enlarge School children are carried out of the bus after ten hours of hostage drama in Manila on Wednesday. A gunman who held a busload of children and teachers hostage for 10 hours in the Philippines surrendered late 28 March after releasing them and was taken away by police.//AFP
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Philippine children freed after hostage ordeal
Manila - A Philippine pre-school head surrendered to police on Wednesday after holding a busload of his own students hostage with a hand grenade and other weapons in what he said was an appeal to help them.
Emergency rule proposal plunges share prices
Thai share prices closed 1.40 per cent lower on Wednesday, faring worse than the regional average, as the junta leader called for imposing emergency rule in Bangkok, brokers said.
Little commitment to new ideas
Manila - Asean civil societies have urged the drafters of the Asean charter to avoid using "terrorism" and called for an additional pillar concerning the environment.
CAPTION CONTEST Look, who's talking?
Welcome to our "caption contest". This is a photo picked up from a photo gallery on www.hithaksin.net. The website's caption of this photo, which showed ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra chat on a telephone with someone, said: "I am lonely in London."
Junta plans stern action to muzzle detractors
The junta is likely to employ drastic measures against protesting supporters of ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra and detractors of the September 19 coup, although a Council for National Security (CNS) spokesman yesterday denied that any such action would be taken.
Thailand to face Iraq in chilly Jordan
Having endured a long haul journey, Thailand team manager Kasem Jariyawatwong is hoping that jet lag will not take its toll on his side when they lock horns with Iraq in their Olympic qualifying Asian Zone Group E third match today.
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School children are carried out of the bus after ten hours of hostage drama in Manila on Wednesday. A gunman who held a busload of children and teachers hostage for 10 hours in the Philippines surrendered late 28 March after releasing them and was taken away by police.//AFP
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