VOTING began in the small Himalayan nation of Bhutan today in elections that will select the country`s first ever democratic government and mark the end of absolute royal rule
THE most senior Chinese official jailed over the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests has urged China to sit down for frank talks with Tibet`s exiled leader, the Dalai Lama, to end strife in the region
UNKNOWN gunmen ambushed a convoy of mine clearers in northern Afghanistan, killing five and wounding seven, the director of their UN-funded mine company said today
A KLM flight headed for Hyderabad in India`s south skipped its destination and flew across India because the pilot was unaware the city had a brand-new airport, a report said today
Head to head ... John McCain (pictured with wife Cindy) is nine points behind Hillary Clinton in the latest US presidential polls / AP
