HOMING pigeons and kites are the latest victims of Beijing`s drive to hold a trouble-free Olympics after authorities announced they will be banned in parts of the city
A 6.0-MAGNITUDE earthquake hit southwest China`s Sichuan province today, close to the area that was devastated by a quake earlier this year, the US Geological Survey said
THE mastermind behind the Beijing Olympics ticketing scam is a 49-year-old Briton with a long history of internet-based fraud, says a Sydney private investigator
Insurgency expert ... David Kilcullen (right) discusses a standoff with an Indonesian Lieutenant colonel Sigit Yuwono in East Timor in 1999 / Reuters
