THE only surviving fisherman from a trawler sunk off the south-west coast believes the five other crewmen’s bodies are still within the submerged vessel.

Islamic hard-liners in Indonesia broke up a religious tolerance rally today, beating demonstrators with bamboo sticks and calling for the deaths of members of a Muslim sect they consider heretical, witnesses said.

A US marine who turned up in Beirut after being missing for 18 days from his base in Iraq was being flown to Germany today for debriefing and examination in a US military hospital.

A US Marine whose apparent kidnapping in Iraq was followed by conflicting claims – first that he was beheaded, then that he was alive – contacted US authorities and is now safe in his native Lebanon.

A US Marine reported missing in Iraq more than two weeks ago is alive and at the US Embassy in Beirut, where American officials are meeting with him.

Islamic scholars in Singapore have come out against plans to open the country’s first casino, saying that it could undermine the work ethic of its residents and foster vice.