A CHINESE company at the centre of a scare over tainted milk powder had asked for government help to cover up the extent of the problem, state media said in the newest development in a widening scandal
AN independent US group is to carry out unprecedented studies to determine whether Burma`s military rulers, accused of rampant human rights abuses, have committed international crimes
CHINA knew about the contamination of milk products months ago but covered the scandal up to prevent it tarnishing the Beijing Olympics, according to journalists, rights groups and media critics
HONG Kong`s food safety watchdog said today the level of melamine in Cadbury products was safe, after the British sweet maker recalled 11 of its China-made chocolates
CHINA has found the toxic industrial chemical melamine in 31 milk powder products, the government said today, announcing the results of a sweeping national check
KAZAKHSTAN`S failure to make sufficient progress towards democracy risks undermining Europe`s main human rights watchdog when the country takes over its chairmanship in 2010, a US rights group said
RELATIVES of Australians who died in the 2005 Bali bombings were spared the injustice of seeing some of the men responsible handed sentence cuts on today`s anniversary
