THE Papua New Guinea people to first experience major contact by Europeans want compensation from Australia and Britain for what they say was more than a century of colonial neglect
MAINLAND Chinese tourists flew out for Taiwan early today on the first regular direct service in decades, a milestone that is part of a dramatic recent thawing in ties between the long-time rivals
BEIJING pledged that an embarrassing outbreak of algae that has invaded Olympic co-host city Qingdao`s sailing venue would not be repeated in any of the capital`s bodies of water
CHINA will deploy unmanned aircraft over Olympic co-host city Qingdao to watch for "suspicious activities", in the country`s first known use of drone planes, state media said today
A BOMB attached to a motorcycle exploded at a crowded market in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, killing a girl and injuring 11 others, police said
RESIDENTS in one Indonesian city who give in to the tug of guilt could face three months in jail under a law criminalising giving money to beggars and street children, the city`s mayor said today
SRI LANKAN security forces shot dead at least another 32 Tamil Tiger rebels and lost two of their own soldiers in fresh fighting in the island`s north, the defence ministry said today
INDONESIAN police have smashed a terrorist plot to bomb a cafe on Indonesia`s Sumatra island, arresting 10 suspects linked to the regional terror network Jeemah Islamiah
