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                    [Title] => ASEAN to pay tribute to Mahathir
                    [Summary] => NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) — Southeast Asian leaders are planning a special tribute to veteran Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad at his farewell ASEAN summit here this week, officials said yesterday. 


Asia’s longest-serving elected leader arrives Monday on the eve of a two-day Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit, keeping a tight schedule even during his swansong, scheduling bilateral talks with leaders from China, South Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam and Indonesia.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 216411 [Title] => GMA warns Southeast Asia vs more terror attacks [Summary] => Brace for impact and do not drop your guard.

Southeast Asia must steel itself for the likelihood of more terrorist attacks following the deadly hotel bombing in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, President Arroyo said yesterday.

The Jakarta blast "is a clear message that the war against terrorism in the region must be pursued without letup through more intensive multilateral cooperation," she told finance ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Manila.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 200472 [Title] => Indon lawmakers visit jailed Rizal Day bomber [Summary] => Some members of the Indonesian Parliament paid suspected ranking Jemaah Islamiya member Agus Dwikarna a visit yesterday.

Dwikarna is serving a prison term at the Camp Crame detention center in Quezon City for illegal possession of explosives. He was convicted on July 11, 2002 by the Pasay City Regional Trial Court.

Details of the visit were not divulged to the press by local authorities and the unnamed members of the Indonesian Parliament.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 189522 [Title] => RP may reduce troops in Aceh [Summary] => President Arroyo might cut the number of Filipino troops deployed as peace monitors in Indonesia’s rebellious Aceh province after a separatist leader questioned the neutrality of the Philippine government.

However, Presidential Spokesman Rigoberto Tiglao said Mrs. Arroyo has not yet decided whether to withdraw or reduce the number of Filipino troops in Aceh.

"Not really withdrawing but we are emphasizing that we’re invited there on the basis of our being neutral and that is a very accurate assumption," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 182091 [Title] => Indonesian bomber will not be released — Ople [Summary] => An Indonesian terrorist convicted in the country for illegal possession of explosives will not be released by the Philippine government even on orders of Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople said yesterday.

Ople was referring to Angus Dwikarna, whose release was sought recently by politicians and members of President Arroyo’s Cabinet for the sake of maintaining good relations with Indonesia.

Ople denied the reports implying that he was one of the Cabinet officials working for Dwikarna’s release.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 181253 [Title] => Indon terrorist’s release sought [Summary] => Presidential Adviser for Special Concerns Norberto Gonzales — after his recent visit to Jakarta — had advised President Arroyo to immediately release an Indonesian terrorist convicted in the Philippines for illegal possession of explosives, a highly reliable source told The STAR yesterday.

The source said Gonzales wanted to free Agus Dwikarna, an Indonesian terrorist with links to the al-Qaeda network and allegedly involved in the Rizal Day bombings in December 2000, because of his affiliation with an influential political party.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180095 [Title] => GMA condoles with Indon leader [Summary] => President Arroyo called up Monday night Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri to express the Filipino people’s sympathy to the Indonesian nation for the terrorist bombing on the island of Bali.

Nearly 200 people were killed and 300 wounded in the massive explosion near two nightclubs in the tourist resort late Saturday.

Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said Mrs. Arroyo told Megawati in their 10-minute telephone conversation that the Philippines will send a four-member medical team to Bali to help Indonesian doctors treat bombing victims.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 179754 [Title] => EDITORIAL - When will Megawati act? [Summary] => The blast was horrific, destroying two nightclubs and several vehicles parked on the street in Bali’s popular Kuta area. But the bombing that was described as the worst terrorist attack in Indonesia was not entirely unexpected. [DatePublished] => 2002-10-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 171016 [Title] => Retrial for Indon bomber [Summary] => A convicted Indonesian, suspected of having links with Osama bin Landen’s al-Qaeda terror network, was granted his wish that his case involving illegal possession of explosives be tried again.

Agus Dwikarna’s case is expected to be retried from Aug. 16 at the Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC).

On July 12, Pasay City RTC Branch 117 Judge Hernick Gingoyon found Dwikarna guilty of illegal possession of explosives and sentenced him to a maximum of 17 years in prison.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 161417 [Title] => Pinoy hybrid corn endorsed [Summary] => Here’s good news to Filipino farmers.

A white hybrid corn developed by a Filipino entrepreneur has been endorsed by Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri as her country’s rice substitute and basic food commodity during the celebration of the "Corn Festival 2002" in that country last April 26.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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