1.   An Asian participant, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Libya, Iran, Iraq and Sudan were identified as sponsors or sanctuaries of terrorist groups.

2.   Apart from Malaysia, other Asian participants are Brunei, China, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Veitnam.

3.   At the conference on East and Southeast Asian Arts in Europe, the Asian participants charged that their Europeans counterparts were still living in a colonial time warp.

4.   Kazakhstan rider Sergui Lavrenenko again emerged as the top rider among Asian participants and won the orange jersey for fifth time.

5.   Saudi Arabia and South Korea, the two Asian participants in the last World Cup, will each be drawn into one of the groups.

6.   The Asian participants of Asem are Brunei, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam.

7.   The EU left the choice of Asian participants up to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

8.   Asian participants are from Brunei, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.

9.   But this goal was dropped after encountering resistance from the Asian participants, who see European emphasis on the subject as unwarranted interference in their internal affairs.

10.   Erbakan and leaders of the Asian participants, however favour cooperation within the framework of an umbrella organisation, they said.