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Black swifts saved from extinction
The endangered black swifts that produce the lucrative bird's nest have been saved from extinction in the prehistoric Niah National Park in northern Sarawak.
Sultan: Lenggong find a jewel in the crown
The Sultan of Perak has likened the discovery of remnants of past civilisations in the Lenggong Valley here as a #8220;jewel in the crown#8221; for archaeologists.
Top Islamic militant escapes from Manila jail
B>MANILA: /B>The Philippines ordered a nationwide hunt yesterday after one of the region's top Islamic militants escaped from a high-security prison, apparently with the connivance of his guards.
Fighting breaks out in Laos
B>HANOI:/BSmall-scale fighting has broken out in Laos, Thai and Vietnamese sources said yesterday, a day after a US-based Lao exile group claimed pro-democracy forces had begun a #8220;revolution#8221; to topple the communist regime.
US ready to help centre to study terrorism
The United States has pledged all its support in terms of offering courses and trainers for the South-East Asia Regional Centre for Counter-Terrorism in Kuala Lumpur.
Three senior JI militants held Hambali not among them
B>JAKARTA:/BIndonesian police have arrested at least three senior Jemaah Islamiah Muslim militants over the Bali bombings and foiled plans for more attacks, but they have not yet caught the group's operations chief, they said yesterday.
JI weapons cache found
B>JAKARTA:/BIndonesian police have arrested nine suspected Jemaah Islamiah militants linked to last year's Bali attacks and seized explosives and chemicals capable of making a bomb 10 times bigger than those which hit the island.
PM's Ukraine trip to open up trade potential
Ukraine is looking forward to the groundbreaking visit by Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Sunday with great anticipation.
Filipino pleads guilty to train attack
A self-confessed militant pleaded guilty yesterday to a bomb attack on a suburban train in 2000, for which the government has also indicted top leaders of the Jemaah Islamiah network.
Suspected bomb-maker for militants turns himself in
B>BANGKOK:/BA Thai man, suspected of being the bomb-maker for Islamic militants rounded up while plotting to attack Western embassies and beach resorts, has turned himself in, a police general said yesterday.
