- Cambodian and international judges begin talks to prevent the collapse of the Khmer Rouge trials.
- Fighting breaks out in East Timor between Australian-led peacekeeping troops and forces loyal to renegade military commander Alfredo Reinado.
- Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 bursts into flames upon landing at Yogyakarta, killing 22 people.
- Two earthquakes of magnitude 6.3 and 6.1 strike Sumatra, causing at least 82 deaths.
- The first fatality from H5N1, or bird flu, is reported in Laos.
- Thai television station iTV (news van pictured) is nearly taken off the air in a dispute over unpaid concession fees to the Prime Minister's Office. However, the station is allowed to continue broadcasting via a relay through the government's Public Relations Department.
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