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High numbers of police personnel are deployed into wooded areas on Tuesday March 4, 2008 in Singapore. Authorities believe a top Muslim terror suspect has not managed to flee Singapore and have launched an investigation into how he escaped from a high-security prison, a senior government official said Sunday. More than a thousand security personnel were involved in a nationwide search for Mas Selamat Kastari, who is accused of plotting to hijack a plane and crash it into the Singapore's international airport
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 BBC News 
Singapore boosts security over threat to oil tankers
Fri 5 Mar 2010
| Singapore has bolstered security on land and sea, after receiving reports of a possible plot to attack oil tankers in the Malacca Strait. | Home Minister Wong Han Seng said the threat to the country... (photo: AP / Wong Maye-E)
 Indonesian sailors look out from the deck of their patrol vessel during inaugural joint three nation patrols in the Malacca Straits Tuesday July 20, 2004. The three countries with waters bordering the Straits, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, agreed to
Indonesia   Malacca   Photos   Singapore   Terror  
 The Guardian 
Security raised in Malacca Strait after terror warning
Thu 4 Mar 2010
* Terrorist threat against tankers, shipping group says * Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore navies step up patrols * Malacca Strait a key Asian oil and cargo shipping lane * Attack could disrupt trade at... (photo: AP Photo/Ed Wray)
 ISS012-E-21343 (29 Mar. 2006) --- The shadow of the moon falls on Earth as seen from the International Space Station, 230 miles above the planet, during a total solar eclipse at about 4:50 a.m. CST Wednesday, March 29. This digital photo was taken by the  Deccan Chronicle  Thu 4 Mar 2010
Chile quake shortened days: Nasa scientist
Chile quake shortened days: Nasa scientist | Washington, March 2: The powerful earthquake that shook Chile on Saturday probably shifted the earth’s axis and made days slightly shorter, a Nasa scient... (photo: NASA)
Chile   Disaster   Earthquake   Photos   Science  
Residents and rescue workers search for victims at the site where an earthquake-triggered landslide hit a village in Cikangkareng village, West java, Indonesia, Friday, Sept. 4, 2009. The 7.0-magnitude quake rocked southern Indonesia on Wednesday, unleashing mudslides that buried villagers in their homes.  IRINnews  Wed 3 Mar 2010
INDONESIA: Small-scale disasters take their toll
web | CIWIDEY, 3 March 2010 (IRIN) - Small-scale disasters affect thousands of Indonesians every year, yet the floods and landslides that constantly hit the country are overshadowed by more devastatin... (photo: AP / Irwin Fedriansyah)
Asia   Disasters   Floods   Indonesia   Photos  
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Indonesian police officers check a car during a search for militants in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. The New York Times Wed 10 Mar 2010
Indonesian Forces Kill 3 Terror Suspects
| JAKARTA — Indonesian counterterrorism forces stormed an Internet cafe and a nearby house on the outskirts of Jakarta on Tuesday, killing three suspected terrorist... (photo: AP / Heri Juanda)
Indonesia   Jakarta   Photos   Security   Terrorism  
Vehicle - Car Inquirer Tue 9 Mar 2010
Vehicle sales up 37%; Campi says industry to continue posting growth
| MANILA, Philippines--The local automotive industry has kept its growth momentum by registering a 36.6-percent increase in sales as of the end of February. | In the firs... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Industry   Manila   Photos   Sales   Vehicles  
Cars - Vehicles - Parking Lot Inquirer Tue 9 Mar 2010
Summer heat no picnic for your car
| MANILA, Philippines--You may be celebrating this dry season as being perfect for your car. And why wouldn't you? The last rainy season only brought a flood of despair t... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Cars   Motorists   Philippines   Photos   Weather  
Ateneo de Davao University Roxas Avenue Entrance Gate - University Inquirer Tue 9 Mar 2010
Candidates frustrate audience at Ateneo forum
| DAVAO CITY, Philippines—All presidential candidates except the three who have consistently topped the surveys were at the presidential forum at the Ateneo de Davao Univ... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Davao   Philippines   Photos   Politics   University  
New York Mercantile Exchange, NYME, New York, USA, March 2008 The Press Democrat Tue 9 Mar 2010
Oil drops to near $81 after monthlong run-up
| Benchmark crude for April delivery was down 68 cents to $81.19 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The ... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis)
Economy   New York   Photos   Singapore   US  


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