

Thailand said on Thursday it would recall its ambassador to Cambodia after its government made Thaksin Shinawatra, a former Thai prime minister on the run from a graft conviction, an economic adviser. ...
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