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
Tearful ... Linda Floyd recovers in hospital after her "beloved" dachshund gnawed off her toe / AP