TROOPS have surrounded the three biggest monasteries in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, a rights group says, as fears mount of a severe crackdown following protests against Chinese rule
CAMBODIA`S top administrator to the country`s Khmer Rouge tribunal this week gathered together his more than 200 staff to break the news that after April they would not be paid
THAILAND opposes Western sanctions on neighbouring Burma and is ready to help the military-run country hold a referendum on a new constitution in May, the foreign minister said
CHINESE authorities have arrested 10 people they said were responsible for making and selling fake drugs in eastern Jiangsu Province, state media reported on Friday
THE Tibetan capital Lhasa erupted in deadly violence overnight as security forces used gunfire to quell the biggest protests against Chinese rule in two decades
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has expressed sadness at the death of former Labor Cabinet minister Clyde Cameron who he said was a leading light of the labour movement
MELBOURNE has overtaken Sydney in terms of domestic tourism spending for the first time, prompting the tourism industry body to call for a swift release of the O`Neill report on NSW tourism
A MAN who defrauded the tax office of more than $2.6 million after being pressured by two gangland figures who dangled him from a seventh-floor balcony, has been sentenced to five years jail
A MELBOURNE helipad from where a helicopter took off moments before crashing into the Yarra River may not comply with international safety standards, investigators say
A DOCTOR who tried unsuccessfully to revive a young Victorian netballer who collapsed during a grand final warm-up last night said he felt for the girl`s family and team-mates
A MELBOURNE painter and actor who appeared in advertisements plugging the former Howard government`s controversial workplace reforms has been fined for ripping off young workers
VICTORIA is facing a four-day stretch of extreme fire danger with a potentially fatal combination of high temperatures, strong northerly winds and low moisture content in the soil
Family show ... television entertainment reporter Angela Bishop catches yellow fever at the premiere of The Simpsons Movie in Sydney / Adam Ward