Article archive for category "Asia-Pacific"
Sunday 29 November 2009
- Austria's Weidlinger leads them home in Australia
Saturday 28 November 2009
- Indonesia maid charged with killing 87-year old employer
- INFOBOX: The winners of the 46th Golden Horse Film Awards
- Chinese sweep up awards at Taiwan's Golden Horse film fest follows shortly (Roundup)
- Two Chinese actors win awards at Taiwan filmfest
- Olympic Champions Germany off to good start in Champions Trophy
- 16 missing in flooded north-east China coal mine adds details about sackings from Heilongjiang accident (Roundup)
- Oscar-touted Australian film stokes black pride (News Feature)
- China's new emission targets not enough, says UN official
- Son of late Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos seeks senate seat
- Australia's giant pandas settle in
- Taiwan man chops off hand to collect insurance
- Japan agrees to join group to monitor Philippine peace talks
- Philippine democratic icon Aquino's son files bid for presidency
- 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocks eastern Indonesia island
- 10 dead from gas leak at south-west China coal mine combines with flooding and rescue efforts at Jilin mine (1st Lead)
- Three dead in Zimbabwean plane blaze at Shanghai airport
- ANALYSIS: The ugly face of Philippine political dynasties
- Flooding traps 17 in China coal mine
- Official says police, military involved in Philippine massacre
- Hong Kong professor found guilty of groping woman on bus
Friday 27 November 2009
- Philippines says strong case against massacre suspects
- Moko the dolphin entertains, intimidates, New Zealand swimmers
- On or off? - Confusion over Robbie Williams' proposal (2nd Roundup)
- Robbie Williams' radio proposal a "joke," says spokesman (Roundup)
- Eight relatives of Philippine massacre suspect face probe (Extra)
- PREVIEW: EU to press China for stronger yuan at Nanjing meet
- Relatives fly to Antarctic site of plane disaster (Roundup)
- Singer Robbie Williams on one knee in Sydney
- Thailand to extradite British drug trafficking suspect to Australia
- Two Philippine army commanders sacked over massacre (Extra)
- UNICEF worker killed in southern Philippines
- Duch in surprise call for his acquittal and release as trial ends
- Philippines says strong case against massacre suspect (1st Lead)
- Politician who lost kin in Philippine massacre files candidacy
- Growing dialogue reduces tensions on Korean Peninsula, expert says
- South China Sea disputes to intensify, experts say
- Michelin dishes available for only 1 US dollar in Hong Kong
- Indonesian maid arrested for murdering 87-year-old employer
- Hong Kong police probe second "suicide" page set up on Facebook
- 80 wild elephants left in Vietnam
- iPhone virus writer gets iPhone job
- China executes two for trafficking children
- Philippine massacre suspect fingers Muslim rebels for carnage
- Jumps racing to end in Australia
- Relatives fly to Antarctic site of New Zealand's worst disaster
- Taipei bans Apple Daily from schools
Thursday 26 November 2009
- Some New Zealand lawyers corrupt, inquiry finds
- Taiwan, China plan cultural representative offices
- Main suspect in southern Philippine massacre surrenders (Roundup)
- China targets 40-per-cent cut in carbon intensity by 2020 (Roundup)
- Up to 16 detained in China's latest match-fixing scandal
- Duch's defence split as closing arguments conclude (Roundup)
- Indonesian police stop Greenpeace forest stunt
- Australia's carbon trading scheme in jeopardy
- China targets 40-per-cent cut in carbon intensity by 2020 (1st Lead)
- Forty injured as double-decker trams collide in Hong Kong
- Thai opposition supporter arrested for possessing bombs and guns
- China targets 40-per-cent cut in carbon intensity by 2020
- Main suspect in southern Philippine massacre surrenders (3rd Lead)
- Chinese premier to attend Copenhagen climate talks
- Turkey to join group to monitor Philippine peace talks
- Key suspect in Philippine massacre charged with murder (Extra)
- Duch's defence in disarray as closing arguments conclude
- Australia allows legally binding ceremonies for gay couples
- Indonesian maid jailed for three years for trying to hurt babies
- Australian firefighters have a pig of a day
- Main suspect in southern Philippine massacre surrenders (2nd Lead)
- Australia's Rudd to talk climate with President Obama
- Main suspect in southern Philippine massacre surrenders (1st Lead)
- Main suspect in Philippine massacre surrenders (Urgent)
- Woman detained after man found dead in Malaysian flat
- Hong Kong police probe Facebook group planning "mass suicide"
- New Zealand river defies "pure" tourism puff
- Philippine authorities prepare for surrender of massacre suspect
- Philippine authorities prepare for surrender of massacre suspect
Wednesday 25 November 2009
- Taiwan to designate protest zone for Taipei-Beijing dialogue
- EU condemns Philippine massacre
- Death toll in Philippine political massacre at 57 (Roundup)
- China criticizes industrialized nations ahead of Copenhagen summit
- Death toll in Philippine massacre rises to 57 (Extra)
- China to extend detention of leading dissident
- Indonesian vice-president: Government will weather political storm
- Indonesian police arrest Greenpeace activists in Sumatra
- Duch's defence says he is scapegoat in Khmer Rouge trial 00000401943248, others available (Roundup)
- Two teenage girls guilty of murdering pensioner with walking stick
- At least 27 journalists among dead in Philippine massacre (Extra)
- Opposition postpones mass protests out of respect for Thai king
- Indonesia demotes chief of detectives amid corruption scandal
- Death toll in Philippine political massacre at 52 (1st Lead)
- Taipei airport baggage handlers caught stealing from luggage
- Feral camels take over remote Australian township
- Death toll in Philippine political massacre rise to 52 (Extra)
- New Zealand parliament passes new climate change law
- Prosecution calls for 40-year sentence for Duch in Khmer Rouge trial
- Philippines rules out immediate arrests in political massacre
- More than 16,000 evacuated as Malaysian floods worsen
- Hong Kong people dump billions fewer plastic bags
- Toilet blockages force Cathay Pacific Airbus to divert to India
- Australians excited by outdoor sex
Tuesday 24 November 2009
- UN condemns "heinous crime" that killed 39 Filipinos
- German police quiz four alleged Chinese "spies" (Roundup)
- German police quiz four alleged Chinese "spies"
- Taiwan seeks official representation at Copenhagen climate summit
- Australia edges closer to carbon-trading scheme (Roundup)
- Philippines declares emergency rule after political violence (Roundup)
- Wheelchair banned - Paralympian crawls through Australian airport
- Vietnam nuclear plants to be approved despite concerns
- Death toll hits 39 in political violence in Philippines (Extra)
- China executes two over tainted milk powder
- Thai cabinet invokes security law for weekend protests
- US envoy says Obama administration committed to defend Taiwan
- Massacre highlights lawlessness in the Philippines (News Feature)
- Australian drug runners using dead kangaroos
- Philippines declares emergency rule after massacre (1st Lead)
- Prosecution wants "lengthy jail term" for Duch in Khmer Rouge trial
- Lucky, the world's oldest sheep, dead at 23
- China to send pandas to Australia
- Cocaine seizures rocket in Hong Kong during economic downturn
- Controversy over author, director of Whale Rider movie (News Feature)
- Veteran right-wing Thai politician Samak Sundaravej dies
- Extra security forces sent after massacre in southern Philippines
- Car parks the most dangerous place for vehicles, survey finds
- Hive heist stings New Zealand beekeeper
- US model to sue Taiwan man for using his photos to trick women
- Australia edges closer to carbon-trading scheme
Monday 23 November 2009
- Swiss would-be circumnavigator rescued from crippled yacht
- Yemeni tribesmen release Japanese engineer held hostage for a week
- Indonesia leader steps in as graft scandal sparks public outcry
- US envoy says US position on Taiwan remains unchanged chairwoman (Roundup)
- Bad weather hampers search in Indonesian ferry accident (Roundup)
- Kangaroo attacks farmer and his dog in Australia
- Malaysian court postpones hearing in opposition leader's trial
- 21 killed in political violence in southern Philippines (Roundup)
- Cambodia denies premier's daughter taking stake in air traffic firm
- Malaysia to work with British cops on convicted child killer
- Seoul turns down North Korean offer to revive joint tourism project
- Death toll rises to 104 after China coal mine blast (Roundup)
- 21 killed in political violence in southern Philippines (1st Lead)
- Final week of hearings starts in trial of Khmer Rouge's Duch (Roundup)
- Pakistan rolls out jet fighter produced with Chinese assistance
- Korea's DMZ treads fine line between nature and tourism
- 21 killed in political violence in Philippines (Urgent)
- Hong Kong public says pollution worse but won't pay for cleaner air
- China jails quake activist on "state secrets" charges
- About 30 seized in political tension in southern Philippines
- Charges may follow asylum-seeker brawl, Australian minister says
- Threats may keep Thai premier from visiting northern capital
- Pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong consider mass resignation
- Thai activists demand pull-out from Myanmar dam project
- Seven security personnel injured in attack in eastern Philippines
- New Zealand glaciers melting away, survey shows
- US envoy: US position on Taiwan remains unchanged
- Final week of hearings starts in trial of Khmer Rouge cadre Duch
- Mugabe bodyguards may face prosecution in Hong Kong over visas
- Death toll rises to 27 in Indonesian ferry accident
- Nine killed in Vietnam as train and bus collide
- New Moon eclipses Harry Potter's Half Blood Prince in Australia
- Death toll rises to 104 after China coal mine blast
Sunday 22 November 2009
- US envoy visits Taiwan to give briefing on Obama's China trip
- Nine dead after ferry carrying 242 sinks in Indonesia (Roundup)
- Four dead after ferry carrying 240 sinks in Indonesia (2nd Lead)
- Ferry with more than 200 people sinks in Indonesia (1st Lead)
- Ferry with more than 200 people sinks in Indonesia
- The heat is on as forest fires rage in Australia
- Gunmen abduct captain, two crewmen of Philippine tugboat
- Diners eat out of toilet bowls at novelty restaurant chain
- Chinese soldiers accused of unfair tactics in Hong Kong race
- German technology cleans up Hanoi turtle's lake (Feature)
- Death toll climbs in fatal China coal mine blast
- Taiwan drunk man killed by car; 81 vehicles failed to help
Saturday 21 November 2009
- China coal mine explosion: 42 dead, 66 trapped (2nd Roundup)
- Greenpeace accuses Taiwan tolerating overfishing tuna stocks
- Yemeni tribesmen move Japanese hostage to desert hideout
- China coal mine explosion: 47 dead, 67 trapped (Roundup)
- In Pictures: 'Australia Conjoined Twins Separation'
- 23 dead, 90 trapped after China coal mine explosion (2nd Lead)
- Seven people injured in grenade attack in central Philippine city
- Singapore celebrity monk sentenced to 10 months in jail for fraud
- France's Henry tops rogue's gallery, Australian paper says
- 15 dead, 114 trapped after China coal mine explosion (1st Lead)
- Myanmar, Laos sign travel and tax treaties
- Australians warned of "catastrophic" fire danger
- Gas explosion traps 139 coal miners in north-east China
Friday 20 November 2009
- Second Taiwan baseball team sacks players over match fixing
- China considers combat troops for UN peacekeeping, official says
- Survey: Taiwanese trust Obama more than their own president
- ANALYSIS: Indonesians fret as president waffles over graft scandal
- Police hunt down British suspect in killing of Arroyo aide's son
- 23 per cent of Taiwan city kids have considered suicide
- Kung Fu grandmaster jailed for kicking mistress
- Dogs find endangered rhino's dung in Vietnam
- Thai factory worker kills Cambodian colleague with an axe
- Malaysian police detain six Vietnamese women in vice raid
- Philippine troops kill wanted Muslim militant
- Hong Kong teacher accused of sex with 13-year-old pupil
- Man who killed wife for waking dog imprisoned for 14 years
- Truck crash kills 500 sheep in Australia
Thursday 19 November 2009
- Report: Big rise in fraud by New Zealand managers
- UN: Trade sanctions bite North Korea, but arms embargo stings less
- Taiwan to extend length of stay for foreign seamen to 30 days
- Dissident handed over to China by Hong Kong goes on trial
- Reality check for Obama's rhetoric in Asia
- Valentine's Day murderer to face death sentence
- Vienna's favourite panda arrives in new home in China
- Obama: World running out of patience with Iran, North Korea
- Australian pilot commended for ocean landing
- New incident at world's largest nuclear plant in Japan
- Round-the-world Australian teen crosses the equator
- Vietnam users annoyed as government blocks Facebook
- Three injured in an explosion in Yogyakarta
- EU announces additional aid to Philippine storm victims
- US envoy to brief Taiwan on Obama-Hu meeting
- Philippine police probe ransom demand for three kidnap victims
- Violence down 28 per cent in Thailand's deep South, army says
- Japan hunting whales again for "scientific purposes"
- Hong Kong truck driver seduces model using good luck ritual
- Bus crash kills two in Vietnam
- National Geographic Channel focuses on Myanmar elephants
- Abuse of sirens causes loss of motorcade wailing privileges
- Hong Kong student charged with blackmail of Catholic priest
- Three Chinese arrested for forging university degrees
- New Zealand air force man dies in explosion
- Hong Kong shivers in coldest November in more than 120 years
Wednesday 18 November 2009
- In Pictures: 'President Obama Visits The Great Wall of China'
- Taiwan man detained for approaching President Ma with toy gun
- No role for third party in India-Pakistan ties, India says
- Vienna's favourite panda flown to China (User name: "press", password: "press" )
- Hong Kong unveils "crucial step" towards electoral democracy (Roundup)
- UN appeals for more aid for Philippine storm victims
- China raps Obama over exiled Tibetan, Uighur leaders
- Sri Lankan migrants to leave Australian ship off Indonesia
- Obama meets Chinese premier, ends "productive" visit (Roundup)
- Singapore man gets 14 years in jail for Ponzi-style scam
- Pacific sailors survive two months adrift
- Obama meets Chinese premier, ends "productive" visit (1st Lead)
- Hong Kong unveils "crucial step" towards electoral democracy
- Two Philippine militiamen killed in communist rebel attack
- Four men killed trying to saw open old bomb in Vietnam
- Hong Kong police arrest betting ring suspect
- Taiwan ex-president Chen Shui-bian to release CD
- Australian happy wanderer drove nine hours to buy a paper
- New Zealand leader will not meet Dalai Lama (Roundup)
- Yemeni kidnappers recapture Japanese hostage after his release
- New Zealand leader will not meet Dalai Lama
- Singapore premier, state founder get compensation from magazine
- Malaysian police officer arrested for burglary, auto theft
- Obama meets Chinese premier
- New Zealand lifts visa need for Taiwan visitors
Tuesday 17 November 2009
- Drunk driver blamed mouthwash for alcohol breath
- Australian legislator calls Scientology a "criminal organization"
- Japanese engineer freed by kidnappers in Yemen (1st Lead)
- Japanese engineer freed by kidnappers in Yemen
- Taipei welcomes Obama's mention of Taiwan Relations Act
- US, China pledge to rescue Copenhagen climate talks (Roundup)
- US, China pledge to rescue Copenhagen climate talks
- Dalai Lama welcomes Obama's China appeal
- Tokyo supplants Paris as world's capital of three-star restaurants
- ANALYSIS: China sees progress, "smooth transition" under Obama
- Thai forces kill six suspected Muslim separatists in deep South
- Villagers hospitalized in land dispute in Cambodia
- Ferry sinking claims up to 50 lives in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta
- Obama, Hu vow close cooperation on finance, climate (Roundup)
- Indonesia checking reports asylum standoff resolved
- China jails Tibetan website founder for 15 years (Roundup)
- Hong Kong shivers through coldest November in a decade
- Military pursues kidnappers of Irish priest in Philippines
- Thai police arrest African ivory traffickers
- Obama urges China to discuss Tibet with the Dalai Lama
- Vietnam protests China move in South China Sea
- Obama holds talks with China's Hu Jintao (1st Lead)
- China jails Tibetan website founder for 15 years, group says
- Scotch on the rocks in the Antarctic
- Malaysian army officer gets 140 years for raping daughters
- Landslide buries Chinese village, kills 23
- Obama holds talks with China's Hu Jintao
- Killer in Hong Kong deaf-mute love triangle jailed for 15 years
Monday 16 November 2009
- Four arrested in New Zealand coal-mine protest
- New Zealand will not apologize to child immigrants
- US conservatives lash out at Obama's bow to Japanese emperor
- Yemeni tribesmen kidnap Japanese engineer near capital Sana'a
- Obama meets young Chinese, calls for "open dialogue" (2nd Roundup)
- Former US president Carter calls on US to set high climate goals
- ANALYSIS: Taiwan closely watches Obama's China trip
- Obama meets young Chinese, calls for "open dialogue" 00000401935208, others (Roundup)
- Democracy icon asks to meet junta leader for "sake of country"
- Obama admits he is "too clumsy" to Twitter (Extra)
- China detains democracy activists for Obama's visit
- In Pictures: 'Australia Bushfires'
- Hong Kong leader appeals to parents to support school drug tests
- Obama meets young Chinese, calls for 'open dialogue' (1st Lead)
- Swedish businessman murdered in Cambodia after meeting woman online
- Obama chats with young Chinese, calls for "open dialogue"
- Two militiamen killed in communist rebel attack in Philippines
- Cambodian opposition leader loses immunity again
- Malaysian police detain 18 illegal immigrants in nursing home
- Brawl between elderly chess players brings police to park
- Police crack ID forgeries by teenagers looking to buy alcohol
Sunday 15 November 2009
- Australia says sorry to British child migrants
- Trio arrested for picnic cooler joyride on world's steepest street
- Jordan awards nuclear contract to Australia's Worley Parsons
- Obama arrives in Shanghai for first China visit
- Taiwan man arrested for allegedly tricking up to 100 women into sex
- Questions pour in for Obama Q&A with Chinese students and netizens
- APEC leaders pledge new vision for economic growth (2nd Roundup)
- Obama tells Myanmar to free Aung San Suu Kyi at ASEAN summit
- Obama lands in Singapore for APEC summit
- Report: Brown to apologize to Britain's former child migrants
- Royalists protest in Thai capital against fugitive prime minister
- Australians watch the birdies as Woods finds redemption (Roundup)
- APEC leaders pledge new vision for economic growth (Roundup)
- Japanese to help Taiwan build undersea quake monitoring station
- Australians watch the birdies as Woods finds redemption
- Dozens arrested in Hong Kong crackdown on asylum seekers
- Obama's early arrival rescues traditional APEC group photo
- BACKGROUND: Key issues on Obama's trip to China
- PREVIEW: Obama aims to coax China into broader global role
Saturday 14 November 2009
- Soccer tops rugby in New Zealand as it qualifies for South Africa
- Thousands of Taiwanese protest resumption of US beef imports (Roundup)
- China to start talks for landmark trade deal with Taiwan (Roundup)
- New Zealand beats Bahrain 1-0 to enter finals (Roundup)
- ANALYSIS: "No winners" as Thaksin heads out from Cambodia
- Asia-Pacific summit seeks more US engagement
- New Zealand beats Bahrain 1-0 to enter finals (1st Lead)
- Tiger Woods finds the rough in Australia (Roundup)
- Paston the hero as All Whites qualify for South Africa
- China willing to start trade negotiations with Taiwan (Roundup)
- Thaksin leaves Cambodia after controversial visit
- Tiger Woods in the rough at the Australian Open
- Eight killed in road accident in northern Philippines
- Provincial election chief killed in northern Philippines
- Milk-scandal activist detained by Chinese authorities
- Chinese president meets top Taiwan official at APEC summit
- Rudd promotes Australia's for new vision of Asia-Pacific Community
- Obama sends letter to Philippine Muslim rebel leader
- Obama meets with with Japan's emperor, empress (Extra)
- Obama lauds China's growing role on world stage (Roundup)
- Obama calls for release of Myanmar's Suu Kyi (Extra)
- Obama on North Korea: "We will not be cowed by threats" (Extra)
- Obama: US not seeking to "contain" China (Extra)
- Feared Hong Kong triad leader turns to God and repents to priest
- Obama: US intends renewed leadership role in Asia
Friday 13 November 2009
- US urges North Korea to avoid provocative steps
- Cuba to set up joint venture with Chinese giant Haier
- Taipei mayor promises to relieve police handcuff shortage
- Obama in Japan: US' Afghan commitment not "open-ended" (Roundup)
- Japan and US issue warning to Iran and North Korea
- Cambodia says row should stay off US-ASEAN summit agenda (Roundup)
- Snow death toll hits 40 in northern China
- Taiwan hopes for early negotiations with China on trade agreement
- Tiger Woods in front at the Australian Open
- BACKGROUND: Key issues during Obama's visit to Japan
- North Korea threatens military action to defend sea border
- Thai foreign minister rejects Cambodian spy claim
- Aung San Suu Kyi appeals against her 18-month sentence
- President Obama arrives in Japan
- Clinton urges Philippines, Muslim rebels to cut peace deal
- Vietnamese Air Force crash kills two pilots
- Vietnam Airlines suspends attendants for smuggling gold
- Australian shoplifter hid steaks in her underwear
- Change in Obama's programme spoils traditional APEC group photo
- Flasher causes bus collision with police station
- Six arrested in big New Zealand drug bust
- Malaysian woman poisons children, attempts suicide
- PREVIEW: New Zealand's biggest football crowd looking for home win
- 19 killed in communist rebel attack in southern Philippines
- Skeletons mixed up as bones fall down stairs in Hong Kong cemetery
- Maori Party tells foul-mouthed legislator to go
- Hong Kong police duo face inquiry over on-duty Facebook snaps
Thursday 12 November 2009
- Australia's Rudd vows to protect Indian students (Roundup)
- Australian prime minister promises safety for Indian students
- High-level Chinese group in Taiwan to pave way for political talks
- North Korea accuses South of naval conspiracy (Roundup)
- Mayanmar military supremo begins visit to Sri Lanka
- US Secretary Clinton defends controversial defence pact (Roundup)
- Japan's emperor worries future generations will forget war available (Roundup)
- PREVIEW: Full-house looking for a win
- Australia to extradite alleged war criminal to Hungary
- US warns Myanmar elections won't be credible without Suu Kyi
- Surprise DNA results boost chances of "extinct" crocodile (Feature)
- Abducted Irish priest freed in southern Philippines 00000401930087, others available (Roundup)
- Hong Kong government hints at greater democracy in 2012
- Vietnamese woman arrested for pushing needle into baby's head
- Australian boffins claim cancer patients can re-grow breasts
- Rights group exposes China's "black jails" (Roundup)
- Thai court sentences veteran politician to 3 years for corruption
- Japan's emperor celebrates 20 years on the throne
- Rights group exposes China's "black jails"
- Australians warned over iPhone virus
- North Korea accuses South of naval conspiracy
- US Secretary of State Clinton arrives in Philippines
- Aboriginal women defaced by beatings, Australian magistrate says
- Indonesia, Malaysia play down maid row
- Roof collapse kills three children as snow blankets north China
- Thaksin accuses political opponents of "false patriotism"
- Australian bomb-sniffing dog back from the dead
- Abducted Irish priest freed in southern Philippines 00000401930087, others available (2nd Lead)
- Second passenger dies in Hong Kong bus crash that injured dozens
- Caddie, can't he: Australians bet on Woods to win available (1st Lead)
- Abducted Irish priest freed in southern Philippines others available (1st Lead)
- Abducted Irish priest freed in southern Philippines
Wednesday 11 November 2009
- Caddie, can't he: Woods up for elusive Australian win
- APEC to receive 1-million-dollar gift from Taiwan
- Plot thickens in Indonesia's corruption, murder scandal
- South-East Asian ministers set limits on pesticides
- US to send envoy to North Korea despite naval clashes
- Indonesian president arrives in Malaysia for fence-mending visit
- Clinton: No US conditions for democratic reform in Myanmar
- Both Koreas raise surveillance of sea border after naval clash
- Australia abuzz over Tiger Woods
- Australia abuzz over Tiger Woods
- Cambodia rejects Thai extradition request for ex-premier (Roundup)
- Aung San Suu Kyi to deliver "positive" message next week
- Rights groups urge Obama to press China
- Former Taiwan vice president denies plans to visit China (Roundup)
- Thai police arrest Bahraini man for luring woman into prostitution
- Amnesty slams China's "hasty" execution of rioters in far west
- Cambodia rejects Thai extradition request for ex-premier Thaksin
- Report: Former Taiwan vice president Annette Lu to visit China
- Fake journalist detained on blackmail charge in Vietnam
- INTERVIEW: Fujian Chinese family builds life in US
- Philippine Senate calls for graft inquiry against President Arroyo
- Hong Kong transsexual battles for right to marry after sex op
- Hong Kong leader's popularity low after favouritism row
- Volcano spews ash in eastern Philippines
- Mixed-race stars stir debate in China (Feature)
- Myanmar transforms ethnic minority armies into border guard forces
- New Zealand court told of "an eye for an eye" coincidence
Tuesday 10 November 2009
- Eight die in Samoa bus crash; driver flees
- US confirms envoy's trip to North Korea
- Shark gives another Caesarean bite and saves babies
- US warns North Korea against escalating tension
- Ousted Thai premier Thaksin arrives in Cambodia (Roundup)
- Taiwan court starts hearing ex-leader's new embezzlement case
- Britney Spears denies Australian miming disaster
- Thai senators file lese majeste complaint against former premier
- Malaysia rolls out red carpet for Chinese president
- Obama wants to visit Hiroshima, Nagasaki (Roundup)
- Malaysian octogenarian stabs estranged wife to death
- Four factory workers abducted in southern Philippines behind kidnapping (Roundup)
- ANALYSIS: Thaksin Shinawatra brings Thai politics to Cambodia
- North and South Korean warships exchange fire background (Roundup)
- Report: US to send envoy to North Korea for nuclear talks (Roundup)
- Report: Obama to send top diplomat to North Korea for nuclear talks
- Tiger burns bright in Australia
- Ousted Thai premier Thaksin arrives in Cambodia (2nd Lead)
- Obama wants to visit Hiroshima, Nagasaki
- Australian accused of abusing war widows mounts court protest
- Report: North and South Korean warships exchange fire (2nd Lead)
- New Zealand rules out taking Sri Lankan asylum seekers
- Ousted Thai premier Thaksin arrives in Cambodia (1st Lead)
- Filipino maid in Hong Kong accused of throwing newborn to death
- Three plywood-factory workers abducted in southern Philippines
- Report: North and South Korean warships exchange fire (1st Lead)
- Report: North and South Korean warships exchange fire (Urgent)
- Ousted Thai premier Thaksin lands in Cambodia amid diplomatic row
- Barack Obama "Red Guard" T-shirts disappear from shops in China
- Entering adulthood, APEC has reached a crucial milestone (Feature)
- Bangkok international airport shifts "demons"
- Maori legislator apologizes for cursing white settlers
Monday 09 November 2009
- Obama urged to speak for human rights during China visit
- Sino-African ties boosted as Beijing pledges support to continent
- First executions after unrest in north-west China (Roundup)
- North Korean junior team in Germany visit
- Australian, Sri Lanka agree legal co-operation on human smuggling
- Probe: Case against Indonesian anti-graft officials flimsy
- First executions after unrest in north-west China
- French delegation arrives in North Korea
- Palau probes suspected money laundering by Taiwan's ex-president
- Taiwan envoy to meet Chinese leader at APEC summit
- Editor quits China's top finance magazine
- Five Philippine police officers killed in communist rebel attack
- Indonesia, EU sign partnership agreement
- Singapore serial molester must serve 32-year jail term
- In Pictures: 'Indonesia Earthquake'
- Vietnam dissident ends hunger strike
- 15 people die in flooding in southern Thailand
- Eight killed, five missing in Indonesian landslide
- One killed, 82 injured in Indonesia quake (2nd Roundup)
- Two dead, thousands evacuated as Malaysian floodwaters rise
- Teen killed, 35 injured as Hong Kong bus overturns reaction (Roundup)
- Two blasts rock Philippine capital
- Tiger fever grips Australia
- Kidnapped principal beheaded in southern Philippines
- Strong quake off Indonesia injures 38, damages buildings (Roundup)
- Hong Kong mother arrested over baby found dead on clothes rack
- Teen killed, 35 injured as Hong Kong bus overturns
- Strong quake off Indonesia injures 38, damages buildings (1st Lead)
Sunday 08 November 2009
- Powerful quake rattles Indonesia's Sumbawa Island
- Taiwan shelves 9 Mirage jets due to lack of spare parts
- Thousands rally against US base in Japan
- China pledges 10 billion dollars in aid to Africa (Roundup)
- China pledge 10 billion dollars in aid to Africa (1st Lead)
- Taiwan president vows to stop making Taiwan Strait killing field
- Tearful Bartoli quits Bali tennis final with injury (Roundup)
- Paris Hilton not amused at "Vacant" billboard in New Zealand
- Forum to map out new commitments in Sino-African relationship
- Australia seeks help from Sri Lanka on asylum seeker flow (Roundup)
- Bartoli quits final to hand Bali win to Rezai
- New Zealand minister repays girlfriend's holiday on taxpayer
- Australia urged to repatriate Sri Lankan asylum seekers
Saturday 07 November 2009
- Taiwan man has been catching rats for mom for 24 years
- Son's six-legged chicken project worries Taiwanese minister
- French pair to battle for Bali honours (Roundup)
- Arunachal to host Dalai Lama despite China's protests (News Feature)
- French pair to battle for Bali honours
- Fans walk out on Britney Spears in Australia
- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to visit Philippines
- Taiwan universities told to recruit foreigners to stay afloat
- Plain sailing for round-the-world Australian
- Obama asks to delay Japan trip after massacre at military base
Friday 06 November 2009
- Faulty fuel pump forces US-bound Qantas jet to turn back
- Thailand takes further steps to downgrade Cambodian ties
- Vietnamese dissident near death due to hunger strike
- Veteran Date Krumm shows youngsters the way to Bali semis (Roundup)
- Veteran Date Krumm shows youngsters the way to Bali semi-finals
- Japanese gangster kills self after wounding debt-collectors
- Storm death toll hits 109 in Vietnam
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions
- Singapore raises concerns about spat between Thailand and Cambodia
- Thailand takes further steps to downgrade Cambodian ties (2nd Lead)
- Wickmayer flees Bali over doping procedure infraction ban
- Taiwan restaurant fire kills three (Roundup)
- Thailand to review all bilateral pacts with Cambodia available (1st Lead)
- US envoy snubs pro-government party on Myanmar visit
- Muslim rebels warn troops searching for kidnapped Irish priest
- Singapore couple jailed for hurting and terrifying Philippine maid
- New Zealand's novice premier hogs the polls one year on (News Feature)
- Honest cabbie awarded for handing back diamonds left in his taxi
- German Red Cross worker shot in Indonesia's Aceh
- Two die as China-bound ferry collides with barge
- Thailand to review all bilateral pacts with Cambodia
- Taiwan restaurant fire leaves three Thai workers dead
Thursday 05 November 2009
- New Zealand police find doll in "baby's" grave
- Taiwan funeral parlour apologizes for cadaver confusion
- Peer pressure shifts to Bartoli in battle for Bali semi-finals
- Cambodia and Thailand recall ambassadors in Thaksin spat ambassador to lead, Cambodian government comments (2nd Roundup)
- Indonesian president vows to fight judicial corruption
- Thailand recalls ambassador to Cambodia after latest snub (Roundup)
- Thailand recalls ambassador to Cambodia after latest snub (1st Lead)
- Storm death toll in Vietnam rises to 98
- Early days for thaw in US-Myanmar ties, US envoy says
- ANALYSIS: Graft scandal raises questions about Indonesia reforms
- Australia says no more troops for Afghanistan
- Two killed, eight hurt in attack on passenger bus in Philippines
- Land transportation official, brother killed in Philippines
- Chinese navy vessel makes port call in Japan
- Notorious Hong Kong gangster back in court for pen attack
- Thailand's ex-PM Thaksin offered role as adviser to Hun Sen
- New Zealand's oldest immigrant dies at 104
- Former Myanmar foreign minister dies in jail
- Hong Kong chokes as pollution levels hit highs for fourth day
Wednesday 04 November 2009
- Toyota confirms withdrawal from Formula One (2nd Roundup)
- Bartoli leads the winners on Bali opening day
- US ready to take steps to improve relations with Myanmar (Roundup)
- Tropical storm's death toll hits 80 in Vietnam (Roundup)
- Toyota confirms withdrawal from Formula One (Roundup)
- Toyota confirms withdrawal from Formula One (3rd Lead)
- Toyota confirms withdrawal from Formula One (2nd Lead)
- Singapore woman gets three years in jail for torturing maid
- Obama's half-brother reveals father beat him
- Toyota quits Formula One (1st Lead)
- US envoy meets Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (1st Lead)
- Toyota quits Formula One (Urgent)
- Taiwan prosecutors' offices to protect scandal-mired baseball teams
- Malaysian Christian group slams government seizure of Bibles
- Philippine police bust drug syndicate transporting heroin
- Indonesian police release two anti-graft officials
- US envoy meets Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi
- Reports: Toyota to quit Formula One racing
- Storm death toll rises to 33 in Vietnam
- New Zealand, Australia reciprocate expelling Fiji diplomats foreign minister (Roundup)
- Hong Kong aims for UN World Heritage status for geological site
- Youth ministry blocks any email bearing the word "teen"
- Qantas pilots suspended after forgetting to lower landing gear
Tuesday 03 November 2009
- Pacific tit-for-tat on cards after Fiji expels diplomats
- Storm leaves 22 dead in Vietnam (Roundup)
- Firefighters succeed in using mud to stop oil rig fire (Roundup)
- North Korea says it has completed plutonium work (Roundup)
- Storm leaves 14 dead in Vietnam (Roundup)
- Indonesia court plays phone tapes in politically charged graft case
- Undocumented migrants rescued after boat crashes off Hong Kong
- Five Muslim militants killed in southern Philippines
- North Korea says it has completed plutonium work (1st Lead)
- Fiji expels New Zealand and Australian diplomats (Roundup)
- North Korea says it completed plutonium work
- Fiji expels New Zealand and Australian diplomats (1st Lead)
- Fiji expels New Zealand and Australian diplomats
- Asia hopes Obama brings message of broad engagement
- Indonesian maid given six-year jail term for attempted murder
- Malaysian boy dies after wasp attack
- Storm leaves four dead in Vietnam
- Communist rebels raid army outpost, capture soldier in Philippines
- US envoy arrives in Myanmar's capital on engagement mission
- Jet-lagged driver who killed three escapes severe penalty
- Hong Kong man in drag used dead wife's gym membership
- Firefighters use mud to battle burning oil rig
- Political furore over drowned refugees in Australia
- Japanese coach arrested over alleged baseball match-fixing
Monday 02 November 2009
- 81-year-old Thai king leaves hospital bed for Loy Krathong festival
- US envoy to meet Aung San Suu Kyi on Myanmar trip (2nd Roundup)
- Airport police detain Japanese woman with drugs in luggage
- Taiwan military rules out foul play in presidential plane incident
- US envoy unlikely to meet with Myanmar junta chief on visit (Roundup)
- Yangon bans environmentally unfriendly plastic bags
- North Korea calls for US to decide on talks (Roundup)
- Seven wounded in grenade explosion in southern Philippines
- Activists protest arrests of anti-corruption commissioners
- In Pictures: 'Philippines Typhoon Mirinae Aftermath'
- 16 people killed in fire in central Philippine city (Roundup)
- Taiwan to send former vice president to APEC forum
- US envoy unlikely to meet with Myanmar junta chief on visit
- Bridgestone to stop suppling tyres for Formula One
- Bad smell, boring nighties top causes of divorce in Malaysian state
- North Korea calls for US to decide on talks
- Hong Kong police step up hunt for mystery high-rise acid attacker
- New Zealanders fined for international spam operation
- Hong Kong's iconic Victoria Harbour halved in width by developers
- Thai police arrest two for violating computer offence act
- Soldier, Muslim rebel killed in southern Philippine clash
- Twenty feared dead as boat sinks in Indian Ocean
- 14 people killed in fire in central Philippine city
Sunday 01 November 2009
- Chilly spring in New Zealand
- Eight killed as bus collides with truck in Indonesia
- Timor Sea oil rig catches fire (Roundup)
- Timor Sea oil rig catches fire
- Philippines rules out paying ransom for abducted Irish priest
- South Pacific provides homes for six Chinese Muslims
- Hong Kong's best-known war reporter fights for her life savings
- Typhoon Mirinae leaves 14 dead in Philippines
Saturday 31 October 2009
- In Pictures: 'Philippines Typhoon Mirinae'
- Taiwan doctor probed for allegedly taking patients' blood
- 20,000 march in Taipei for gay rights
- Powerful typhoon hits Philippines, kills 11 (2nd Roundup)
- Kidnapped Irish priest seeks aid of Philippine, Irish governments
- Powerful typhoon hits Philippines, kills five (Roundup)
- Bus plunges into ravine, 13 killed, 41 injured
- Powerful typhoon hits Philippines, kills one
- Singapore to cut emissions if other countries do their bit
Friday 30 October 2009
- US officials to travel to Myanmar
- Taiwan baseball team fires four players for match fixing
- Indonesian president vows to defend corruption body
- Germany to end development aid to China (Roundup)
- Earthquake hits south-west Japan
- Malaysian man charged with murdering Indonesian maid
- Germany plans to end development aid to China
- Thousands stranded as typhoon nears Philippines (Roundup)
- Jakarta rules out Indonesian solution to Australia refugee problems
- Thailand prepares for arrival of fugitive financier
- Hong Kong police seize smuggled goods worth 2.7 million US dollars
- Vietnamese labourer jailed for pricking women's buttocks
- Four suspected robbers killed in Philippines shootout
- Hundreds of passengers stranded as typhoon nears Philippines
- Malaysian police bust major drug ring, arrest Indonesians
- Australia, Indonesia in standoff over asylum seekers
- New Zealanders suffer "green fatigue", survey shows
Thursday 29 October 2009
- China blocks state-funded memorial website for Berlin Wall
- Indonesia anti-graft officials arrested in criminal probe
- Philippines warns of floods, landslides as Typhoon Mirinae nears
- Philippines, China sign two pacts to boost cooperation
- Taiwan baseball league won't fold over scandal, says official
- Malaysian rescuers find bodies of missing girls in bridge collapse
- Vietnam criticizes US religious rights report
- Australian lawmaker calls for debate on Muslim immigration
- Hong Kong shoppers pay the price for green living
- New Zealand keeps same squad for Bahrain play-off
- Singapore woman found guilty of abusing Indonesian maid
Wednesday 28 October 2009
- Fatal Tongan ferry was not seaworthy, inquiry told
- In Pictures: 'Philippines Floods'
- Asia's intra-regional marriage migration on rise
- Foreign brides rejuvenate South Korea's aging society
- Bali Champions event ducks controversy with visa for Peer
- Taiwan's Taichung to bid for 2017 East Asian Games
- New typhoon could spoil Philippines' tradition to honour dead
- Hundreds of fans turn out for opening of Jackson film in Japan
- Malaysian state may reward married men who wed single mothers
- Australia refuses to take Sri Lankan asylum seekers
- One communist rebel killed in eastern Philippines
- Cambodian court upholds politician's sentence for defaming premier
- More players quizzed in Taiwan baseball match-fixing probe
- Australians give Australia the flick
- Japan shines in Australia's solar-powered car race
- APEC host Singapore reveals secret of leaders' attire for group photo
- Loggers kill forest ranger in Vietnam
- Cargo ship was passing as collision with Japanese destroyer occurred
- Dog doctor honoured for saving Australian owner's life
- Mainland brides complain about discrimination in Taiwan (Feature)
- Foreign husbands flock to Thailand's impoverished Isaan (Feature)
- Nine dead in accident in northern Philippines
- Separatist Muslim rebels in Philippines agree to protect civilians
- Thailand's fugitive former premier to visit Cambodia "soon"
- New Zealand cracks down on motorcycle gang drug ring
- Mindful of Jakarta bombings, Singapore prepares for Obama (Feature)
- Schoolboy arrested in Hong Kong for selling pirated Windows 7
Tuesday 27 October 2009
- Taiwan premier orders probe into baseball match-fixing
- Murray set to debut at Hopman Cup
- In rarity, South Korean defects to the North
- Taipei to ease restrictions on Chinese media in Taiwan
- Student dead, 2 missing after Malaysian bridge collapses (Roundup)
- Eight Nobel laureates support Tibetan cause
- First executions confirmed from Tibet rioting last year
- Hong Kong woman faces jail for cutting baby from mother's womb
- Grenade blast near Philippine church, no one hurt (Roundup)
- Hun Sen applauds Cambodia's membership of UN's heritage committee
- India, Russia, China to expand cooperation against terrorism (Roundup)
- Hong Kong leader accuses opponents of "groundless smear campaign"
- Landslide kills five in Indonesia's Central Java
- Taiwan museum sets condition for showing Chinese treasures in Japan
- Foreign ministers of India, China, Russia meet in Bangalore
- Australians angry at release of famed surgeon's killer (Roundup)
- Student dead, 2 missing after Malaysian bridge collapses (1st Lead)
- Philippine troops foil roadside bombing in southern province
- Hong Kong wife accused of stabbing husband, 71, over alleged affair
- Kidnappers of Irish priest open up negotiations for his release
- One student dead, two missing after Malaysian bridge collapses
- Australian anger at release of famed heart surgeon's killer
- Pedestrian wins suit for sprain from pothole by presidential office
- Floods bring budgie bonanza in Australia
Monday 26 October 2009
- Chinese military stresses peaceful aims, closer US ties
- New Zealand and Malaysia sign free trade agreement
- Communist rebels kill soldier in southern Philippines murder of rebel commander's daughter (Roundup)
- Australian terrorism suspect praised Allah for fires, court told
- Teen circumnavigation invites circumspection (News Feature)
- US pledges 8.5 million dollars in food aid to Philippines
- South Korea offers North first aid in nearly two years
- Suspected communist rebels kill soldier in southern Philippines
- German karate kid teaches Australian muggers a lesson
- Six abducted environment employees freed in southern Philippines
Sunday 25 October 2009
- Belgian cargo vessel leaks oil after Chinese ship collision
- ASEAN welcomes US engagement with Myanmar
- Rossi claims a ninth motorcycle world title
- Asian summits mull cooperation, "new growth model"
- Fugitive former premier bests successor in opinion poll
- Tougher laws planned to cut down on asylum seekers
- Australia offers big reward for "vampire" killer
- Breakfast for 6,000 on Sydney Harbour Bridge
- Seven killed as pickup tries to beat speeding train
- Taiwan president calls for lasting peace with China
- Police anti-terror team to be formed for Asian Games
Saturday 24 October 2009
- 6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes eastern Indonesia
- US, North Korea nuclear envoys meet in New York (Roundup)
- US, North Korea nuclear envoys meet in New York
- Tsunami warning lifted in Indonesia (Roundup)
- Strong quake jolts eastern Indonesia, tsunami warning issued
- Taiwan Christians hold protest against homosexual lifestyle
- "Cool" Thais downplay verbal spat with Cambodia
- India, China agree to improve relations after spat
- Philippines postpones Non-Aligned Movement meeting due to storms
- Japan to host Mekong summit next month
- Storm Lupit spares northern Philippines, heads towards Japan
- Fourth time around for Mad Max
Friday 23 October 2009
- 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's West Papua province
- Cambodian premier compares Thaksin to Aung San Suu Kyi (2nd Roundup)
- South-East Asia gets "toothless" human rights commission 00000401907655, others available (Roundup)
- Cambodian premier compares Thaksin to Aung San Suu Kyi (Roundup)
- Typhoon Lupit weakens, shifts away from Philippines
- Cambodia says it will not extradite Thaksin to Thailand
- Philippines offers cash reward for info on abducted Irish priest
- Singapore man gets 18 years in jail, 24 strokes for raping daughter
- 81-year-old Thai king seen in public for the first time in a month
- South-East Asia gets "toothless" human rights commission (3rd Lead)
- Australia gets first leg of triathlon series
- Philippine leader signs law to boost response to climate change
- South-East Asia gets "toothless" human rights commission (2nd Lead)
- Cambodian National Assembly passes legislation regulating adoptions
- Malaysian police bust international drug ring
- Singapore man jailed for molesting Indonesian maid
- Vietnam rejects US resolution on internet freedom
- ASEAN needs "new approach," Thai premier says (1st Lead)
- Singapore teenage loan-shark runner gets four years in jail
- Armed, drunk driver beaten up after crashing into Cambodian sewer
- South-East Asia gets "toothless" human rights commission
Thursday 22 October 2009
- New Australian world record: driving licence loss
- UN: North Korea's human rights situation is abysmal
- China executes four Tibetans over 2008 riots, group says
- Cambodia denies offering fugitive Thai ex-premier a home available (2nd Roundup)
- Indonesia's new cabinet sworn in
- Kidnappers free two abducted environment employees in Philippines
- Cambodia finalizes Typhoon Ketsana death toll at 43
- Typhoon Lupit brings strong winds, rains to Philippines landfall Friday (Roundup)
- Taipei taxi driver detained after passenger run over
- Vietnam protests Chinese mistreatment of fishermen
- Hong Kong plans sporting events, record attempt to lure tourists
- Malaysian court jails opposition lawmaker for biting policeman
- Hong Kong mother jailed for neglect
- Thailand warns against Cambodian home for fugitive ex-premier Thaksin
- US assures South Korea it is under its "nuclear umbrella"
- Typhoon Lupit slows down, weakens, Philippines still on alert
- Cross-border bus service planned between Laos and Cambodia
- Economic pacts to be signed on Korean leader's visit to Cambodia
- Mobile phones allowed in Myanmar's capital
- Hong Kong clinic to be powered exclusively by renewable energy
- Security tight for South-East Asian summit in Thailand
- Three South Korean tour guides arrested for karaoke rape
- Malaysian police arrest couple for alleged abuse of Indonesian maid
Wednesday 21 October 2009
- Indonesian president unveils cabinet line-up
- Indonesia president unveils new cabinet
- Liu Zige smashes women's 200m butterfly world record
- Ex-Philippine president Estrada to again seek top post in 2010
- US assistant secretary of state to visit Myanmar, says opposition
- US defence chief: Threat from North Korea growing (Roundup)
- South Korea to recognize Vietnam as market economy
- South and North Korea to modernize military telephone link
- Powerful typhoon slows down as it nears northern Philippines
- Malaysian state mulls "no-promotion" policy for smokers
- Marine officer killed in bombing in southern Philippines
- Seven environment employees kidnapped in Philippines (Roundup)
- India, China sign pact to fight climate change
- Gates: North Korean threat growing with nuclear, missile programmes
- Australia lobbies Asian support for World Cup bid
- US, Chinese presidents vow to make climate change talks succeed
- Hong Kong's new travel warning system used for approaching typhoon
- China sentences three to death in mafia-plagued city
- US pushes Japan on military realignment
- Beyonce cancels Malaysian concert after Islamist pressure
- Indonesian customs agents arrest 10 Iranians in major drug bust
- Eight environment department employees kidnapped in Philippines
- EU gives ASEAN 4.5 million euros for intellectual property project
- China secretly held dozens of Uighurs after riot, group says
- Chinese dissidents watched Europe pick up their movement (Feature)
- North Korea survives years of international isolation (Feature)
- Cambodia investigates second killing on border
- Young Cambodians salute golden era of 1960s filmmaking (Feature)
- "Lucky" luxury flat may not be so lucky after all
- Singapore sees chance for ASEAN to rise with China, India
- Taiwan city offers bounty for picking up dog feces
Tuesday 20 October 2009
- US defence secretary arrives in Tokyo for talks
- ANALYSIS: Knives out for old folks' Olympics
- Evacuations start in Philippines as powerful typhoon nears
- Grenade blast kills one, hurts 21 in southern Philippines
- Vietnam government legalizes Pentecostal church
- Australian sailor asleep when her sloop almost sank, report says
- Yudhoyono sworn in for second term as Indonesia's president (Roundup)
- Taiwan says it is under threat from 1,300 Chinese missiles
- Thailand accounts for 90 per cent of human trafficking from Laos
- Gunmen shoot at bus, injure one in Indonesia's Papua
- Yudhoyono sworn in for second term as Indonesia's president
- Taipei taxi driver runs over, kills passenger after quarrel
- Muslim militants seize school principal in southern Philippines
- Thailand sets up nursing home for elderly elephants
- Leech a world-first in robbery conviction
- Taiwan man bitten while sexually assaulting homeless man
Monday 19 October 2009
- School to apologize for Nazi behavior at war museum
- Decomposing body discovered inside second-hand fridge
- Malaysia announces public holiday to mark Borneo's statehood
- Hong Kong mulls converting empty factories to store human ashes
- Philippines stocking up on food, medicine ahead of new typhoon
- Police step up patrols to counter people smuggling from South Asia
- Residents battle forest fires on Australia's east coast
- Bomb injures 28 in southern Thailand provincial capital
- Cambodia to try men who robbed Vietnam jewellery store
- Phnom Penh's anti-drugs chief charged with possession, bribery
- Taipei to enact law to protect household pets
Sunday 18 October 2009
- Nadal optimistic, Davydenko ecstatic after Shanghai upset (Roundup)
- Davydenko concludes knockout to win Shanghai Masters (1st Lead)
- Davydenko concludes one-two knockout to win Shanghai Masters
- Gold galore for Masters Games golden girl
- Shootout in upscale Philippine mall, one suspected robber killed
- Philippines braces for new typhoon after 818 die in previous storms
- Comeback Casey makes it three Australian MotoGP wins in a row
- Australian teen sets sail round the world
- Wall collapse kills seven in Indonesia's Java
Saturday 17 October 2009
- Nadal moves into final after another Shanghai pullout (Roundup)
- Nadal moves into final after another Shanghai pullout (1st Lead)
- Davydenko upsets Djokovic with last-chance tiebreak heroics
- Taiwan President Ma retakes helm of ruling party (Roundup)
- Australian Navy ready to help Indian Ocean refugee boats
- Australian teen set to sail round the world
- Small plane crashes in Philippine capital, 4 killed (Roundup)
- Taiwan President Ma retakes helm of ruling party
- Storm intensifies as it moves closer to typhoon-ravaged Philippines
- Small plane crashes in Philippine capital, at least 4 killed
- Comeback Casey steals pole in Australian MotoGP
- Third bid to plug Timor Sea oil leak fails
- Grounded swimmers rip into Masters Games organizers in Australia
- Grace Mugabe returns to Hong Kong after let-off for assault
Friday 16 October 2009
- China, Hungary sign 14 bilateral agreements
- Nadal sets up surprise semi-final with fellow Spaniard Lopez (Roundup)
- North, South Korea humanitarian talks end without results (Roundup)
- Ultra-thin speaker wins Wall Street Journal award
- RESULTS 2ND ADD: Shanghai Masters
- Taiwan grand justices reject ex-president's illegal trial claim
- China urged to reprieve "mentally ill" death-row Briton (News Feature)
- Lopez starts late surge with first semi-final of 2009 (1st Lead)
- Toddler survives train accident in Australia
- North, South Korea discuss family reunions, humanitarian issues
- Vietnam police seize frozen tiger carcasses
- Lopez starts late-season sprint with first semi-final of 2009
- EU envoy calls for abducted Irish priest's release in Philippines
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: Shanghai Masters
- Strong quake rocks Indonesia's Java island (Roundup)
- Hong Kong mother charged with murder of her two children (Roundup)
- China, Vietnam premiers promise talks over maritime spats
- Malaysia's ruling party concludes elections with call for reform
- Myanmar opposition leader to appeal sentence at Supreme Court
- Cost decisive factor for many athletes at World Masters Games
- Drug tests for World Masters Games athletes
- Danish Prince ends forgettable week in Sydney Harbour
- New storm threatens typhoon-devastated areas in Philippines
- Thai Supreme Court upholds death penalty for ex-deputy police chief
- Vietnam rejects US call to release dissidents
- Malaysian state introduces shared toilets to boost unity in schools
- China disappointed at cold Book Fair welcome (Feature)
- Australian jihadists found guilty of terrorist plot
- Hong Kong teen took homemade bomb to China to test border security
- Hong Kong children killed at home hours after police visit
- Strong quake rocks Indonesia's Sulawesi island
Thursday 15 October 2009
- Authors' club demands freedom for Chinese author
- Nadal, Djokovic untroubled in third-round routs (Roundup)
- UN upbeat about disaster funds despite global crisis
- 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's Papua
- RESULTS 2ND ADD: Shanghai Masters
- Afghan leader promises to secure Chinese interests
- Age doesn't weary aged athletes (News Feature)
- Malaysian leader pushes for reform in ruling party poll available (Roundup)
- Kidnappers contact colleagues of seized Irish priest in Philippines
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: Shanghai Masters
- Three suspected Muslim militants killed in southern Philippines
- Jailed Vietnamese dissident on hunger strike
- Taiwan sets up research centre to study Taiwan-China ties
- China sentences six more to death over ethnic rioting (Roundup)
- Malaysian leader to push for reform in ruling party poll others available (1st Lead)
- Gold again for the Steiner weightlifting dynasty
- North Korea accuses South of violating its territorial waters
- Calamity Dane: Prince wet then walloped on Sydney Harbour
- ATP season complaints old news for Safin
- Fisherman dead, 12 missing in storm off Vietnam
- Hong Kong immigration officer fined for sneak photographs of women
- Hewitt sides with former enemy in Australian federation election
- China sentences six more to death over ethnic rioting (1st Lead)
- China sentences six more to death over ethnic rioting in far west
- Uproar nixes starring role in Indonesia film for Japanese porn star
- Malaysian leader to push for reforms in ruling party elections
- Disasters waiting to happen in the Philippines (News Feature)
- Hong Kong mother arrested after two children found dead
Wednesday 14 October 2009
- Gates to meet with senior Chinese officer
- Gates to visit, Japan, South Korea ahead of NATO meeting
- Academics flay German media coverage of China as shallow
- China's guest of honour status at fair debated by Chinese writers
- Del Potro quits with injury as Nadal, Djokovic go through (Roundup)
- Taiwan bans civil servants from playing My Farm game on Face Book
- RESULTS 3RD ADD: Shanghai Masters
- Report: Taiwan test-fired missiles capable of hitting China
- East Timor begins first joint military manoeuvres with US
- China, Russia, Central Asian allies tackle crisis available (2nd Roundup)
- Australia squeaks past Oman in Asia Cup qualifier
- Del Potro quits with tendinitis as injuries mount on ATP (1st Lead)
- China, Russia, Central Asian allies tackle financial crisis (Roundup)
- RESULTS 2ND ADD: Shanghai Masters
- Two Dutch couples die in China hot-air balloon crash (2nd Roundup)
- Somalia sees no progress in international fight against piracy
- Swedish coach Eriksson linked to North Korea job
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: Shanghai Masters
- Malaysian police shoot dead armed Thai woman
- Danish Prince dunked in Sydney Harbour
- Death toll in Philippine storms hits 712
- Haas, Mayer lose as Schuettler is last German in Shanghai
- Central Asian group vows to tackle financial crisis (1st Lead)
- India protests Chinese projects in Pakistani Kashmir
- Kidnapped Irish priest said to be injured in Philippines (Roundup)
- North Korea expresses regret for deadly dam release, South says
- Hundreds take part in tsunami drill in Indonesia
- US citizen on trial for "fraud and forgery" in Myanmar
- Vietnamese fishermen say they were mistreated by China
- Hong Kong leader's address gives little time to political reform
- Vintage athletes put a smile into sport (News Feature)
- Kidnapped Irish priest allegedly turned over to Muslim rebels
- Indonesian court acquits Muslim cleric in underage marriage
- Taiwan, China to hold high-level talks in December
- Australian degrees: Would you like a visa with that? (Feature)
- Four Dutch tourists die as hot-air balloon crashes in China Dutch to slug (Roundup)
- Mooning law lecturer off to jail in Australia
- Drug-soaked jacket results in Malaysia arrest of pregnant Filippino
- Three tourists die as hot-air balloon crashes in China
- Police seek Chinese dam workers after attack on traffic police
- Central Asian premiers hold security summit
- Thai taxi driver confesses to murder of mother and child
- Record times rile Australian runners after short circuit
Tuesday 13 October 2009
- Merkel and Xi softly differ at Book Fair opening (Roundup)
- Roddick limps out of Shanghai with knee injury (Roundup)
- China, Russia sign gas, banking deals as Putin visits (3rd Roundup)
- China, Russia sign gas, banking deals as Putin visits (2nd Roundup)
- UN: Massive agricultural damage in Philippines
- Chinese president hails Pakistan infrastructure projects (Roundup)
- North Korea agrees to talks, but prepares new missile tests (Roundup)
- Book Fair organizer condemns Chinese censorship
- RESULTS 2ND ADD: Shanghai Masters
- 6.2-magnitude quake shakes islands off eastern Indonesia
- China, Russia sign deals worth 3.5 billion dollars (Roundup)
- India, China row over leader's visit to disputed territory
- Haas ends Asian absence with opening Shanghai win
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: Shanghai Masters
- Giant bridge puts Chinese dolphins at risk, green group says
- Chinese president meets Pakistan premier
- China, Russia sign deals worth 3.5 billion dollars (2nd Lead)
- Australia urges Indonesia to tackle people smugglers
- China, Russia sign deals worth 3.5 billion dollars (1st Lead)
- Bangkok to be under tight security during ASEAN summit
- Second bid to plug Timor Sea oil leak fails
- China, Russia sign deals worth 3.5 billion dollars
- Malaysian grandpa, son and grandson hold triple wedding ceremony
- Vietnamese police allege dissident novelist hit man with brick
- Del Potro on call as Federer standby at Kooyong
- Philippines creates reconstruction group, to seek more foreign aid
- Verdasco plays for time onboard Shanghai bullet train
- Bushwalking German tourist found dead in Australia (Roundup)
- Missing New Zealand toddler found dead (Roundup)
- Philippine farmers face tough times after storms (News Feature)
- Bushwalking German tourist found dead in Australia
- Report: North Korea appears to be preparing new missile tests
- North Korea agrees to hold talks this week with South
- Thai police hunt for boy's murderer
- Hong Kong leader faces flak on Tiananmen dissident handed to China
Monday 12 October 2009
- Missing New Zealand toddler found dead
- Chinese vice-president in Berlin before Book Fair (Roundup)
- North Korea tests-fires short-range missiles (Roundup)
- RESULTS 2ND ADD: Shanghai Masters
- Roddick, Nadal fear showdown over ATP workload (Roundup)
- China, Russia to sign deals worth 5.5 billion dollars (Roundup)
- Indonesian police: DNA confirms death of wanted militants
- East Timor government survives no confidence vote (Roundup)
- North Korea tests-fires short-range missiles (3rd Lead)
- RESULTS 2ND ADD: Shanghai Masters
- North Korea tests-fires short-range missiles (2nd Lead)
- North Korea tests-fires short-range missiles (1st Lead)
- Amnesty demands end to censoring, as China readies book show
- United Nations and Interpol agree to expand cooperation
- Report: North Korea tests short-range missiles
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: Shanghai Masters
- Indonesian survivors mark 7th anniversary of Bali bombings
- Seoul seeks talks with North Korea on families, floods
- China sentences six to death over bloody ethnic rioting
- Hong Kong accused of handing Tiananmen Square dissident to China
- Roddick, Nadal fear showdown over ATP workload (1st Lead)
- Copyright-breaking karaoke machines are seized in Hong Kong
- Putin's China visit to produce deals worth 5.5 billion dollars
- East Timor opposition debates censure motion against government
- Child's body found in hunt for missing New Zealand girl (Roundup)
- Report: Body found in hunt for missing New Zealand child (Extra)
- Long rest between medals for Canadian swimmer
- China opens mafia trials in crime-plagued city
- Blake beats Karlovic barrage to advance in Shanghai
- Khmer Rouge trial defence lawyers seek to oust investigating judge
- Digging starts in hunt for missing New Zealand child (1st Lead)
- Three communist rebels killed in clash in eastern Philippines
- Malaysian state to pay for second honeymoon for feuding couples
- Philippines rushes relief to north, death toll at 321
- Pakistani premier on visit to China
- Two killed in gang clash in Vietnam
- Indonesian navy arrests 260 Sri Lankan migrants
- An apple a day keeps Taiwan couple's 50-year marriage sweet
- One in three Hong Kong workers keep earnings secret from spouses
Sunday 11 October 2009
- Police have no clues a week after New Zealand toddler disappears
- Djokovic, Kuznetsova wrap up China Open titles (Roundup)
- Djokovic plays the waiting game to win Beijing title (1st Lead)
- Del Potro to stay strictly Italian amid Shanghai's Asian delights
- Myanmar women's hair finances bridge building
- Rain interrupts men's Beijing final in opening set
- Death toll from Philippine landslides rises to nearly 300 (Roundup)
- 17 Cambodians die as river ferry capsizes
- Tsonga lifts odds for season finale place with Tokyo title (Roundup)
- ((eca014): Thai man shifting the tide for mangroves (Feature)
- Tsonga seizes the opportunity to win Tokyo title
- Death toll from Philippine landslides rise to nearly 300
- Local man shifting the tide for mangroves in Thailand (Feature)
Saturday 10 October 2009
- Greenpeace attacks New Zealand dairy company for "climate crime"
- In Pictures: 'Thailand USA Thunderbirds Air Show'
- In Pictures: 'Philippines Typhoon Floods and Landslides'
- Cilic stuns sluggish Nadal to reach Beijing final (Roundup)
- Leader of Malaysia's ethnic Chinese party given no-confidence vote
- RESULTS 2ND ADD: China Open
- Imperious Tsonga stops Monfils for shot at Tokyo title (2nd Roundup)
- Tsonga stops Monfils for shot at Tokyo title (Roundup)
- Nadal crashes to loss as Cilic reaches Chinese Open final (1st Lead)
- China, Japan, South Korea vow to push North Korea talks (2nd Roundup)
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: China Open
- Youzhny ambushes Hewitt to reach Tokyo final
- Djokovic takes number three ranking with place in Beijing final
- Myanmar to hold elections in 2010, junta chief says
- East Asian powers promise to make climate talks succeed
- Seven killed when Taiwan tour bus plunges into ravine
- Rescuers struggle through floods, landslides in Philippines
- Ma: Taiwan not to sacrifice sovereignty, defence to China
- China sentences man to death over attack that sparked ethnic riot
- China, Japan, South Korea leaders hold summit (1st Lead)
- Thailand assigns 18,000 security personnel for ASEAN summit
- China, Japan, South Korea leaders hold trilateral talks
- Seniors face drug testing at World Masters Games
Friday 09 October 2009
- Police step up hunt for missing New Zealand toddler
- Djokovic closer to overhauling Murray; Nadal sweeps Safin (Roundup)
- Indonesia police kill two in raid on militant hideout (Roundup)
- Japan congratulates Obama on peace prize win
- Seoul, Tokyo seek one-step North Korea nuclear solution others available (Roundup)
- Tsonga, Monfils recover to reach Tokyo semi-final showdown (Roundup)
- Myanmar opposition leader has rare talks with diplomats (3rd Roundup)
- Vietnam sentences six democracy activists to prison
- RESULTS 2ND ADD: China Open
- Malaysian police detain couple on sex-trafficking suspicions
- Myanmar opposition leader has rare talks with diplomats (2nd Roundup)
- Tsonga completes second comeback to reach Tokyo semis (1st Lead)
- Indonesia police kill two in raid on militant hideout (1st Lead)
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: Japan Open
- Djokovic takes step closer to overhauling Murray in rankings
- Aung San Suu Kyi on "remarkable form," says British envoy
- Indonesian police raid suspected militants' hideout
- Thirteen Pakistanis smuggled to Hong Kong on rickety sampan
- Seoul, Tokyo seek one-step North Korea nuclear solution others available (1st Lead)
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: China Open
- Myanmar opposition leader holds rare talks with diplomats (Roundup)
- Hewitt earns Tokyo semi-final hat-trick over French spoiler
- Taiwan factory fires three workers for playing Facebook game
- South Korea, Japan seek 1-step solution on North's nuke programme
- At least 113 dead in Philippine landslides, floods (3rd Lead)
- INTERVIEW: Top Chinese critic: Consumerism bad for "People's books"
- Soft power with books does not come easy for China (Feature)
- Pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmaker faces sexual harassment claims
- Myanmar opposition leader holds rare talks with diplomats
- Samoa holds national memorial service for tsunami dead
- More than 100 dead, missing in Philippine landslides (2nd Lead)
- More than 100 dead, missing in Philippine landslides (1st Lead)
- More than 100 dead, missing in Philippine landslides (Urgent)
- Attacker with bottom fetish spread syringe panic in Hong Kong
- 26 die as lifts plunge at China tin mine
Thursday 08 October 2009
- New Zealand toddler may have been abducted to order
- New Zealand university bars Uighur leader
- ROUNDUP -Taiwan's court denies bail request by ex-president
- At least two dead as Typhoon Melor hits Japan available (Roundup)
- Nadal takes confidence lift from three-set struggle (Roundup)
- Tsonga blows into Tokyo quarters over Gasquet (Roundup)
- Malaysian student facing exams believed to have torched school
- Golden oldies ready for Sydney's World Masters Games (Feature)
- Golden oldies ready for Sydney's World Masters Games (Feature)
- Six people killed in landslides in northern Philippines
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: China Open
- Malaysian court sentences Thai man to hang for drug trafficking
- Media groups urge rights focus at China forum
- Hong Kong bans pregnant women from China giving birth in city
- Nadal struggles through over Blake in Beijing
- EU helps Philippines prosecute perpetrators of political killings
- Taiwan's court to review bail request by graft-tainted ex-president
- Tsonga blows into Tokyo quarters over Gasquet (1st Lead)
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: Japan Open
- West Sumatra's quake death toll rises to 739
- Malaysian forces on alert over threats of Indonesian spears
- Vietnamese court sentences third democracy activist
- Hewitt hands retiring Santoro his first and last Tokyo exit
- Murray withdraws from Shanghai with wrist injury
- Indonesia anti-graft chief goes on trial in murder case
- Cambodia denies laying landmines near Preah Vihear
- Indonesian business tycoon appointed new Golkar Party chairman
- 11 people killed in road collision in southern Philippines
- Six killed in clinic collapse in western Philippines
- Pacific panic over tsunami alert (Roundup)
- China media offensive seeks to win hearts, global influence (Feature)
- Brilliant mind of Nobel laureate scientist affected by Alzheimer's
- New Zealand police check Asian women with dogs in toddler hunt
- Pacific tsunami warning cancelled after Vanuatu quakes (Extra)
- Four-centimetre tsunami near Vanuatu followed quakes (Extra)
- Singapore court affirms ruling against soon-to-be-closed magazine
- Typhoon strikes Japan, leaving injured and stopping traffic
- Two large quakes trigger tsunami warnings, scramble (2nd Lead)
Wednesday 07 October 2009
- New Zealand downgrades tsunami alert as 3 quakes shake Pacific
- Tsunami alert for Australia and Pacific after 8.1 quake (1st Lead)
- Tsunami alert for Australia and Pacific (Urgent)
- US reacts cautiously to North Korean opening on six-party talks
- Taiwan invited to join Central American vice presidents' forum
- Tsonga sets up French showdown with Gasquet (Roundup)
- Djokovic, Davydenko charge ahead in Beijing (Roundup)
- Vietnam puts bloggers, democracy activists on trial (Feature)
- Taiwan weighs accepting looted Chinese relics
- Typhoon expected to make landfall in Japan Thursday
- Al-Qaeda calls for holy war against China
- No mercy for Davydenko in Beijing rout of Kohlschreiber
- Slumping Gulbis hopeful he's reached Tokyo turning point (1st Lead)
- More could have died in Indonesia quake without drills (Roundup)
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: China Open
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: Japan Open
- Clinic collapses in western Philippines, trapping four
- Myanmar opposition leader meets junta liaison for more talks
- Slumping Gulbis hopful he's reached Tokyo turning point
- Sydney's red dust storm benefits environment
- Governor: More could have died in Indonesia quake without drills
- Taipei funeral parlour uses heat from cremations to brew coffee
- Three Malaysian siblings die from hornet stings
- Vietnamese activist sentenced for protest banner
- Murray chances rated 50-50 for Shanghai Masters
- Hong Kong graffiti sells for record 65,000 dollars at auction
- SIDEBAR: Father takes up mother's role with wife working abroad
- Migrants' families struggle with absence of loved ones (Feature)
- Police suspect abduction of New Zealand toddler
- New Zealand gunman had brother's body in car, police say
- Obama expresses condolences for Philippine storm dead
- Weakened storm returns to Philippines, hits northern provinces
- Singapore man gets 12 years in jail for beating toddler to death
Tuesday 06 October 2009
- Dalai Lama receives congressional award (Roundup)
- UN seeks 74 million dollars to assist Philippines after storms
- Obama criticized for not meeting with Dalai Lama
- Chinese author denied exit visa to visit Germany, official says
- Taiwan, China to hold first joint arts exhibition
- Del Potro dropped by French qualifier in Tokyo (Roundup)
- Hong Kong "father of fibre optics" awarded Nobel Prize (Roundup)
- Two NBA teams to play autumn preseason games in Taiwa and China
- Nadal caps injury recovery with opening Beijing win (Roundup)
- Wall Street fraudster Madoff pinned to wall in Chinese sculpture
- Williams seizes number one ranking back from Safina (1st Lead)
- Hong Kong "father of fibre optics" awarded Nobel Prize for physics
- Mass graves prepared as Indonesia quake aid flown in
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: Japan Open
- No breakthrough for Wen Jiabao in North Korea
- RESULTS 2ND ADD: China Open
- Williams seizes number one ranking back from Safina
- Begging Chinese monk fined for threatening Malaysians
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: China Open
- 15 soldiers injured in road accident in the Philippines
- Del Potro dropped by French qualifier in Tokyo
- Philippine Marine killed in clash with Muslim militants
- Survivors pick up the pieces after Indonesia quake (News Feature)
- New Zealand police find gunman murder suspect
- Former New Zealand legislator jailed for six years for corruption
- Typhoon Parma batters northern Philippines
- Report: North Korea almost finished rebuilding nuclear facility
- Kim Jong Il wants US meeting before nuclear talks
- Australia hires advertising agency to battle illegal immigrants
- Australia's first female Nobel winner ridiculed as a student
Monday 05 October 2009
- RESULTS China Open (2nd Roundup)
- Obama puts off meeting with Dalai Lama (Roundup)
- Special shows to mark centenary of Asian Museum in Cologne
- Panamanian freighter sinks during typhoon, 10 crew missing
- Search for missing called off in quake-hit Indonesian city (Roundup)
- Race for number one opens up as Safin crashes in Beijing (Roundup)
- RESULTS 2ND ADD: China Open
- North Korea open for new nuclear talks, China says (Roundup)
- Swiss Stan and Chiudinelli substitute for missing Federer in Tokyo
- Russian teen stuns Williams again in Asia (2nd Lead)
- Typhoon death toll in Cambodia reaches 17
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: China Open
- Search for missing called off in quake-hit Indonesian city available (1st Lead)
- Djokovic sweats out win in Beijing debut (1st Lead)
- Seven dead in Thai train derailment (Roundup)
- Singapore dad gets 14 years in jail, caning for molesting daughters
- China accuses developed countries of sabotaging climate treaty
- Malaysian wildlife officers rescue trapped tiger
- World migration a boon for humanity, UN report says moved 0500; see advisory (Roundup)
- Health officials try to prevent diseases after Indonesia quake
- Djokovic comes up a winner in debut Beijing showing
- New Zealand captain in fitness race for Bahrain qualifier (Roundup)
- Report: Obama postpones off meeting with Dalai Lama
- Vietnamese police harass disciples of exiled Buddhist monk
- Ten dead in Thai train derailment (1st Lead)
- Hong Kong cracks down on illegal bookies
- Seoul authorities search North Korean containers, media reports say
- Hundreds of cars trapped in snow in New Zealand (Roundup)
- New Zealand police hunt gunman in farmland (Roundup)
- Vietnam typhoon death toll hits 159
- PROFILE: Australians warm to birthday boy Paul Hogan
- Quake-hit Indonesian city crawls back to life (News Feature)
- Novice anti-drugs officer held for 10-kilogram heroin stash
- Typhoon Parma remains stationary in northern Philippines
- New Zealand uncertain whether to admit Chinese Uighur leader
- World migration a boon for humanity, UN report says advisory
- North Korea open for new nuclear talks
- Train derails in southern Thailand, killing four
Sunday 04 October 2009
- Panamanian freighter sends out SOS near Taiwan during typhoon
- In Pictures: 'Indonesia Earthquake October 4th'
- Hundreds of cars trapped in snow in New Zealand
- New Zealand police hunt gunman in farmland
- Winning Williams awaits her fate as US Open probe continues
- Indian Navy: Nothing incriminating on North Korean ship (Roundup)
- South Korea allows 11 North Korean refugees to stay
- Strong quake jolts southern Philippines, no damage or casualties
- Kim Jong Il meets Chinese leader; agreements signed (Roundup)
- "Drunk" Japanese ex-finance minister found dead (Roundup)
- Davydenko starts Asian run with Kuala Lumpur title
- Simon snaps year-long draught to win Bangkok trophy
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: China Open
- North Korean ship detained by Indian Navy
- North Korea, China sign cooperation agreements (2nd Lead)
- Typhoon Parma kills 17 in Philippines (Roundup)
- Malaysian pop star arrested for fighting with Hong Kong singer
- Typhoon Parma approaches Taiwan, disrupts air traffic (Roundup)
- Kim Jong Il welcomes Chinese premier to North Korea (1st Lead)
- Typhoon Parma kills 17 in Philippines (1st Lead)
- Indonesia quake aid trickling in as hopes for the missing fading
- 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia's Papua
- Typhoon Parma kills 12 in Philippines, damage less than expected
- Kim Jong Il welcomes Chinese premier to North Korea
- Indonesian hamlets doomed as quake landslides bury hundreds (Feature)
- Japan's former finance minister found dead
- Samoa to hold mass funeral for tsunami victims
Saturday 03 October 2009
- Typhoon Parma approaches Taiwan after killing 3 in the Philippines
- Venus flirts with sloppy form in struggling win in China
- Davydenko a believer after comeback over Soderling (Roundup)
- Typhoon Parma batters Philippines, at least three dead (2nd Roundup)
- Simon to face Serbian surprise Troicki in Bangkok final (Roundup)
- Davydenko becomes a believer after fighting comeback over Soderling
- Typhoon Parma batters extreme northern Philippines (Roundup)
- Rescue efforts in full swing after Indonesia quake (2nd Lead)
- Sharapova to rise back to Top 15 after Tokyo title
- Myanmar junta sends minister to meet Aung San Suu Kyi
- Simon storms into Bangkok title contention with place in final
- Police go after profiteers in typhoon-battered Philippines (Extra)
- Australia's Rudd criticized for snubbing Dalai Lama
- Ivanovic caps a sad season by withdrawing ill from Beijing
- Bodies still being uncovered from Samoa tsunami (Roundup)
- Typhoon Parma batters extreme northern Philippines (1st Lead)
- Glock in accident in Suzuka qualifying (Extra)
- Australia repatriates would-be migrants from Indonesia
- Despair and relief after Indonesian quake (Feature)
- Celebrated Australian war hero lived a lie
- Australian defence minister commits to East Timor's security
- Man, 81, sought after murder of 77-year-old in Hong Kong
- Rescue efforts in full swing after Indonesia quake (1st Lead)
- Trulli tops final practice run at Suzuka
- Typhoon Parma spares flood-devastated areas in Philippines
- International relief effort in full swing after Indonesia quake
- Taiwan issues sea warning for typhoon Parma
Friday 02 October 2009
- Bodies still being uncovered from Samoa tsunami
- In Pictures: 'Indonesia Earthquake October 2nd'
- Searches under way as some 3,000 missing in Sumatra quake (Roundup)
- Tsonga moves closer to repeat Bangkok trophy (Roundup)
- Right council calls for release of Myanmar political prisoners
- Top seed Davydenko leads the way in Malaysia (Roundup)
- Searches under way as some 3,000 missing in Sumatra quake (4th Lead)
- Pope prays for victims of Indonesia earthquake
- Davydenko does damage with 40th win to reach Kuala Lumpur semis
- Hopes fading for missing Malaysian tourist in New Zealand (Roundup)
- Fighting Simon rallies into Bangkok semi-finals
- Philippines placed under "state of calamity" amid typhoon (Roundup)
- Kovalainen fastest in Suzuka free practice (Roundup)
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: Thailand Open
- Searches under way in Indonesia as quake death toll soars others available (1st Lead)
- Taiwan museum willing to loan artifacts for exhibition in China
- Singapore watch thief gets nine years for million-dollar heist
- Myanmar court rejects Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal
- New Zealand police seek 65 tons of stolen fertiliser
- Kovalainen tops first practice session in Suzuka
- Australian mother gets life for daughter's death
- Australian pins murder on "imaginary friend" called Bert
- Patriotic Chinese epic sets new box office record in Hong Kong
- Typhoon Ketsana death toll rises to 101 in Vietnam
- Hundreds evacuated as super typhoon bores down on Philippines
- Tropical storm Ketsana death toll in Cambodia reaches 14
- Pet cat freed after 12 days trapped in a pipe in Hong Kong
- Two more big earthquakes shake Pacific Ocean
- Hopes fading for missing Malaysian tourist in New Zealand
- Search underway in Indonesian quake as death toll soars
Thursday 01 October 2009
- Samoa faces up to Paradise Lost after quake, tsunami
- Clinton vows closer ties with Vietnam
- UN: 1,100 dead in West Sumatra earthquake
- "We are marching towards socialism," Chavez tells China
- Tibet supporters protest red-yellow lights on Empire State Building
- US congratulates China on 60 years
- In Pictures: 'Vietnam Typhoon Ketsana'
- In Pictures: 'Indonesia Earthquake'
- Isner, Simon win in Bangkok as Safin makes exit (Roundup)
- Indonesian quake kills 529; thousands trapped under rubble (Roundup)
- French pair power through in Kuala Lumpur (Roundup)
- East Timor to hold first joint military exercise with US
- China celebrates 60th anniversary of People's Republic (2nd Roundup)
- China's leaders dance as fireworks, songs end birthday gala
- SIDEBAR: Strict strides, blinks for Chinese military parade
- Taiwan says elite force needed to safeguard island (Roundup)
- French pair power through in Kuala Lumpur
- Indonesian quake kills 529; thousands trapped under rubble available (7th Lead)
- Tremors felt in Singapore as second quake hits Indonesia (Roundup)
- SIDEBAR: China's ex-leader Jiang Zemin watches parade as number two
- 11 North Koreans flee by boat to South, request asylum
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: Malaysian Open
- EU sends 3 million euros in quake aid to Indonesia
- India upset over China issuing separate visas to Kashmiris
- Isner, Simon maintain winning debuts as Safin makes exit (1st Lead)
- China's leaders review troops in Red Flag limousine (Extra)
- China's weather makers made sunshine for anniversary (Extra)
- Philippines raises typhoon Parma alert (Roundup)
- Germany to aid Indonesia quake victims
- China shows off nuclear missiles in "steel Great Wall" (Roundup)
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: Thailand Open
- Four killed in fighting in southern Philippines
- BACKGROUND: What causes earthquakes
- Tibetan, Uighur groups decry China's "tyrannical rule"
- Hundreds join in National Day anti-Beijing march in Hong Kong
- Fresh tremors felt in Singapore as second quake hits Indonesia
- Malaysian officer charged in deadly beating of detainee
- Indian police arrest 21 Tibetans for anti-China protests
- Isner, Simon maintain winning debuts in Bangkok
- China celebrates 60th anniversary of People's Republic (Roundup)
- Injured Murray pulls from Tokyo
- Search begun for Malaysian tourist in New Zealand mountain park
- EU condoles victims of natural disasters in Asia, Pacific
- Indonesian quake kills 467, thousands trapped under rubble (5th Lead)
- Australia's Liberals wrestle over carbon-trading scheme
- China shows off latest missiles in "steel Great Wall"
- Pacific death toll rises 24 hours after quake, tsunami (Roundup)
- China a global force on 60th anniversary, Hong Kong leader says
- BACKGROUND: China, the world's most populous country
- BACKGROUND: From Mao to market: 60 years of the People's Republic
- Death toll from Indonesia quake rises to 467 (Extra)
- Indonesian quake kills 200, dozens trapped under rubble (4th Lead)
- Picking up lives after Philippine storm tragedy (News Feature)
- Taiwan scholars: China's parade shows power, ambition, confidence
- Typhoon Ketsana leaves at least 74 dead in Vietnam
- Philippines raises alert for strong typhoon, Ketsana toll up to 277
- Indonesian quake kills 200, dozens trapped under rubble (3rd Lead)
- China marks 60th anniversary of People's Republic military parade, Hu Jintao's speech (1st Lead)
- Thai woman and toddler knifed to death in Malaysia
- Injury-free Nadal to play next week in Beijing
- Australian round-the-world teen sets sail for record attempt
- 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Jambi in central Sumatra (Extra)
- Earthquake felt in more than 230 Singapore buildings
- 200,000 gather for 60th anniversary of People's Republic of China
- Indonesian quake kills 200, dozens trapped under rubble (2nd Lead)
- Pacific death toll rising 24 hours after quake, tsunami (1st Lead)
- Indonesian quake kills 200, dozens trapped under rubble (1st Lead)
Wednesday 30 September 2009
- Indonesian quake kills 200, dozens trapped under rubble
- Pacific death toll rising 24 hours after quake tsunami
- In Pictures: 'Samoa and American Samoa Tsunami'
- PREVIEW: China's People's Republic turns 60 with huge 'ideology' show
- Disabled athlete crawls up Sydney Tower in double-quick time
- 75 killed, hundreds trapped after Indonesia quake (Roundup)
- Hero Paradorn re-ignites Thai tennis with brief return (Roundup)
- Hundreds trapped under rubble in Indonesian quake (Extra)
- At least 75 killed in Indonesian quake, says official (5th Lead)
- Seeds shine to advance in Malaysia (Roundup)
- (eca177): Indonesian quake kills 75: Official (Extra)
- Indonesian quake kills 75: Official (Extra)
- 7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes off Sumatra island (4th Lead)
- 7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes off Sumatra island (3rd Lead)
- China calls for stability, unity ahead of anniversary
- Typhoon Ketsana causes flooding in southern Laos
- SIDEBAR: Samoa like a war zone, resort manager says
- Thousands evacuated after tremors felt in Malaysian capital
- Thai Supreme Court finds three guilty in state lottery scandal
- 7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes off Sumatra island (2nd Lead)
- Australia rushes to Samoa's aid after Pacific tsunami
- Eleven dead as Ketsana heads out of Cambodia (Roundup)
- 7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes off Sumatra island (1st Lead)
- Malaysian groups slam court decision to uphold woman's caning
- EU sends 150,000 euros in aid to Samoa tsunami victims
- 7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Sumatra island
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: Malaysian Open
- Monfils, Gasquet wake up for wins after long flights
- More than 120 dead in Pacific tsunami (2nd Roundup)
- US ready for North Korea nuke dialogue, official says
- Hero Paradorn re-ignites Thai tennis with brief return to the courts
- Philippines steps up relief efforts, storm toll at 246 (Roundup)
- PROFILE: Second coming for Cadel Evans after lots of coming second
- Chinese dissident Kadeer to sue Taiwan over terrorism charge
- US troops pull out from Philippine village after attack
- SIDEBAR: Samoans ran from waves "as tall as the sky"
- China urges diplomacy, prioritizes Iran oil supply
- Philippines calls for "deep and early" carbon emission cuts
- Disabled athlete crawls up Sydney Tower in double-quick time
- Hong Kong journalists accuse China of trampling on press freedom
- More than 120 die in Pacific tsunami (Roundup)
- Frustration mounts among Philippine flood victims (News Feature)
- Typhoon Ketsana leaves at least 38 dead in Vietnam
- Australian swimmer Jodie Henry retires
- Ten dead as tropical storm Ketsana hits Cambodia
- Philippines steps up relief efforts for flood victims, toll at 246
- Australian in American Samoa says many missing
- Australian tells of Samoa tsunami mayhem
- Tsunami destroys Samoa villages after 8.0 quake
Tuesday 29 September 2009
- Philippines braces for new storms as death toll hits 246
- Safin survives as Santoro sinks in Bangkok (Roundup)
- Hewitt toppled in first round by Johansson
- Police say Indonesia militants planned serial attacks
- Santoro loses early again as end of career draws near (1st Lead)
- RESULTS 1ST ADD: Malaysian Open
- EU provides 2 million euros in aid to Filipino typhoon victims
- Taiwan teen cuts off father's hands
- Santoro loses early again as end of career draws near
- Australian government blasted over Timor Sea oil leak
- Tropical storm kills at least 18 in Vietnam
- Heavy rain puts damper on Hong Kong fireworks show
- Two US soldiers, one Filipino trooper killed by landmine (Roundup)
- Russia's Putin to visit China
- Thai government to lease 4,000 gas buses for 1.94 billion dollars
- Brisbane bridge to be named after Australian rock band
- Raunchy Bruno film banned in Malaysia
- Australians claim clunky dancing record
- Australian who beat death row found guilty of murder again
- Fire damages historic Chiang Kai-shek residence in Taiwan
- Taiwan groups protest China's National Day with dissident films
- Two US soldiers, one Filipino trooper killed by landmine (1st Lead)
- Sixteen convicted of adoption fraud in Vietnam
- US soldier killed in landmine blast in southern Philippines
- New Zealand names squad for World Cup qualifier against Bahrain
- Tropical storm Ketsana grounds Vietnam Airlines flights
- Discontent with Chinese rule hits 21-month high in Hong Kong
- Taiwan watches China's anniversary with mixed feelings (Feature)
- Death toll up to 240 in Philippine floods, storm Ketsana
- Querrey cuts arm in accident in Thailand
- Australians told boat arrivals are mostly economic migrants
- Charlie the cat burglar steals neighbour's eggs
Monday 28 September 2009
- Ban: Onus is on Myanmar for credible, inclusive elections (Roundup)
- UN: Discussion with North Korea "more fruitful" now
- US to open dialogue with Myanmar
- Isner needs 21 aces to overcome fighting Thai challenge
- Dent bobbles the finish but manages KL win (Roundup)
- Myanmar pledges democratic elections, rejects Western democracy
- Taiwan hails Chang Kai-chen after victory over Safina
- 54 inmates escape during prison break in Papua New Guinea
- South Korean assembly approves economist as new premier
- Philippines seeks foreign help as flood toll passes 200
- China, Japan, South Korea meet to discuss North Korea
- China marks 2,560th birthday of Confucius
- ATP tennis returns to Malaysia after long absence
- Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi pushes sanctions talks
- Malaysian police seize 40 smuggled live pangolins
- Floods leave 17 dead in Central America
- Chinese prime minister to visit North Korea
- Singapore woman fined for slapping and kicking maid
- Record number living below Hong Kong's poverty line, study shows
- Philippines struggles to help flood victims
- Australian swimmer Thorpe drops legal action over drug slur
- Wild elephants kill two in Sumatra
- Australians choke on new Vegemite name
- Poll names Hillary greatest living New Zealander - despite death
- Doh! The Springfield doughnut is done for
Sunday 27 September 2009
- Puppy taken at gunpoint in Australia
- In Pictures: 'Philippines Floods'
- Taiwan to show Uighur dissident film in festival
- Death toll hits 144 as tropical storm hits Philippines (2nd Roundup)
- Great deluge leaves Philippine capital in shock (News Feature)
- Indian police question Chinese workers over chimney collapse
- Australian teen still keen to sail around the world
- Death toll nears 100 from tropical storm in Philippines available (Roundup)
- Death toll reaches 80 from tropical storm in Philippines (1st Lead)
- Body of dead Malaysian cult leader wrapped in plastic for 13 months
- Paradorn set for return in Bangkok doubles
- At least 54 dead, 21 missing in storm Ketsana in Philippines
Saturday 26 September 2009
- Ex-Taiwan independence activist forms pro-China party
- At least 33 people killed in storm in Philippines (2nd Roundup)
- Taiwan islands oppose building casinos (Roundup)
- Sydney gets a light dusting as Outback reaches eastern coast
- Nine people killed in storm in Philippines (Roundup)
- Myanmar premier travels to attend UN General Assembly session
- Australian town bans bottled water
- Divided Korean families meet up again
- Hundreds flee their homes amid storm in Philippines
- Another of Australia's Twelve Apostles gone
- Taiwan islands hold referendum on building casinos
- Lady Sovereign fined for unladylike behaviour
- Oudin, Isner to lead fresh-faced US team at Hopman Cup
Friday 25 September 2009
- China cautious about more sanctions on Iran
- Taiwan bans Uighur dissident Kadeer from visit (2nd Roundup)
- Korean family reunions to resum after two-year break
- Myanmar opposition leader ready to talk sanctions with junta
- Taiwan bans Uighur dissident from visit (Roundup)
- Taiwan bans Uighur dissident from visit
- Beyonce to tone down act for Malaysian concert
- Three dead as tour boat capsizes in Vietnam
- Australian admits homemade bomb killed his father
- Man killed in fish food accident in Vietnam
- French national charged with sex crime in Cambodia
- Terror manual puts Australian Muslim in jail
- 10 communist rebels killed in clashes in eastern Philippines
- Triad leader arrested in hacking death of rival boss
- Accidents kill more than 470 in Eid holiday travel in Indonesia
- Hong Kong teen admits making bomb using internet instructions
- Pop stars Gary Chaw and Justin Lo apologize for street brawl
- Australian red dust flies 2,160 kilometres to New Zealand
Thursday 24 September 2009
- Hatoyama: Japan to be bridge on nuclear, climate, economic issues
- Taiwan's graft-tainted ex-president ordered detained - again
- EU extends Fiji sanctions until spring 2010
- Outback farmers poke fun as Sydney sweeps up the dust
- Philippines to review visiting forces pact with US
- Thailand's parliamentarians demand some respect
- China, Japan, South Korea leaders to meet in Beijing
- Muslim leaders endorse guide dogs in Australia
- Malaysian hardline Islamists call for ban on Beyonce concert
- Singapore woman gets jail term for maid abuse
- US plans to "engage" Myanmar junta, Clinton says
- Hamilton confident of performing well on Singapore street circuit
- Cambodia condemns sentencing of its nationals by Thai court
- Former Muslim rebels turn to farming in southern Philippines (Feature)
- Myanmar arrests US national, dissidents
- Man in slippers gives police the slip after 16-km movie-style chase
- Man arrested for stabbing wife to death on Hong Kong rail platform
- Korean student jailed for knifing teacher in New Zealand
- Hong Kong toddler dies after climbing out of seventh-floor window
- Australians upbeat about economic downturn
Wednesday 23 September 2009
- New Zealand singer Howard Morrison dies
- China calls for world without nuclear weapons
- Vast Maoist sculpture set goes on first western tour
- Obama and Hatoyama stress importance of US-Japanese alliance
- Chinese dissident accepts invitation to visit Taiwan
- In Pictures: 'Sydney Dust Storm'
- INTERVIEW: Meteorology expert: Sydney dust storm result of drought
- Thousands want to be chums with Australia's best-job Brit
- Dust storm brings the Outback to Australia's coastal fringe (Roundup)
- Sarah Palin makes her first Asian appearance - but excludes press
- Accidents kill over 300 during Eid holiday travel in Indonesia
- Security forces rescue three kidnapped teachers in Philippines
- In Singapore, novelty of F1 race begins to wear off (Feature)
- Half of Hong Kong young people believe running up debts acceptable
- Belgian paedophile expelled from Cambodia
- Malaysian maritime agency detains Thai fishermen
- Monster python lifts Australian snake catcher
- Red dust storm brings Australian Outback to Sydney
Tuesday 22 September 2009
- Obama and Hu pledge closer cooperation to improve US-China ties
- Hu: China working to lower emissions, but rich countries must help
- China suspends Tibet tourism for 60th anniversary
- 127 political prisoners among 7,000 freed, Myanmar group says
- Two years after "saffron revolution," Myanmar monks under thumb
- Vietnam adoption fraud trial opens
- Thousands flee fighting on southern Philippine island
- Hong Kong police smash triad gang after leader's murder
- Clinton talks North Korea with Asian counterparts (Roundup)
- Two Taiwan groups plan to invite Chinese dissident Rebiya to visit
- In a Singapore storeroom, a treasure waits to be shown (Feature)
- BACKGROUND: China, the world's most populous country
- BACKGROUND: From Mao to market: 60 years of the People's Republic
- INTERVIEW: Reformer disappointed by "party's republic" of China
- Military parade aims to calm fears of China's rise (Feature)
- China's communists celebrate 60 years in power (Feature)
- Clinton talks North Korea with South Korean, Japanese counterparts
Monday 21 September 2009
- Taiwan urged to drop Chinese dissident's film
- Liu Xiang, fans happy with comeback race
- Injured Nadal pulls from Bangkok event
- 15 killed in clashes in southern Philippines (Roundup)
- Three workers die in Vietnam fish sauce vat
- Australia's charm offensive in India rolls on
- Thai Supreme Court acquits 44 in sensitive corruption case
- Bare cop: Australian police caught streaking
- Three killed by grenade during drunken quarrel in Philippines
- Taiwan apartment moves to evict Indian firm over shrine
- Battle over fortune of Asia's richest woman enters final days
- Two Muslim militants killed in airstrikes in southern Philippines
- Gold thieves explode grenades in heist, injure six
- Thais queue up at hospital to wish 81-year-old king speedy recovery
- Thais queue up at hospital to wish 81-year-old king speedy recovery
- Second families to inherit in Australia
- Airport staff linked to drug smuggling, Australian police claim
Sunday 20 September 2009
- Australian who won landmark right-to-die case passes away
- Gay runs 9.69 in Shanghai, fast Jeter, Liu returns
- China warns Taiwan against screening dissident film
- Australia's Rudd refuses to apologize for expletive-laced tirade
- Thai demonstrations end, dozens injured (Roundup)
- New Muslim rebel leaders ready to take over struggle (News Feature)
- Thai demonstrations end, dozens injured
Saturday 19 September 2009
- Thousands protest Thailand's 2006 coup amid border ruckus (Roundup)
- Taiwan reschedules viewing of dissident film under Chinese pressure
- Thousands protest Thailand's 2006 coup (2nd Lead)
- Lightning kills five farmers in the central Philippines
- Thai nationalists march on contested border temple (1st Lead)
- Taiwanese protest government's poor response to disaster
- Thai police arrest six foreigners in online investment scam
- Lucky Australian teenagers find treasure trove
- Thousands brave downpour to protest 2006 Thai coup (1st Lead)
- Thai police block protestors from contested border temple
- Indonesian police: DNA confirms death of militant leader
- Philippine Muslim rebel leader warns of anarchy if talks fail
- Security tight as Bangkok prepares for protests against 2006 coup
- Magnitude-6.4 quake jolts Bali, injuring seven (Roundup)
- Chinese stamp sells for record 332,000 US dollars
- 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia's Bali (1st Lead)
- Obama to meet new Japanese prime minister during UN summit
Friday 18 September 2009
- 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia's Bali
- Taiwan ends bid for UN seat
- Uighur activist back in Germany after South Korea ban (Roundup)
- Rapid growth remains economic priority for China
- Kim says North Korea ready to return to nuclear talks (Roundup)
- China's Communist Party vows tougher line on separatism
- Chinese hurdler Liu to make comeback in Shanghai
- Myanmar releases 600 prisoners from notorious Insein Prison (Roundup)
- World Bank helps protect seas, forests in southern Philippines
- Kim says North Korea ready to return to nuclear talks (Extra)
- Indonesians welcome death of militant leader (Roundup)
- Myanmar junta releases 600 prisoners from notorious Insein Prison
- Muslim chief: Japan porn star should not be in Indonesia film
- Strong quake hits central Philippines
- Uighur activist barred from entering South Korea returns to Germany
- Kim Jong Il meets with Chinese envoy
- Beijing intensifies security after killings by "drunk" man
- "Faux-bama" gets the climate message across for Greenpeace
- Wife wants Malaysian burial for slain militant Noordin (Roundup)
- Indonesians welcome death of militant leader
- Singapore housewife fined for slapping Indonesian maid
- First Japanese unmanned cargo ship docks with space station
- Hong Kong detective jailed for raping woman in police station
- Four kidnapping suspects killed in shootout outside Manila
- 500 bogus married couples sought in Hong Kong fake weddings scam
- One-woman crime wave washes up in New Zealand
- Wife wants Malaysian burial for slain militant Noordin
- Thai inmates get first degree
- Honeymoon husband gets more time over Barrier Reef diving death
- Fugitive who freed dog from death row reportedly ready to surrender
- New Zealand women protest for equal pay
- Hungarian banjo killer gets 12 years for manslaughter
Thursday 17 September 2009
- Man stabs two to death, injures 12 in central Beijing (Roundup)
- Man stabs two to death, injures 12 in central Beijing
- Myanmar to release 7,114 prisoners on crackdown anniversary (Roundup)
- Experts: Vietnam must raise electricity prices to lower emissions
- PROFILE: Self-style al-Qaeda leader killed, ending six-year manhunt
- China sentences four more for Urumqi needle attacks
- India calls off meeting to discuss Chinese incursions
- Malaysian man breeds more than 50 chickens, ducks in flat
- Self-proclaimed Malaysian prophet detained
- New Japanese government gets 72-per-cent approval rating
- ANALYSIS: Three years after coup, Thai military sitting pretty
- South Korea bars Uighur activist from entering country (2nd Roundup)
- Three killed in Muslim rebel attack in southern Philippines
- Muslim judge killed in southern Philippines
- Top Indian officials hold meeting after reported Chinese incursions
- Noordin among militants killed in Indonesia raid (Extra)
- URGENT : Noordin among militants killed in Indonesia raid
- Brothers decline to complain about biting chief monk
- Two dead, 15 wounded in grenade blast in southern Philippines
- Taiwan film festival pressured to drop film about Chinese dissident
- Malaysian police officer charged with raping Indonesian woman
- Spate of small bombs in Yangon
- South Korea prevents Uighur activist from entering country confirmation of arrest (Roundup)
- YouTube clip exposes Hong Kong spectacle scam, watchdog says
- Indonesian Muslims cheer Ramadan (Feature)
- Ramadan TV mixes tears and laughter in Indonesia (Feature)
- Ramadan brings no respite for displaced in Philippines (News Feature)
- South Korea prevents Uighur activist from entering country
- W(h)at a row over a name in New Zealand
- Australians appalled by their own Fritzl case
- Police raid suspected militant safe house, 4 reported dead (3rd Lead)
- Indonesia police fire on suspected militant safe house (2nd Lead)
- Report: Three killed in raid on militant safe house (Extra)
Wednesday 16 September 2009
- Indonesia police fire on suspected militant safe house (1st Lead)
- Former head of New Zealand immigration faces trial for fraud
- Indonesia police fire on suspected militant safe house
- Japan sees historic political change with new government 00000401861726, others available (Roundup)
- Khmer Rouge crimes too big to hide, former torture centre boss says
- India asks Australia to act on alleged racist attacks (Roundup)
- Philippine defence chief to contest presidency in 2010
- Indians allege racist attacks in Australia
- Police arrest 15 after Greenpeace ship protest (2nd Roundup)
- China says bomb plot foiled, needle attacks organized (Roundup)
- Police remove all Greenpeace protestors from ship (Extra)
- Greenpeace stops Indonesian palm kernel shipment at sea (Roundup)
- Chinese artist has surgery after alleged police beating (2nd Roundup)
- India seeks investigation of attack on immigrants in Melbourne
- BACKGROUND: List of members of Japan's new cabinet
- Japan sees historic political change with new government others available (2nd Lead)
- Greenpeace stops Indonesian palm kernel shipment at sea (2nd Lead)
- Chinese artist has surgery after alleged police beating (Roundup)
- Australian accused of faking death for insurance payout
- Aid not delivered to 2,000 displaced by Indonesia floods
- PROFILE: New premier Yukio Hatoyama tasked to reform Japan
- Indonesia anti-corruption fighters suspected in graft probe
- Japan sees historic political change with new government others available (1st Lead)
- New Zealand police name Kenyan sought for murder inquiry (Roundup)
- Hatomyama elected Japan's prime minister (Extra)
- Greenpeace stops Indonesian palm kernel shipment at sea (1st Lead)
- Foetuses, not infants, found in Hanoi dumpster
- Philippines, Muslim rebels agree to form group to monitor talks
- Xinjiang needle attacks organized by groups, China says
- Chinese artist undergoes brain surgery after alleged police beating
- Central Sydney phones could be out for a week
- Historic political change expected as Japan gets new government
- Toll from Typhoon Koppu climbs in Hong Kong; four seriously hurt
- Australian cannibal film making people sick
- Australian driver unlicensed for 50 years
- Greenpeace stops Indonesian palm kernel shipment at sea
Tuesday 15 September 2009
- Clinton says US prepared for direct talks with North Korea
- New Zealand police name Kenyan sought for murder inquiry
- Deaflympics official hails success of Taiwan event (Roundup)
- Spanish athlete accused of molesting Taiwan woman
- 38 killed, several missing in Indonesia floods (Roundup)
- Myanmar prime minister to attend UN General Assembly
- Government: China to take further steps against climate change
- Malaysia releases five suspected Muslim terrorists
- Philippine volcano spews ash, public warned to stay away
- Australian horseracing averts whipping revolt
- 38 killed, several missing in Indonesia floods (1st Lead)
- UN official: Tribunal needed for Timor crimes
- Cold War mentality damages US-China ties, ex-Hong Kong leader says
- Twelve killed, 25 missing in Indonesia floods
- China executes drug baron, producers
- Thai government invokes tough security act on coup anniversary
- Minister who baptized Khmer Rouge defendant says conversion genuine
- Deaflympics official hails success of Taiwan event
- Unease in Indonesia after Aceh passes strict sharia bill
- Typhoon hurts more than 50 in Hong Kong (Roundup)
- Malaysian court jails, canes Indonesian man for consuming alcohol
- China's Uighurs pass Ramadan in isolation (Feature)
- Ramadan boosts conspicuous consumption in Indonesia (Feature)
- New Vietnam law shuts down independent think tank
- Godwits arrive to signal start of New Zealand spring
- Man who stabbed girlfriend 216 times jailed for 18 years
- At least 28 injured as typhoon roars past Hong Kong
- Samoan driving switch claims first casualty
- New Zealand police seek Kenyan over murder inquiry
Monday 14 September 2009
- Lost Australian cat starts transcontinental journey home
- UN group to monitor sanctions against North Korea (Roundup)
- UN group formed to monitor sanctions against North Korea, US says
- Singapore man jailed 18 years for killing girlfriend's baby
- Daughter of first Myanmar prime minister forms political party
- Ferry services grounded as typhoon closes in on Hong Kong
- Two Singapore men sentenced to jail terms in pepper spray attack
- Three dead infants found in Hanoi dumpster
- Pope's pilgrims on the lam in Australia
- Philippines to send 336 peacekeepers to Syria
- New Zealand floats new climate change policy to cut consumer costs
- Militiaman killed in communist rebel attack in Philippines
- Drunken soldier kills two people in southern Philippines
- Malaysian centenarian hopes to marry for the 23rd time
- China starts construction of fourth space centre
- Thai soldiers accused of burning alive teenage logger
- Thai fisherman found dead in boat off Malaysian coast
- Infant survives 12-storey fall after landing on motorcyclist
- Australia gets bad carbon report card
Sunday 13 September 2009
- Six die in lift plunge in Hong Kong's biggest skyscraper (3rd Roundup)
- Suspected separatists kill five Thai paramilitary troops
- Five die in lift Hong Kong's biggest skyscraper (2nd Roundup)
- Dissident questioned over pacemaker in Myanmar
- Five die in lift shaft of Hong Kong's biggest skyscraper (Roundup)
- Parishioners mass for turbulent Australian priest
- Hundreds protest beating of Hong Kong journalists in China
- Australia's Moffatt claims world triathlon title
- Tropical storms leave 17 dead or missing in Philippines
- At least three die as lift plunges in Hong Kong's tallest building
- Timor Sea oil leak clean-up scaled back, plugging operation planned
- Myanmar military urges ethnic groups to become frontier forces
- Taiwan student seeks to kiss 100 men in Paris
- Indonesian counter-terror squads to guard Ramadan-ending holiday
- Pet parrot and owner rescued from tree in Hong Kong
Saturday 12 September 2009
- Fifty arrested in second night of student riots
- Police arrest 20 after New Zealand student riot
- Furore as Chinese dissidents address book fair symposium
- Exiled writer condemns snub in run-up to Frankfurt Fair (News Feature)
- Seoul supports direct talks between North Korea and US
- Australian horseracing whipped by controversy
- Britain's Brownlee claims world triathlon title
- Britain's Brownlee claims world triathlon title
- China sentences three Uighurs in syringe attacks (Roundup)
- Philippine leader to visit Britain, Saudi Arabia next week
- Nine men charged over gangland killing of Hong Kong triad boss
- Australian international Mark Viduka returning home
- Australian Muslims upset their holy days are not holidays
- China sentences three over Urumqi syringe attacks
- Bus carrying Freeport workers attacked in Indonesia's Papua
- US willing to have direct talks with North Korea
- Maid jailed for putting bleach in Hong Kong baby's milk
- Hong Kong boy shins down drainpipe 19 storeys
Friday 11 September 2009
- ROUNDUP Chinese dissidents arrive in Germany for book fair
- Korean aims this year to become 1st woman to climb 14 tallest peaks
- Oil giant Total's presence in Myanmar is "positive": CEO
- North Korea retreats from wage demands at industrial park (Roundup)
- China controls activists, internet in run-up to 60th National Day
- Sushi, sesame and soy swell numbers of Japan's seniors (News Feature)
- Thai media tycoon gets six months for slander, plans appeal
- Kadeer urges China to start talks with unhappy minorities
- East Timor PM: Australia war crimes probe futile
- Tiger kills gardener at Vietnam zoo
- Australia overtakes US as worst per-capita carbon-dioxide polluter
- Police in Vietnam free hundreds of endangered sea turtles
- North Korea retreats from wage demands at industrial park
- Taiwan court sentences ex-president to life for graft (1st Lead)
- Air force training aircraft crashes in Malaysia, pilots killed
- Taiwan court sentences ex-president to life for graft (Urgent)
- Report: South Africa's champion runner Semenya a hermaphrodite
- Rescued Filipino crew spent two days clinging to capsized boat
- Seventeen arrested over gangland killing of Hong Kong triad boss
- Chinese dissidents travel to German book fair
- Japan boasts record number of 100-year-olds
- Hong Kong woman admits trying to cut baby from mother's womb
- Thai woman detained for smuggling cocaine capsules in stomach
Thursday 10 September 2009
- Book fair excludes Chinese dissidents (3rd Roundup)
- Book fair defends shut-out for dissidents (2nd Roundup)
- Report: Pipeline pumps billions in Myanmar junta's pockets available (2nd Roundup)
- Report: Pipeline pumps billions in Myanmar junta's pockets available (Roundup)
- Taiwan shuffles cabinet after deadly typhoon (Roundup)
- Australians captivated by dog rescue (Roundup)
- China pressures German book fair to keep dissidents away (Roundup)
- Mass Chinese conversion to Islam touted by Saudi government
- Indonesia warns Australia over probe into journalists' death
- Report: Pipeline pumps billions in Myanmar government's pockets
- An easy birthday to remember: 9:09/09/09/09
- Indonesia's anti-terrorism plans spark rights concerns (Feature)
- Australian who fed her children rat poison beats murder rap
- Australians captivated by dog rescue
- Vietnamese gold panners rescued after flood
- China pressures German book fair to keep dissidents away
- Philippine police arrest suspected Muslim militant bombers
- Taiwan shuffles cabinet after deadly typhoon
- Three gunmen killed in Philippine capital
- Tropical depression leaves nine dead or missing in Philippines
- Suicide rate in Hong Kong declines from historic highs
- Malaysia's Ramadan events spark hope of renewed unity (Feature)
- Chinese Muslims mark Ramadan under party control (Feature)
- Australians split over combat roles for women
Wednesday 09 September 2009
- Taiwan's in-coming premier unveils new Cabinet lineup
- German official cautions Book Fair over China plans
- Trickett takes break - considers retirement
- Triple-ninth weddings set new records in China
- Three children killed in Philippine landslide, floods (Roundup)
- Australian police probe 1975 Balibo deaths
- Myanmar claims Chinese intelligence led to Kokang conflict
- East Timor troops to train in Indonesia
- Democrats call on China to probe journalist beatings (Roundup)
- China wants to keep them away from German book fair, dissidents say
- Son of Philippine democracy icon Aquino to run for president (Roundup)
- Two foreign athletes at Deaflympics infected with H1N1 virus
- Malaysia detains 116 Indians, Sri Lankans in people-smuggling ring
- Boy killed by unexploded bomb in Vietnam
- Taiwan ex-president Chen's supporters to protest his sentencing
- China officials accuse beaten Hong Kong journalists of incitement
- Two children killed in Philippine landslide
- Death toll rises to 42 in China coal mine blast; 37 missing
- Thai government marks 9-9-9 date for ninth Chakri king
- Malaysian police detain Indonesian woman with soap-shaped heroin
- Singapore court imposes million-dollar fine on liquor distributor
- Malaysian police halt wheelchair-bound man's crime spree
- Son of late Philippine democracy icon Aquino to run for president
- Round-the-world teen's voyage over before it began
Tuesday 08 September 2009
- US assures North Korea it remains open to talks
- China coal mine blast leaves 35 dead, 44 missing (Roundup)
- Thousands of Chinese couples to wed on lucky 999 day
- 12 people rescued at sea in Philippines after boat capsizes
- South Korea demands North apologize for fatal dam release
- Closing ceremony of Deaflympics will be a huge banquet
- Indonesian city government blocks Facebook for employees
- Death toll in sunken ferry in Philippines rises to 10 (Roundup)
- 2 million visitors for Chinese pandas at Taipei Zoo
- Philippines shuts down shipping firm that owns sunken ferry
- Raunchy Bruno film posters banned from Hong Kong train stations
- China coal mine blast leaves 35 dead, 44 missing (1st Lead)
- Pregnant Thai woman detained for smuggling cocaine
- China coal mine blast leaves 13 dead, 66 missing
Monday 07 September 2009
- No dents as Samoans switch to driving on the left
- Strong earthquake jolts Indonesia's Java
- Nineteen crew rescued after ship sinks in Philippines (2nd Roundup)
- Taiwan premier resigns over typhoon disaster (Roundup)
- Indonesian navy plane crashes, four dead (Roundup)
- Uighur group reports new deaths in China, urges UN observers (Roundup)
- Australian partially relieved after python vacates his toilet
- Taiwan premier resigns over typhoon disaster (2nd Lead)
- Taiwan premier resigns over typhoon disaster (1st Lead)
- Taiwan premier resigns over typhoon disaster (Urgent)
- Malaysian police bust drug syndicate, detain five men
- Indonesian marine plane crashes, all nine on board feared dead
- Catholic priest shot dead in eastern Philippines
- Hong Kong rapist whose attack was broadcast on internet is jailed
- Taiwan president thanks China for aid to typhoon victims
- Nineteen crew rescued after ship sinks in Philippines (Roundup)
- Samoans ready for road rage as Pacific paradise shifts lanes
- Japan's new government seeks deeper cuts in greenhouse gases
- Taipei criticized for disorganization at Deaflympics
- South Korea protests dam discharge that washed away six people
- Flash floods leave seven dead or missing in Vietnam
- Ferrari driver takes job hit over 231-kph overtaking manoeuvre
- Hong Kong journalists protest detentions in Urumqi (Roundup)
- Uighur group reports new deaths in China, appeals for UN observers
- Twenty crew rescued in new ship sinking in Philippines
- Five more Hong Kong journalists covering Urumqi violence detained
- Loeb denied World Rally Championship victory in Australia
Sunday 06 September 2009
- In Pictures: 'Philippines Ferry Accident'
- Six people washed away by giant wave in South Korea
- Nine injured in acid attack on busy Hong Kong street
- China: Urumqi calm after top officials dismissed
- Fierce bidding in Australia for Michael Jackson's white glove
- Laos President arrives in China for official visit
- Suspected separatists kill four in southern Thailand
- Indonesian rescue teams search for quake victims as hope fades
- Five dead, 63 missing as ferry sinks in Philippines (2nd Roundup)
- Loeb wins World Rally Championship round in Australia
- Britain, France share honours in downhill cycling
- Four communist rebels killed in Philippine clash
- Hong Kong voices concerns over beating up of journalists in Urumqi
- Four dead, 90 missing as ferry sinks in Philippines (Roundup)
Saturday 05 September 2009
- Ferry with over 960 on board in distress in southern Philippines
- Deaflympics opens in Taiwan with drums and fireworks (Roundup)
- Car beats plane in stunt to publicize Singapore Grand Prix
- Deaflympics opens in Taiwan with drums and a firework display
- Taiwan to show film about Uighur leader, risks angering China
- Urumqi official sacked, China says unrest under control (1st Lead)
- Islamic militant arrested in southern Philippines
- Close finish in mountain bike championships in Australia
- Hopes fade for people missing after Indonesian earthquake
- Chinese government says Xinjiang unrest under control
- Soldier kills two comrades in southern Philippines
- China police accused of beating up Hong Kong journalists in Urumqi
- Giant exotic fish hunted after being spotted in Hong Kong parks
- Hong Kong wife jailed for pouring hot congee on husband's lap
- Thai campsite closed after crocodile sightings
Friday 04 September 2009
- North Korea: Nearing final phase of uranium enrichment (2nd Roundup)
- China appeals for calm after five dead in new unrest (3rd Roundup)
- Dalai Lama leaves Taiwan after tense diplomatic trip (2nd Roundup)
- China appeals for calm amid new unrest in far west (2nd Roundup)
- Russell Crowe morphs into Maximus Mountain Bike
- Death toll from Java quake rises to 64 (Roundup)
- Police break up new protests in China's far west (Roundup)
- Former Serb warlord walks free in Australia
- World Rally Championship disrupted in Australia
- Rio Tinto toughens China iron ore stance
- Suspect in Singapore watch theft case confesses in court
- Police use tear gas as more protests hit China's far west (2nd Lead)
- North Korea says it is in final phase of uranium enrichment (Roundup)
- Vietnam charges South Korean man with labour export fraud
- Hong Kong government criticized for handling of Falun Gong case
- Dalai Lama returns to India after sensitive visit to Taiwan (Roundup)
- Myanmar court accepts opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's appeal
- Mother drowns four children in Philippines
- Dog nabbed for illegal parking in Australia
- Nearly 500 treated after needle attacks in China's far west (1st Lead)
- Car bomb kills one, injures 10 in southern Thailand
- Search for missing resumes after Java quake as death toll hits 59
- Nearly 500 treated after needle attacks in China's far west
- Philippine police arrest ranking communist rebel
- North Korea says it is in final phase of uranium enrichment
- Australian boy, 9, watches father gunned down
- Dalai Lama returns to India after sensitive visit to Taiwan
Thursday 03 September 2009
- South Korea's president names new prime minister
- Taiwan vows to hold a successful Deaflympics
- Relief efforts underway as Java quake toll rises to 57 (Roundup)
- China disputes US journalists' account of North Korea capture
- Han Chinese protest after needle attacks in riot-hit city (Roundup)
- Croatia outraged Australia won't extradite war crime suspect
- Relief efforts underway as Java quake toll rises to 57 photos (4th Lead)
- Pattani explosion kills one, injures 25 in southern Thailand
- Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi files appeal
- Relief efforts under way as Java quake toll rises to 49 photos (3rd Lead)
- Han Chinese protest poor security in riot-hit city
- Former Hong Kong leader's doctor jailed for donations swindle
- Expatriate Hong Kong professor jailed for groping undergraduates
- 11 drown in Vietnam
- Ukrainian tourist kidnapped in Philippine capital
- Dalai Lama urges China to adopt democracy
- Relief efforts under way as Java quake toll rises to 49 (2nd Lead)
- Aquino son emerges from shadows of illustrious parents (News Feature)
- Filipino women lured into Hong Kong sex trade arrested
- Japan's premier-designate wants "constructive" ties with US
- Two Chinese men arrested in drug raid in Philippines
- Thai police nab US suspect in bank robbery
- Death toll in Indonesian quake rises to 45 (1st Lead)
- Blanchett injured but show goes on
Wednesday 02 September 2009
- Indonesia quake death toll rises to 44
- Obama congratulates victor in Japanese elections
- Journalists reveal first details of North Korea capture
- At least 25 killed as strong quake jolts Indonesia (2nd Roundup)
- At least 23 killed as strong quake jolts Indonesia (Roundup)
- Taiwan asks Dalai Lama to keep politics out of his visit (Roundup)
- At least 15 killed as strong quake jolts Indonesia (6th Lead)
- Domestic dog dated back to 14,000 BCE southern China: researchers
- Australian Muslim jailed on terrorism charges
- At least 15 killed as strong quake jolts Indonesia (5th Lead)
- Australian jumbo in Perth emergency landing
- China to show nuclear missiles in military parade
- 1 killed, 29 injured as strong quake jolts Indonesia (4th Lead)
- UNICEF says Philippines faces serious child trafficking problem
- Malaysian police nab Philippine woman with liquid cocaine
- Indonesia cancels tsunami warning after 7.3-magnitude quake (3rd Lead)
- Malaysia reverses ban on Muslims at Black Eyed Peas concert
- Indonesia cancels tsunami warning after 7.3-magnitude quake (2nd Lead)
- Tsunami warning lifted in Indonesia (Extra)
- Strong quake jolts Jakarta, tsunami warning issued (1st Lead)
- Strong quake jolts Indonesian capital, tsunami warning issued
- Myanmar boy gets special passport to compete in Japan
- Seoul: North Korea's conciliation gestures are "tactical"
- Cultural dispute tests Malaysia-Indonesia ties (Feature)
- Taiwan asks Dalai Lama to keep politics out of his visit
- Malaysian court fines "Spiderman" for scaling Petronas towers
- Former Hong Kong leader's doctor convicted of donations swindle
- Hong Kong pilot suspended after severe turbulence hits plane
- China jails democracy activist for 13 years
Tuesday 01 September 2009
- Fiji suspended from the Commonwealth
- Taiwan's former first lady given year in jail for perjury (Roundup)
- UN: Addressing climate change must include development
- In Pictures: 'Dalai Lama Visits Taiwan'
- Dalai Lama holds prayers in Taiwan despite China protest
- Taiwan's former first lady and children sentenced for corruption
- Japan's parliament to elect new premier in two weeks
- More traffic allowed to flow over Korean border to industrial park
- French "Spiderman" scales Malaysia's twin towers
- US Air Force bomb found in beach town in Vietnam
- Dalai Lama holds prayer session in Taiwan despite China's protest
- Philippines determined to talk peace with communist, Muslim rebels
- Vietnam mass meeting denounces mother who threw away baby
- Australia greets back-from-the-dead minister
- Gloves off in unseasonable Australian winter
- Marriage back in vogue in Australia
Monday 31 August 2009
- Dalai Lama prays for Taiwan flood victims (Roundup)
- In Pictures: 'China - Burma Border Unrest'
- In Pictures: 'Japan Typhoon Krovanh'
- Tonga announces public hearings into ferry tragedy
- Dalai Lama prays for Taiwan flood victims
- Olympic swimmer Dawn Fraser clocks burglar
- Myanmar occupies Kokang region, sending message to other rebels
- ANALYSIS: Japan's new government needs clear direction
- Singapore prime minister congratulates Hatoyama, stresses good ties
- Vietnamese journalist arrested
- Japan's victorious DPJ plans coalition with minor parties (Roundup)
- Myanmar opposition leader Suu Kyi to renovate home-cum-prison
- Japan's victorious DPJ plans coalition with minor parties (1st Lead)
- Former US vice presidential candidate Palin to speak in Hong Kong
- River sand is Vietnam's latest endangered resource
- Australians scrap over money gone to the dogs
- Communist rebels attack military outpost in Philippines
- Vietnam to release thousands of prisoners for independence day
- Porn controversy over China's CCTV tower available (News Feature)
- Japan's victorious DPJ, minor parties to form coalition government
- Australia brings home last Vietnam War dead
- Two boys in Crocs sandals trapped in escalators in Hong Kong
- Sydney bans tourists from Harbour Bridge tourism promotion
- Text messages boldly go from Australia into space
Sunday 30 August 2009
- Japan-US partnership remains strong after vote, White House says
- Dalai Lama arrives in Taiwan on controversial visit (Roundup)
- Landslide poll win lets opposition takes power in Japan (3rd Roundup)
- Landslide poll win lets opposition takes power in Japan (2nd Roundup)
- Dalai Lama arrives in Taiwan on controversial visit (2nd Lead)
- Fighting eases on China-Myanmar border (Roundup)
- Opposition wins big to take power in Japan (Roundup)
- PROFILE: Political blueblood Yukio Hatoyama set for top spot in Japan
- ANALYSIS: In historic vote, Japanese choose a fresh start
- Two army engineers injured in bomb blast in southern Philippines
- Opposition party seems set for win in Japan (4th Lead)
- Opposition party seems set for win in Japan (3rd Lead)
- Polls close in Japan, landslide win seen for DPJ (Extra)
- Dalai Lama cancels international news conference in Taiwan
- Fighting eases on China-Myanmar border
- Officials confirm arms seized on Australian ship
- Philippine president to visit Libya
- One-third of Hong Kong teens say they would consider prostitution
- Australia to apologize to British child migrants
- Search resumes for people missing after Indonesia ferry sinks
- Polls open in Japan to choose new parliament (2nd Lead)
Saturday 29 August 2009
- Polls open in Japan to choose new parliament (1st Lead)
- Elections open in Japan to choose new government
- PREVIEW: Experts deny Dalai Lama visit to harm Taipei-Beijing ties
- North Korea releases South Korean fishermen
- Backers of ousted Thai premier postpone protest
- Fighting in Myanmar spills over into China, one dead (Roundup)
- Seven dead, 15 missing after Indonesia ferry sinks (Roundup)
- Philippines extradites Muslim militant to US to face kidnap charges
- One killed on Chinese border as refugees flee fighting in Myanmar
- UAE says ship seized with weapons from North Korea for Iran (Roundup)
- Australia rejects UN criticism of Aboriginal policies
- One dead, 21 missing after Indonesia ferry sinks
- PREVIEW: Candidates end campaign for Sunday's election in Japan
Friday 28 August 2009
- UAE claims ship seized with weapons from North Korea for Iran
- North: Four South Korean fishermen held for month to be released
- US congressional delegation in Myanmar for foreign policy review
- North, South Korea reach agreement on family reunions families to reunite, background (Roundup)
- More refugees pour into China amid fighting in Myanmar (2nd Roundup)
- More refugees pour into China amid fighting in Myanmar (Roundup)
- Philippines agrees to provide emergency transit for refugees
- Taiwan taking pains to make Dalai Lama's visit non-political
- More refugees pour into China amid fighting in Myanmar
- North, South Korea reach agreement on family reunions
- Thai court sentences woman to 18 years for lese majeste
- Ombudsman approves graft charges against Philippine leader's allies
- Two communist rebels killed in clash in eastern Philippines
- Hong Kong sizzles in hottest August for 30 years
- Three dead, 22 injured in Hong Kong bus crash
- Malaysian police detain nine in drug raid
- Thai woman gets life for slaying Canadian husband
- Strong quake rocks eastern Indonesia
Thursday 27 August 2009
- Starbucks begins to sell local tea in Taiwan
- North and South Korea continue talks on family reunions (Roundup)
- EU condemns executions in Thailand
- India scrambles fighter jet to intercept Air France flight
- Dalai Lama due to visit Taiwan beginning Monday China-Diplomacy/Taiwan/Tibet (3rd Roundup)
- China avoids criticism of Taiwan's Ma over Dalai Lama visit (Roundup)
- Dalai Lama due to visit Taiwan Monday (2nd Roundup)
- Teenage Hong Kong girls sentenced for armed robbery of taxi driver
- UN raps Australia over Aboriginal welfare
- Armstrong to blood RadioShack team in Australia
- Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to appeal
- North and South Korea continue talks on family reunions
- Taiwan's invitation to Dalai Lama "unwise," China scholar says
- Indonesian teacher burns students in lesson on hell
- Japan to give Vietnam 650 million dollars more in development aid
- Myanmar military moves to crush Kokang Chinese
- Insurance fraud leaves cafe owner dead in Australia
- Malaysian Muslims barred from Black Eyed Peas concert
- Poll: Opposition could win two-thirds majority in Japanese election
- Hong Kong thief dies after leaping from window to escape police
- Nine killed after ferry sinks off Bali
- Three killed as car drives off Hanoi bridge
- Bank employee undergoing sex change objects to genderless toilet
- Taiwan approves Dalai Lama visit (Roundup)
- Taiwan approves Dalai Lama visit (1st Lead)
- Dalai Lama to visit Taiwan (Urgent)
Wednesday 26 August 2009
- Taiwan poised to approve Dalai Lama visit (2nd Roundup)
- North and South Korea discuss family reunions
- Taiwan opposition invites Dalai Lama to bless typhoon victims
- Four people killed as minibus plunges into ravine in Philippines
- Indonesian police arrest suspect in hotel bombings
- Taiwan foreign minister offers to resign over typhoon damage
- PROFILE: Reformist Yukio Hatoyama vows to change old Japan
- PROFILE: Taro Aso: Unpopular premier faces historic defeat
- ANALYSIS: Can the DPJ turn Japan around?
- Japan heads towards political change (News Feature)
- dpa package: Sunday's elections in Japan - a time for change?
- Hong Kong couple jailed for beating that left daughter scarred
- Malaysian Muslim woman refuses to appeal against caning
Tuesday 25 August 2009
- Taiwan's typhoon death toll rises to 461, but more feared dead
- Singapore gardener gets 18 years, 24 strokes for raping maid
- Reports: North Korea invites US envoys for talks in September
- China's Hu urges ethnic unity in troubled western region
- Officials "unclear" on trial of rioters in China's far west
- Hong Kong man jailed for acid attack on wife who refused him money
- Indonesian police name another suspect in hotel bombing probe
- Thai government imposes security act for Sunday protests
- Philippine police arrest suspected Muslim militant
- Human rights abuses unabated in strife-torn southern Philippines
- Tons of smuggled pangolin and tortoise shells seized in Vietnam
- North and South Korea agree to discuss family reunions
- Student in Vietnam throws acid at teacher who failed him
- Gas explosion leaves 11 dead, three missing in China coal mine
- Hong Kong man jailed for molesting girl, 13, he met online
- Cambodian man spends four years awaiting trial for petty theft
- Thai, Cambodian army chiefs say temple hostilities over
- Free bus passes set carbon challenge for Australia's politicians
Monday 24 August 2009
- US, South Korea hold firm on sanctions against North
- Chinese region urges mosques to promote unity during Ramadan
- Timor Sea oil leak will take weeks to fix
- Malaysian Muslim woman who drank beer to be caned after Ramadan
- Australian cricket fans marvel at another loss (Roundup)
- Vietnamese say My Lai apology "better late than never"
- Smuggled elephant tusks hidden under snail shells
- Beijing tightens security for 60th anniversary of People's Republic
- Green group targets McDonald's plastic giveaways
- China to try 200 over deadly riot in far west
- Eight people killed in passenger bus collision in Philippines
- Cambodia to cut troop numbers at temple site disputed by Thailand
- Australian cricket fans marvel at another loss
Sunday 23 August 2009
- North Korea seeking better relations with Seoul (2nd Roundup)
- In Pictures: 'Former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung State Funeral'
- Australian freediver claims breathtaking world record
- Koreas hold new talks as Kim Dae-Jung is buried
- Chinese legal rights activist released on bail
- North Korea seeking better relations to Seoul (Roundup)
- Drought causes water shortage for 5 million people in China
- Liquor distillery fire kills five near Yangon
- Business executive dies during triathlon in Philippines
- China orders wall of silence over Berlin Wall anniversary (Feature)
- Timor Sea oil spill "no threat" to Australian coastline
- Philippine peace official calls for "self restraint" during Ramadan
- North Korea seeking better relations to Seoul (1st Lead)
- Hong Kong seizes 360,000 dollars of exotic seafood
- South Korea's president meets high level North Korea officials
Saturday 22 August 2009
- North and South Korea restart talks (Roundup)
- US President Obama to visit China in mid-November
- Two French men held on underage sex charges in Cambodia (Roundup)
- Communists seek freedom of jailed comrades before talks resume
- Malaysian rescuers find bones, skull on razed Liberian tanker
- Oil spilling from drilling rig off Australia
- Taiwan begins three days of mourning for typhoon victims
- Police arrest Muslim militant leader in southern Philippines
- Two French men held on underage sex charges in Cambodia
- North and South Korea restart talks
- Hong Kong university professor faces jail for molesting students
- Suspected serial killer of Thai masseuses gets life
- Murder charge against Australian student in Hong Kong is dropped
Friday 21 August 2009
- China jails Windows software pirate for 3.5 years
- Australia gives Manila aid for disaster mitigation, climate change
- Taiwan cabinet chief under pressure to quit over typhoon response
- Chief nuclear negotiator from China ends visit to North Korea
- ASEAN officials agree on joint appeal for Suu Kyi's release
- Malaysian held in Singapore after drug-smuggling bid
- Australia bans Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab
- Malaysian police shoot dead two Indonesian robbers
- Australia thinks twice about linking visas and degrees
- North Korean delegation arrives in Seoul ahead of state funeral
- Hong Kong body-building official accused of Doha games bribery
- Two suspects killed in foiled kidnapping in Philippines
- Vietnam police seize elephant tusks
- Philippines seizes cargo ship carrying automatic rifles
- Canadian killed in anti-drug operation in the Philippines
- Gory World War II movie cut for squeamish Hong Kong viewers
- Petition filed for expulsion of Belgian paedophile from Cambodia
- Cambodian officials tipped off Indonesia to 60kg heroin shipment
- SIDEBAR: Taiwan postman delivers letters for the dead
- Taiwan touched by 120-dollar donation from Solomon Islands tribe
Thursday 20 August 2009
- Major countries report implementing sanctions against North Korea
- North Korea to start easing border restrictions on Friday
- Australian lottery winner takes his time
- Flaming engine sends Australian jet back to Tasmania
- Blaze on Liberian tanker put out in Malacca Strait; nine missing
- US praises new intensity in efforts to enforce Korea sanctions
- Taiwan announces three days of mourning for typhoon victims
- Tongan police identify foreign passengers drowned in ferry sinking
- Vietnam to put democracy activists on trial
- ASEAN to discuss joint appeal for Aung San Suu Kyi's release
- Hong Kong detective admits sexual assaults at police station
- Australia sets 20-per-cent goal for renewable energy
- 1 killed, 20 injured as grenade goes off in Philippine man's pants
- Hong Kong professor accused of groping female students
- Hong Kong expatriates are Asia's wealthiest, survey finds
- Cambodia announces plan to build country's biggest prison
- Police scramble to confiscate leaflets critical of premier
- Australian company directors punished over asbestos funding
Wednesday 19 August 2009
- North Korea officials meet with New Mexico Governor Richardson
- N Korea praises Kim Dae Jung, sends funeral delegation available (2nd Roundup)
- Liberian oil tanker, British ship collide in Malacca Strait (Roundup)
- Resignation offers mount in Taiwan over typhoon response (Roundup)
- Cashier sentenced for stealing 489,000 dollars from US embassy
- 2006 Nobel laureate launches poverty-elimination centre in Thailand
- Thai town carries out mass hernia operation on monkey population
- Retired Hong Kong policeman caught filming up women's skirts
- Liberian oil tanker, British ship collide in Malacca Strait (1st Lead)
- Indonesia arrests Saudi Arabian with links to hotel attacks
- Seven Muslim rebels killed in Philippine fighting (Roundup)
- Asian ministers expect more haze from stronger El Nino
- Two more Taiwan officials offer to resign over typhoon damage
- North Korea praises Kim Dae Jung, sends funeral delegation (Roundup)
- Vietnamese fishing boats reported seized by Indonesia
- Vietnam prime minister backs controversial aluminum project
- Malaysian court sentences Thai woman to hang for drug trafficking
- Two Muslim rebels killed, two arrested in Philippine fighting
- Taiwan stops soldiers searching for corpses with their noses
- Fake Cambodian "general" charged with fraud, forgery
- ANALYSIS: China gives Australia the big chill
- Lightning strikes kill 113 in Cambodia in 2009
- North Korean leader praises Kim Dae Jung
- 25 die, 13 injured in Indonesia truck accident
- Thailand apologizes for repeated incursions into Cambodian airspace
- Liberian oil tanker, British vessel collide in Malacca Strait
- Hong Kong worker steals to avenge "fat, stupid spinster" slurs
- Taiwan stops seeking UN membership, turns to UN organizations
Tuesday 18 August 2009
- Bill Clinton meets with Obama to discuss North Korea (Roundup)
- Bill Clinton meets with Obama to discuss North Korea
- OBITUARY: Kim Dae Jung, South Korean democracy advocate
- South Korea mourns former president Kim Dae Jung
- UN urges measures for green World Expo in Shanghai in 2010
- Thinktank says Chinese carbon emissions could peak by 2030 (Roundup)
- Taiwan soldiers search for corpses buried under mudslide
- UN and ILO welcome re-investigation of 2004 murder of union leader
- Taiwan president refuses to resign over typhoon response (Roundup)
- Police sting nets biggest Hong Kong cocaine haul in 5 years (Roundup)
- US Senator Jim Webb makes quick stop in Cambodia on Asian tour
- Australia out of favour with China
- Vietnam media attacks Chinese maritime territory claims
- Suspected Muslim bomber gunned down in southern Philippines
- Taiwan president refuses to resign over typhoon response (1st Lead)
- Japan's political leaders begin election campaign
- Pro-gun bent hampers Philippine efforts against illegal arms
- Malaysian court jails Indonesian maid for attack on employer
- Chinese think tank predicts carbon emissions could peak in 2030
- Hong Kong dealers use public lockers to pass on drugs
- Taiwan's deputy foreign minister resigns over typhoon damage
Monday 17 August 2009
- Raid of Chinese eateries finds over 1,000 exploited Chinese chefs
- Report finds flaws in Australia's forest fire response
- Tongan police release some names of missing passengers
- Indonesia reduces jail sentences for thousands of convicts (Roundup)
- Foreign relatives of victims testify at Khmer Rouge tribunal
- Taiwan polluter rejects Vietnam farmers' compensation demands
- Indonesia reduces jail sentences of thousands of convicts
- Thaksin Shinawatra supporters petition Thai king for amnesty
- New Zealand prime minister to visit Australia
- Tight security marks Indonesia's 64th Independence Day
- North Korea puts troops on alert over South Korea-US war games
- 6.8-magnitude quake rattles south-western Japanese islands
- North Korea agrees to open up borders for South Korean tourists
Sunday 16 August 2009
- Australian hero has new respect for sharks
- Singapore feels tremors after Indonesia's earthquake (Extra)
- 6.1-magnitude aftershock off West Sumatra (Extra)
- Five injured as gunmen open fire on bus with Freeport workers
- US plane delivers relief to typhoon-hit Taiwan
- Earthquake jolts Indonesia's West Sumatra, injuring four (Roundup)
- US senator thanks Myanmar junta for American's release (Roundup)
- Strong earthquake jolts off Indonesia's West Sumatra (Roundup)
- Philippine leader scraps plans to buy new jet amid criticism
- Two Philippine military choppers attacked, three injured
- Strong earthquake jolts off Indonesia's West Sumatra
- US senator thanks Myanmar junta for American's release (1st Lead)
- WoW game free in China while operator awaits censors' approval
- US senator thanks Myanmar junta for American's release from jail
Saturday 15 August 2009
- In Pictures: 'Senator Jim Webb in Burma'
- US senator meets Burma's junta chief, Aung San Suu Kyi (2nd Roundup)
- US senator meets Myanmar's junta chief, Aung San Suu Kyi (Roundup)
- Taiwan president apologizes for slow response to mudslides
- Historic cross-strait swim kicks in peace between Taiwan and China
- Court case ignites euthanasia debate in Australia
- US senator talks with Myanmar's junta chief, might meet Suu Kyi
- South Korean president urges dialogue with North to prosper together
- ANALYSIS: Noordin Top's escape likely to boost militants' morale
- British music teacher jailed for abusing schoolboys in Hong Kong
Friday 14 August 2009
- Foreign aid arrives for Taiwan mudslide survivors (Roundup)
- US Senator Jim Webb in Myanmar on a mission to "re-engage" (Roundup)
- Philippine military hunts down Muslim militants after offensive
- Thai leader says ASEAN to continue engagement with Myanmar
- ASEAN summit shies away from Thai vegetarian festival
- Hopes rise of easing tensions after North Korea frees South Korean
- Death toll from Taiwan mudslide expected to pass 500
- US Senator Jim Webb arrives in Myanmar's military capital
- Cambodian farmers demand stop to land grabs, evictions (News Feature)
- Vietnam population growth falls to world average
- Indonesian president pledges to defeat terrorism
- Vietnam disagrees with ASEAN over Suu Kyi
- Baby boom pushes Hong Kong population above 7 million
- Thai premier off to Philippines to sell rice