ANIsraeli medical team has started tests using the drug ecstasy as a treatment for conflict-linked post-traumatic disorders, according to reports in the Maariv daily
JAPAN will donate $US100 million ($105.5 million) in emergency aid to help poor countries cope with spiralling food prices, chief government spokesman Nobutaka Machimura said today
Chinese police have seized $US750 million ($790 million) worth of pirated computer software and broken up a piracy ring in southern China, state media reports
THE leader of an East Timor group which tried to assassinate the fledgling country`s president and prime minister is close to surrender, a UN spokeswoman says
FOUR people were killed and 30 injured when a car bomb ripped through a police station in northwest Pakistan today, ending a lull in attacks since a new government took power last month
EUROPEAN Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said today he wanted "positive developments soon" on Tibet after talks with China`s premier, and voiced opposition to any Olympic boycott
THE world`s first cloned dog will become a father next month in the first breeding of cloned canines, South Korean researchers were quoted as saying today
SRI Lankan authorities have extended "unofficial" censorship to hospitals and funeral parlours as losses mount after a major battle against Tamil rebels, a media rights group said
CHINA will restrict most passengers from taking more than one piece of carry-on baggage on flights from May 1, the aviation regulator said today, in the latest of a pre-Olympic security crack down
A BOMB has ripped through a crowded bus just outside Sri Lanka`s capital Colombo, killing at least 23 passengers and wounding more than 50, police said
Perth mining company Frontier Resources will contest a Papua New Guinea government decision not to renew its mining licence for a site near the Kokoda Track
Dwayne Johnson ... he`s a big fan of Hugh Jackman, but did he like Viva Laughlin? / Troy Bendeich
