Issue: June 22, 2012 (Archive)

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Suu Kyi seeks world help to 'complete journey'
Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday urged the world to help Burma complete its journey towards democracy as she became the first foreign woman to address both houses of Britain's parliament.

US trade chief steps down
US Commerce Secretary John Bryson, who has been under investigation for his role in two car crashes this month, said late yesterday he was resigning to "prevent distractions" at the department he led for less than a year.

Bali bombmaker cheats death
An Indonesian court yesterday convicted bombmaker Umar Patek for his role in the 2002 Bali attacks that killed 202 people - several from Hong Kong - and jailed him for 20 years, ending a decade-long probe into the atrocity.

Jakarta homes hit by aircraft
An Indonesian air force plane crashed into a military housing complex in Jakarta, killing six crew members and critically injuring at least five other people.

Mental ward call for killer Breivik
Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway in July last year, should be locked up in a psychiatric ward instead of prison, prosecutors argued yesterday.

Refugee boat horror
Scores are feared to have drowned after a boat carrying about 200 suspected asylum seekers capsized in Indonesian waters 220 kilometers north of Australia's Christmas Island.

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