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Revision as of 17:44, 9 July 2006
This page deals with events that took place in or are of interest to Southeast Asia and/or events that involved its citizens. Template:Update current event
8 July 2006 (Saturday)
After weeks of political unrest, José Ramos Horta is appointed the new prime minister of East Timor by President Xanana Gusmão, replacing Marí Alkatiri.(AP)
In his weekly radio address, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says Thailand remains free of avian influenza after more than 290 days and that the recent deaths of many chickens and birds was from Newcastle disease and not the H5N1 virus. (TNA)
7 July 2006 (Friday)
6 fugitgve soldiers linked to an alleged failed coup plot is arrested in Manila. [1]
SEZ Company of Cambodia has agreed a joint venture with Zephyr Company of Japan to jointly develop Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone.(AKP)- Cambodia has signed on agreement on gas and oil exploration in Cambodia 's offshore Block A with a foreign conglomerate including MOECE Company of Japan, Chevron Company of the USA and GS Caltex of South Korea. (TVK)
- Officials agree to open a new immigration checkpoint in Thailand's Trat Province, opposite Battambang Province, Cambodia. (TNA)
- In the South Thailand insurgency, the government closes a school in Pattani Province after two teachers are shot and seriously wounded. (TNA)
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A Thai man is missing and presumed dead in a flash flood along the Myanmar border in Mae Hong Son Province. The rains may also pre-empt a rafting festival in Prachin Buri Province's Na Di district, scheduled for July 9-15. (TNA) 
Noxious black sludge oozing from around an oil well near Surabaya, East Java, has driven about 8,000 people from their homes. The Banjar Panji-1 exploration well is operated by Lapindo Brantas, a subsidiary of PT Energi Mega Persada. Australia's Santos Ltd. and PT Medco Energi International Tbk also hold shares in the odorous, mud-spewing well. (Reuters)
Today, a Singaporean state-owned newspaper, suspends the column of popular blogger mrbrown (real name Lee Kin Mun) just a week after he had satirised post-election price hikes for taxi fares and electricity. (Reuters)
6 July 2006 (Thursday)
Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng fires Maj-Gen Cao Ngoc Oanh, head of the investigative police in the Public Security Ministry and accepts the resignation of Nguyen Van Lam, deputy head of the Government Office, in connection with the PMU 18 scandal. (AFP)
5 July 2006 (Wednesday)
- Sixty-five Muslim insurgents surrender to Thai authorities in Narathiwat. (TNA)
- Nearly 200 chickens in Phichit are culled and buried in a bid to prevent the possible spread of the H5N1 virus. More than 1,000 chickens are dead from unknown causes and a child is hospitalised with a suspicious illness. (TNA)
Haze allegedly caused by open burning in Sumatra, Indonesia shrouds the skyline of Penang, Malaysia. (Bernama)
4 July 2006 (Tuesday)
- The Bangkok Metro is partially shut down for three hours because brake problems keep two trains at Klong Toey station, blocking part of the line. Additionally, Thailand's cabinet approves a fare increase for the subway after the operator had already raised the fares. The government says Bangkok Metro must give a 30-day notification before an increase and that passengers should get refunds for the early increase. The cabinet-approved fare hike goes into effect next month. (TNA) (TNA)
- The World Health Organization reports that a 5-year-old boy who died recently in East Java has tested positive for the bird flu virus. It's the 41st death from the H5N1 virus in Indonesia. (ANTARA)
- A Japanese cargo ship foils a pirate attack in the Strait of Malacca off Sumatra. Days before, pirates had raided two UN-chartered ships in the same area. The International Maritime Bureau says there have now been six piracy incidents in the Strait in 2006. (AP)
- Malaysia calls an emergency meeting at the United Nations. It concerns the latest development in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Bernama)
3 July 2006 (Monday)
- Clashes between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and pro-government militias have prompted at least 5,000 villagers to flee their homes in Maguindanao. (Manila Standard)
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At a meeting in Pakxe, foreign ministers of the five-member ACMECS group agree on a plan to fight cross-border transmission of H5N1 and such other diseases as malaria, dengue fever, and HIV/AIDS. (Bangkok Post)
2 July 2006 (Sunday)
- Foreign judges arrive in Cambodia for the United Nations-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal. (AFP)
- Cambodia wins Asian Nation Series Division 6 Tournament of Rugby. (Planet Rugby)
- A mudslide destroys bungalows on Ko Chang as heavy rains lash the Gulf of Thailand. (The Nation)
- Haze pollution from forest fires on Sumatra blankets Thailand's Satun Province. The haze also covers parts of the Malaysian states of Kedah and Perlis. Visibility is worst in the afternoons and is proving hazardous for ships at sea and highway traffic. (TNA) (Bangkok Post)
1 July 2006 (Saturday)
- Thailand's caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra resumes his weekly radio broadcast after a four-month break. He hints that the October 15 legislative election could be postponed if political developments demand the government stay in charge longer, and takes a potshot at an unnamed "charismatic figure". Broadcast journalists and other critics say the show is an improper use of government resources. (Bangkok Post) (The Nation)
Template:Malaysia and Singapore events by month links
News collections and sources
Helpful resources
- Wikipedia:News collections and sources.
- Wikipedia:News sources - This has much of the same material organised in a hierarchical manner to help encourage NPOV in our news reporting.
Brunei
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
- Bernama [10]
- Daily Express [11] (mainly Sabah news)
- The Edge [12]
- New Straits Times [13]
- Malaysiakini [14]
- The Malay Mail [15]
- The Star [16]
Myanmar
Philippines
- Philippines News Agency (PNA) [20]
- INQ7 (GMA Network) [21]
- The Daily Tribune [22]
- Manila Bulletin [23]
- Manila Standard [24]
- Manila Times [25]
- Philippine Daily Inquirer [26]
- Philippine Star [27]
Singapore
Thailand
- Bangkok Post [33]
- Business Day [34]
- The Nation [35]
- National News Bureau (NNB) [36]
- Thai News Agency (TNA) [37]
- International Herald Tribune/ThaiDay [38]
Vietnam
- Nhan Dan [39]
- Saigon Times [40]
- Thanh Nien News [41]
- VietnamNet [42]
- Vietnam News Agency (VNA) [43]
- Viet Nam News (VNN) [44]
