Myanmar frees 63 detainees: Myanmar said on Tuesday it had released the last batch of 63 detainees being held after a recent crackdown on activists of Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition National League for Democracy party (NLD). Reuter reports from Yangon.

They were the last of a total of 573 NLD Party members and supporters who were detained to pro-ent the NLD from holding a party congress at the end of September. The ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) had deemed the congress illegal and barred access to Suu Kyi's home where the meeting was to lie held from Septemlx r 26.

Megawati appears before court: Indonesia's leading opposition figure. Megawati Sukarnoputri went yesterday to the Jakarta trial of 64 supporters accused of involvement in riots in the capital in July, witnesses said. AFP reports from Jakarta

Megawati, accompanied by scores of lawyers and other supporters, arrived at the tightly guarded Central Jakarta District Court where five separate trials were to begin yesterday Fire Mk11 chilcfcen in Kuala Lumpur: Fire gutted aWnWdormitory in a remote town on the island of Borneo eSly^Wnesday. killing eleven children aged 8 to 11 and Injuring sev^ others. AP reports from Kuala Lumpur.

The fire broke out Just after midnight In Kampung Sessang in the southwestern part of the Malaysian state of Sarawak. Fire Chief Wan Alkap Wan Drus of the nearby town of Saratok told the Bernama news agency. By the time firefighters arrived from Saratok. 60 kilometers (35 miles) away, the fire had burned itself out. Wan Alkap said. He said the cause was under investigation.