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Pakistan court to indict PM for contempt

Pakistan's top court yesterday summoned Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to appear February 13 to be indicted with contempt over his refusal to pursue corruption
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East Timor confident about post-UN security

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said yesterday that his young nation was capable of handling its own security after UN troops depart at the end ...
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Malaysia scanners to stem money smuggling

Malaysia is installing scanners to detect bank notes at airports and border crossings to curb illegal money outflows believed to be in the ...
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Indonesia jails 10 Islamists for mosque bombing

An Indonesian court yesterday sentenced 10 Islamist extremists to jail terms of between five and eight years over a suicide bomb attack on a police ...
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Endangered turtle baby boom in Philippines 


Globally endangered green turtles are enjoying a baby boom on remote Philippine islands as a three-decade protection programme starts to pay off, environment group Conservation ...
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Boat accident off Malaysia: eight dead

Eight men have drowned and five others are missing after a boat loaded with 25 people believed to be from Afghanistan and Iraq overturned off ...
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Anthrax parcel sent to Pakistan PM’s house

Pakistani police said yesterday they were investigating how and why a parcel containing anthrax was sent to the prime minister’s official residence in ...
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Sri Lanka orders chicken cull after scare

Sri Lanka yesterday ordered the culling of thousands of chickens amid fears that a flu strain discovered at a farm could mutate into the ...
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Japanese emperor to undergo heart test

Japan’s ageing Emperor Akihito is to undergo another heart exam next week, a palace official said yesterday, amid increasing worries about the monarch’s health.The angiogram ...
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East Timor’s Horta seeks second term

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said yesterday that he will seek another term in March polls, promising peace but no shortcut out of crippling poverty ...
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