About 22,000 kilometres of terraces, built between 1,900 and 2,200 years ago, are crumbling from neglect and decay. Two sons of outspoken opposition politician Chalerm Yubamrung resigned from the police force, where they were sub-lieutenants, and were dismissed from the force three days later. Wanchalerm and Arthan Yubamrung have been accused of using fake papers to dodge the armed-forces draft. Shanmugam Jayakumar said Phnom Penh had fulfilled a key requirement for entry by setting up a Senate. One man died and 16 were injured, four seriously, when a grenade exploded in a Phnom Penh cafe popular with ethnic Vietnamese.
Police suspect a business dispute rather than inter-ethnic conflict.
Suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden has had a violent falling out with the Taliban regime, The New York Times reported. According to U.S. officials, a fight broke out in Kandahar among bin Laden's bodyguards and a group of Taliban officials watching over him. Radio Voice of Vietnam launched a landmark national radio sex phone-in programme. Window on Love will offer listeners the opportunity to ask questions related to sex, relationships and reproductive health. Some shouted slogans calling for a jihad, or Islamic holy war, against Christians.