AUSTRALIAN Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says he is concerned the intimidation of another newspaper publisher in Fiji is part of moves by the country`s military government to muzzle the media
THAILAND`S Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case against a senior member of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) accused of buying votes in a December poll, which could lead to the party`s dissolution
TWENTY-FOUR people involved in violent protests in the Tibetan capital Lhasa have been arrested and are likely to be charged with endangering state security, state media reported
CHINA has identified a contaminant in batches of blood-thinner heparin supplied by a US-owned plant in China for export to the United States that has been linked to serious reactions and deaths
REDUCING Beijing`s rats, flies, mosquitoes and cockroaches has been placed "at the top of the agenda" by the city`s pest-control experts to ensure no outbreaks during the Olympic Games, state media reported
SEPARATIST militants who tried to attack a Chinese domestic flight early this month came from Pakistan and Central Asia, sources said, adding that the apparent bungled assault had international backing
CHINESE police have rescued 33 intellectually disabled people forced to work at a building site by slave labour merchants after the apparent suicide of a detainee alerted authorities
A SUICIDE car bomber has attacked a Pakistan army base in a troubled tribal region bordering Afghanistan, killing at least five soldiers and wounding a dozen others
RESIDENTS of a South Australian town are 50 per cent more likely to suffer lung cancer - but publication of the report revealing the fact suffered lengthy delays
A JOINT investigation into the organised theft of copper cable from Victoria`s public transport system has landed another major haul of the highly sought metal
A NURSE on Queensland`s Torres Strait wrote to her local MP, raising concerns about security in the region, less than two weeks before another nurse was raped there
The Vatican has rejected fresh accusations from Al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden that the publication of cartoons mocking Islam`s Prophet Mohammad was part of a "new crusade" involving Pope Benedict
