Updated 2.44pm, 20 May 2009 JAKARTA, 20 May 2009: Seventy-eight people were confirmed dead when an Indonesian air force’s Hercules C-130 aircraft, with about 130 people onboard, plunged into a housing area in Magetan, east Java this morning. Authorities fear death toll could top 100, including among the villagers whose houses were crushed in the […]
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LTTE chief Prabhakaran shot dead
NEW DELHI, 18 May 2009: The elusive Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, who fought a quarter-century secessionist war with the Sri Lankan government, has been shot dead by the Sri Lankan army. According to military sources in Colombo, Prabakharan and his intelligence chief, Pottu Amman, were killed last night while they […]
LTTE chief’s son is dead says Lanka military
NEW DELHI, 18 May 2009: Sri Lanka military today claimed that it had discovered the dead body of Charles Anthony, the eldest son of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief Veluppillai Prabhakaran. Sri Lanka’s military website said troops of 53 Division found the body of Anthony in Vellamullaikkal area in the island’s north this […]
No intention of using the military to assist police
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 March 2009: The government has no intention of using the military to assist police in guarding strategic and high-risk areas in the country, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said the police were still capable of maintaining public security, and this role has never been […]
Soldiers urged to write about experiences
KUALA LUMPUR, 9 Dec 2008: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today urged military personnel to write books on their experiences during overseas stints. Abdullah, who is also defence minister, said military personnel who had served in places like Bosnia Herzegovina and Somalia should put pen to paper to give a true picture of […]
