Anxian, China—China grappled with backed-up
rivers and reservoirs in danger of collapse,
along with looming storms that threatened Monday
to compound damage from the country’s worst
earthquake in three decades.
Jakarta— The United States lifted a travel
warning placed on Indonesia following a string
of deadly terrorist attacks but Australia
continued to warn its citizens Monday to
reconsider visiting the world’s most populous
Muslim nation. The U.S. said the security
situation had improved and the last suicide
bombing was more than 2 1/2 years ago on Bali
island.
Des Moines, Iowa— Powerful storms packing large
hail, heavy rain and tornadoes made for a deadly
Memorial Day weekend across the nation’s
midsection, killing at least seven people in
Iowa and a 2-year-old child in Minnesota.
Jakarta—Indonesian President Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono on Monday defended his unpopular fuel
price hike as necessary to avoid an economic
meltdown similar to the 1997 financial crisis.
Dhaka— Bangladesh’s emergency government has
approved the creation of a truth commission to
let people confess to graft and avoid jail as
long as they refund ill-gotten gains, officials
said Monday. The Voluntary Disclosure of
Information Ordinance was approved late Sunday
for a period of five months, the army-backed
government said. “Anyone can take this
opportunity of clemency if he makes voluntarily
disclosures about his ill-gotten wealth,” it
said.
