Portal:Southeast Asia/2006 September 13

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September 13, 2006 (Wednesday) edit history watch

Responsibility for an international police force deployed to crisis-hit East Timor is handed over to the United Nations. (ANTARA) The 49th death from H5N1 is confirmed in Indonesia. The victim is a five-year-old boy who died in March. (Reuters) Myanmar makes the most extensive use of land mines of any country in the world, according to a report by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Myanmar is also among only three countries in the world still using land mines, the other two being Nepal and Russia. (AP) (Irrawaddy)