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Sep 16, 2010

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Manila officials face charges over hostage crisis

The Philippine justice secretary said Thursday she will recommend criminal and administrative charges against about 10 officials, police officers and journalists over the deaths of eight Hong Kong tourists last month in a botched hostage rescue that outraged China.

Thai Court Issues Injunction To Stall 3G Licenses Auction -NTC
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Cambodia indicts four Khmer Rouge leaders
Four top Khmer Rouge leaders will stand trial for crimes including genocide during the “Killing Fields” era, Cambodia’s UN-backed court said Thursday, just weeks after its landmark first conviction.

Manila officials, police face hostage crisis raps
The Philippine justice chief said Thursday she’ll recommend criminal and administrative charges against about 10 officials, police officers and journalists over last month’s killing of eight Hong Kong tourists in a botched hostage rescue that outraged China.

Manila Officials Face Charges Over Hostage Incident
Ten people, including government officials, will face charges in the deaths of eight hostage on a bus in downtown Manila last month.

Philippines seeks charges in Hong Kong hostage fiasco
Philippine investigators said Thursday they are to seek charges against up to 10 people, including police officers, over a hostage siege in which a lone gunman killed eight Hong Kong tourists.

Indonesian police kill 2 in Papua province
Police say they fired into a crowd, killing two villagers and wounding another after a traffic accident in eastern Indonesia sparked a riot.

Philippines: At least 10 might be charged in deadly bus rescue
At least 10 people might be charged in the fatally bungled rescue of tourists in a bus standoff last month in the Philippines, state-run media said Thursday.

Myanmar expands private banks with military ties
Myanmar is expanding the number of private banks in the reclusive state ahead of November elections, a step that looks set to strengthen the hand of businessmen with close ties to the ruling generals.

Cambodian censors axe ‘love for auction’ TV series
Cambodia on Thursday cancelled a TV mini-series about a beautiful woman whose suitors have to bid for her hand in marriage at auction — with a starting price of one million dollars.

Four sentenced in plot to bribe Vietnamese officials
Three siblings, all former executives of an export company, and their business partner have been sentenced for bribing Vietnamese government officials in exchange for lucrative contracts, the US Justice Department said Thursday.

Cambodian garment workers call off strike
Cambodian union leaders on Thursday called off a mass strike by tens of thousands of garment workers demanding higher wages after the government stepped in and arranged talks with manufacturers.

Cambodia tribunal indicts four
Cambodia’s UN-backed war crimes tribunal indicts four former Khmer Rouge leaders, paving the way for its second trial.

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