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3 Jailed in Brunei for Cell Phone Videos

Three men in the tiny Southeast Asian sultanate of Brunei have been sentenced to a year in prison for sending cell phone video clips that were considered seditious and insulting to the royal family, police said.

Rumsfeld to Make First Trip to Vietnam

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld will make his first trip to Vietnam next week, as part of a broader effort to forge stronger military relationships with countries in Southeast Asia.

8 New Frog Species Discovered in Laos

You want to find a new frog species? Head to the Southeast Asian nation of Laos. gcScientists working in conjunction with the New York-based World Conservation Society, or WCS, say they have discovered eight new species of frogs in the past two years. Among them is one where the male is half the size of the female and another which has a row of spines running down its belly.

U.S. Freezes Indonesian Suspects' Assets

The Bush administration moved Thursday to financially clamp down on four Indonesians the United States suspects are leaders of an al-Qaida-linked Southeast Asian terror group.

ASEAN Seeks to Prod Myanmar to Democracy

Regional powers China and India must step in to prod Myanmar toward democratic reforms since efforts by its Southeast Asian neighbors have largely failed to bear fruit, the chief of the ASEAN bloc said Thursday.

Cambodian Prime Minister Wants Envoy Out

Cambodia's prime minister said Wednesday that a U.N. human rights representative was no longer welcome in the Southeast Asian nation after the envoy criticized the government's crackdown on dissent.

Cambodia Demands New Human Rights Envoy

Cambodia's prime minister said Wednesday that a U.N. human rights representative is no longer welcome in the Southeast Asian nation after the envoy criticized the government's crackdown on dissent.

Indonesian Now Leads Jemaah Islamiyah

A young Indonesian militant with close links to al-Qaida is now in charge of the Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, which remains dangerous despite more than 270 arrests since 2000, a top counterterrorism official said Wednesday.

Moussaoui Jury Watches Video Testimony

Al-Qaida adherent Zacarias Moussaoui told an Islamic radical in Malaysia that he had a dream about flying a plane into the White House, according to court testimony Wednesday.

Officials: Terrorist Pulled Out of Plot

A Malaysian recruited by al-Qaida to pilot a plane in a second wave of Sept. 11-style attacks on the United States has been in custody in his homeland since December 2002, Southeast Asian security officials said Friday.

Malaysian Involved in '02 U.S. Terror Plot

A Malaysian recruited by al-Qaida to become a pilot for a second wave of Sept. 11-style attacks on the United States pulled out of the plan after he witnessed the carnage of the first assaults, Southeast Asian officials said Friday.