Papua quake: Thousands in tents

07/01/2009

ABOUT 7,000 people in eastern Indonesia are living in tents after a series of powerful earthquakes destroyed hundreds...

Syrian PM begins Malaysia visit

07/01/2009

SYRIAN Prime Minister Mohammad Naji Otri arrived here yesterday for a four-day official visit to Malaysia to further...

07/01/2009

THAI authorities have blocked 2,300 websites for allegedly insulting the country's revered monarchy and are waiting for...

07/01/2009

CAMPAIGNING kicked off yesterday in a critical by-election that will test the Malaysian government's popularity since...

07/01/2009

A VIETNAMESE girl has tested positive for bird flu, health officials said yesterday, in the first reported human case...

07/01/2009

COMMUNIST guerrillas yesterday freed an army officer whom they had held captive for two months in a southern Philippine...

07/01/2009

INDONESIA is seeking an emergency meeting of the UN General Assembly to push for a ceasefire and a cessation of...

07/01/2009

FILIPINO fishermen rescued an endangered sea cow, pushing it back into open water after it was stranded off a beach in...

07/01/2009

SHEIKH HASINA, the winner of Bangladesh's parliamentary election last month, was sworn in as the South Asian country's...

07/01/2009

80 hurt in Indian Kashmir police action SRINAGAR, INDIA: At least 80 people were wounded yesterday when Indian police...