Detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi believes it is too early for her party to decide whether to take part in Myanmar's national elections this year, her lawyer said Tuesday.

China warned Tuesday of a continued "grim" food safety outlook following the re-emergence of a tainted milk scandal and called for strengthened efforts nationwide to contain the threat.

Taiwan on Tuesday dismissed a report saying the island has dropped a request for US submarines, saying the vessels and fighter jets remained on the island's arms procurement agenda.

Google sent snowmobiles rigged with cameras into Canadian mountains so folks snug and warm at home will get views of slopes at the Winter Olympic Games kicking off on Friday.

New York Times executive editor Bill Keller has rejected a call by the newspaper's ombudsman for the Jerusalem bureau chief of the Times to be reassigned because his son is serving in the Israeli army.

Chinese Internet portal NetEase has said it will reapply for a licence to operate "World of Warcraft", one of the most popular online role-playing games with millions of users in China alone.

Leading French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy has been caught red-faced for praising the work of a philosopher who, it turns out, was invented as a joke by a journalist from a satirical daily.

After days fretting over snow and protesters, Winter Olympics officials were confronted with reports of a wild animal on the loose at the Whistler sliding centre here on Monday.

Conservative superstar Sarah Palin came in for ridicule from her critics, after published news photos showed her referring to talking points scribbled on the palm of her hand during a major speech.