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Rebels shoot dead Indon army officer
B>BANDA ACEH (Indonesia): /B>Separatist guerrillas shot dead a sub-district military commander and a village chief in the restive province of Aceh while Indonesian forces moved to control main rebel bases there, the military said yesterday.
Tight security in Philippines on All Saints’ Day
Millions of people flocked to cemeteries around the Philippines on All Saints' Day yesterday to pay respects to their dead amid the watchful eye of thousands of security forces.
U.N. tribunal faces questions after Milosevic death
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The U.N. war crimes tribunal hopes an autopsy on Slobodan Milosevic on Sunday will clear up the cause of his death in his cell only months before a verdict was due in his four-year-old trial.
Serbia says no state funeral for Milosevic - president
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian President Boris Tadic said on Sunday Slobodan Milosevic should not receive a state funeral and made clear he will not grant an amnesty to his widow who faces arrest if she returns from Russia for the burial.
Ex-Indonesia foreign minister Alatas dies in Singapore
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Former Indonesian foreign minister Ali Alatas, who once served as United Nations special envoy to Myanmar, died in Singapore on Thursday, Indonesian officials said.
Pak Ali served his country well
Ali Alatas, 76, passed away in Singapore yesterday. The formerIndonesian Foreign Minister may be remembered for vigorouslydefending his country's occupation of East Timor, but to many,Pak Ali will be missed as an intelligent and wise diplomat.
Philippines rules out hero's burial for dictator Marcos
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Benigno Aquino has decided not to allow the body of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to be buried in a cemetery for national heroes in Manila, his spokesman said on Saturday.
Australian PM to visit Indonesia on first foreign trip
Sydney (AFP) - Australia's Tony Abbott makes his debut foreign trip as prime minister on Monday, visiting Indonesia where he will discuss asylum-seekers following the first deadly accident involving boat people since he took power.
Japanese emperor asks youth to keep alive memories of World War Two
MANILA (Reuters) - Japanese Emperor Akihito on Wednesday urged the younger generation to "keep alive the memories of the Second World War" and the hardship that followed, as a way of avoiding conflict amid growing maritime tension in the East and South China Sea.
Philippines' Duterte to allow burial of Marcos at heroes' cemetery
MANILA (Reuters) - President-elect Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he would allow the burial of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Philippines' heroes' cemetery, despite strong opposition.
