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Headlines in February 2008

Blogger Nay Myo Latt is detained in a crackdown on the Internet by the Burmese junta. East Timorese President José Ramos-Horta is wounded in an attack that leaves rebel leader Alfredo Reinado dead. Floods in Jakarta kill three people, displace thousands and cover the roads to Soekarno-Hatta Airport A landslide in Brebes, Central Java, kills seven people. Eight civilians are killed in a raid by Armed Forces of the Philippines commandos in Sulu who were looking for two hostages seized by the Abu Sayyaf. Singapore wins the bid to host the 2010 Youth Olympic Games. The Thai government led by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej is officially endorsed. Close allies of military-ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra hold positions, including Noppadol Pattama as foreign minister, Chalerm Yoobamrung as interior minister and Surapong Suebwonglee as finance minister. Samak also holds the defense minister portfolio. The Roman Catholic Church in Vietnam ends more than a month of protests in Hanoi after the Vietnamese government agrees to return church land seized 50 years ago.

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