EAST Timor President Jose Ramos Horta says no foreign elements were involved in an assassination attempt against him, but criticised Australia`s silence on a bank account held by his slain attacker
CYCLONE disaster workers still have no word on when they will get the promised full access to Burma, which wants the world to donate $US11 billion ($11.51 billion) to rebuild the country
CHINA said it would take up to three years to rebuild its earthquake disaster zone and warned that millions of people made homeless faced a growing health risk from disease
Phoenix landing ... an artist`s impression of the probe on Mars and the landing site that NASA is aiming for (inset) / NASA images