Disastrous
Sunday, May 28th, 2006 | 1:00 am @ SK
27 May 2006, a disastrous day in the history of South East Asia.
A powerful earthquake struck around Indonesia’s royal city of Yogyakarta on Saturday, killing more than 3,000 people as houses and buildings collapsed near ancient heritage sites. […]Especially hard-hit was Bantul town and the surrounding area, about 25 km from Yogyakarta city. One official said the Bantul region accounted for more than 2,000 of the dead.
Myanmar’s military junta imposed another year of house arrest on opposition leader and Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday despite stiff international pressure for her release, a government source said.Suu Kyi has spent more than 10 of the past 16 years behind bars or under house arrest. Her latest stretch of detention started "for her own safety" on May 30, 2003, after clashes between her supporters and pro-junta demonstrators.
The number of people confirmed killed in northern floods rose to 73, the Interior Ministry announced Saturday.Anucha Mokkhawes, director-general of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department, said 63 people were found dead in Uttaradit, six in Sukhothai and four in Phrae.
He said 41 people were still missing - 39 in Uttaradit, one in Sukhothai and one in Prae.
He said the floods had affected 156,236 people from 41,960 families, and damaged 311 roads and 46 bridges.