Japan minsiter warned over terrorrist remark

Japanese minister said that he knew an Al Qaeda member involed in the Bali BombingThe prime minster was shocked when he ehard it and said it was a totally inappropriate comment, considering both the place where he said it and the content.He ha snot reveal the indentity of his acquintance in question other than to say he met him trhough his hobby of collecting butterflies

Indon woman loss Amex case

A wealthy Indonesian woman who sued American Express to recover US$17.5million that the ban had deducted from her account due to foreign exchnage losses has lost her case in the High Court. She claimed that she did not know what she was signing when ehr son-in law, Mr Tommy Lim Thian Hong, asked her to put her name in the document in 1998. The Document turned out to be a" Third Party Liabilities agreement with Amex, under which the funds in her account were pledged to offset Mr Lim abilities to the bank.

Odex just won't quit

ANIME distributor Odex is not letting up its quest to bring illegal anime downloaders to the bookAt a close-door hearing yesterday in the High court, Justice Woo Bih Li to present further evidence to obtain the identities of illegal dowloaders. No date has been sat for hearing

100m sprint or marathon?

Singapore has to beat eight other cities to win the bid to host the inaugural Youth Olimpic in Agust,2010.The winning city, to be annouced in February, will play host to 3,500 atheletes aged 14 to 18 who will competein 26 sports. Thailand has a population of 60million, with 15 million in the 14-to18 age group. Thaliand plans to house its Youth OLmpic Village at the Thammasat University campus in Rangsit. An IOC panel will draw up a shortlist of five finalists to be anoouced on nov19.