Asia-Pacific
- Taiwan top negotiator cancels plan to attend Beijing Olympics
- Police to launch security checks on roads into Beijing
- Court finds another Thai government politician guilty
- Australia's Rawlinson to miss Beijing Olympics
- Dozens arrested at student protests in East Timor
- Malaysian opposition leader charges sodomy accuser in Islamic court
- Sumatran tiger takes up residence at oil company's office
- Chinese police shoot and kill five "holy warriors" in Xinjang
- Beijing university closed for tourists during Olympics
- Australian prime minister to visit Malaysia to strengthen ties
- Australian jailed for drugs in Cambodia
- Former Khmer Rouge minister loses bail appeal
- Philippine military decries continued Muslim rebel attacks
- G8 backs negotiating path over Iran nuclear programme
- China's president calls for more aid for global food crisis
- Malaysian Muslim clerics to spread gospel of turtle conservation
- Judge frees man guilty of trying to kill cancer-stricken mother
- G8 evading responsibility on climate change, Japanese media says
- Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan
- Vexed by economy, G8 agrees vacuous deal on climate change (Roundup)
- Amnesty in Olympic countdown human rights call to Beijing
- Food crisis focus of Muslim leaders at D8 summit in Malaysia (Roundup)
- UN's temple listing adds to Thai political instability (Roundup)
- Thai court verdict further destabilizes government (Roundup)
- Rights groups denounce poor treatment of migrant workers in Saudi
- G8 says high oil prices threaten economic growth
- ASEAN emerges stronger after cyclone Nargis, rice crisis
- G8 cuts 50/50 climate deal, critics unimpressed
- One farmer dead in clash between Philippine troops, Muslim rebels
- Bomb threat postpones flight at Hokkaido airport
- North Korea agrees to hold more nuclear talks this week (Roundup)
- Corruption trial of former Thai prime minister begins
- China tightens pre-Olympic airport security in Xinjiang, Tibet
- Sarkozy's bilateral snub puzzles Japan
- Magnitude-6 quake hits southern Japan, no casualties
- Local media give Japan's Fukuda credit to 2050 goal agreement
- Trains back on for pope's Sydney visit
- Boat faces international ban for illegal Antarctic fishing
- Couple shot and burned in Thailand's deep South
- Cambodians celebrate ancient temple's UN World Heritage listing
- UN's temple listing adds to Thai political instability (1st Lead)
- North Korea agrees to hold new round of nuclear talks this week (1st Lead)
- Beijing opens Olympic media centres
- Indonesia at risk of renewed religious unrest, group says
- Chinese President Hu thanks Japanese earthquake rescue teams
- Asian Development Bank sets up new carbon fund
- North Korea agrees to hold new round of nuclear talks this week
- Analyst: UN listing of Hindu temple adds to Thai political crisis
- Food crisis focus of Muslim leaders at D8 summit in Malaysia
- Two Indonesian diplomats injured in suicide bombing in Kabul
- Thai transvestite elected village head "man"
- Rail strike threatens pope's Sydney visit
- New Zealand Asians split by call for Triads to combat crime (Roundup)
- Cambodia's disputed Hindu temple joins heritage list
- Papua New Guinea's 10,000-year farm legacy harvests UN nod
- Africa's plight dominates first day of G8 summit
- Lights go off across Japan to make people think about environment
- Confident China plays active role at G8 summit (Feature)
- Cyclone Nargis leaves at least 400 orphans in Myanmar
- Malaysia to enforce strict guidelines on internet cafes
