TORRENTIAL downpours in China have now claimed 64 lives, state media reported, with flash-floods destroying thousands of homes as well as bridges and large swathes of crops
CHINA`S frantic work to prevent a "quake lake" from bursting its banks was nearly finished, an official said today, as hundreds of thousands of people waited anxiously downstream
JAPAN`S Defence Minister questioned whether China`s missile and nuclear arsenal was only meant for self-defence, though China sought to play down fears of its growing military strength and spending
A TEENAGE transvestite who grew up on a military base has been crowned Thailand`s most beautiful transvestite, in an extravagant annual pageant which transfixed the nation
Picture special ... watched over by Perez Hilton celebrities rubbed shoulders with political luminaries to hear George W. Bush at the White House Correspondents` Association dinner / Reuters
Picture special ... watched over by Perez Hilton celebrities rubbed shoulders with political luminaries to hear George W. Bush at the White House Correspondents` Association dinner / Reuters
