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- China, Taiwan launch direct flights
- Attacks, bombs kill 14 in Afghanistan
- Indonesian police interrogate terror suspects
- NKorea says progress on nuke deal may be delayed
- SKorean police bust 'Taliban-linked' drug ring
- Japan pledges food aid ahead of G8 summit
- Sri Lanka says another 34 killed in fresh violence
- UN chief calls on fellow Koreans to do more for world
- Pope faces lack of faith in Australia: survey
- Bush to attend Beijing Olympics opening gala
- Protesting truckers bring chaos to New Zealand city streets
- Qingdao's frantic race to end algae nightmare
- Japan pledges extra 50 mln dlrs in food aid before G8
- China, Taiwan resume direct flights
- NKorea says nuclear negotiating partners not fulfilling deal
- Australia to host twilight Formula One GP till 2015
- Vietnam's students pray for luck in high-pressure exams
- China's badminton shuttlers "vulnerable" at Olympics
- Historic China flight lands in Taiwan
- Ex-communists won 'fair' Mongolia poll: election watchdog
- Police chief faces sack after Chinese girl's death: report
- Bush will attend Beijing Olympics opening ceremony
- Indonesia police say 10 held over terror bomb plot
- Afghan, NATO troops kill 32 Taliban militants: officials
- UN chief gets hero's welcome in SKorea
- SKorea's ruling party picks new leader
- Former Philippine MP arrested in new coup plot: police
- China launches fresh attack on Dalai Lama
- Lawyers claim jail could kill former KRouge minister
- Serena dashes Zheng's hopes to set up third Venus final
- Malaysian deputy premier denies affair with murdered Mongolian
- Bush may attend Olympics opening: White House
- Former Australian FM Downer quits politics
- Malaysia blasts US over Anwar affair: report
- US prisoner freed after 10 years in China prison: US embassy
- SKorean reactor shuts down after water problem: spokesman
- Curfew imposed in parts of Indian Kashmir
- Nepal to ask UN to extend peace mission: minister
- Rights group urges Vietnam to free Buddhist monk
- Indonesia arrests 10 terror suspects
- Afghan, NATO troops kill 25 Taliban militants: police
- Mongolian Democrats demand election recount
- Indonesian police find bomb cache, arrest nine
- Soldiers removed from Mongolian capital as former communist win poll
- Philippine rebels kill three in grenade attack on bakery: military
- Sri Lanka says 26 Tigers killed in new clashes
- India to push ahead with US nuclear deal: officials
- SKorea's ruling party set to pick new leader
- UN chief arrives home in SKorea
- Cambodia sends riot police to guard Thai embassy: officials
- Jail terms cut for China's prisoner quake heroes: official media
- China faces serious challenges on grain supply: premier
- Soldiers removed from Mongolian capital: minister
- Malaysia's Anwar tells huge rally he will seize power
- Dalai Lama hopes for progress in talks with China
- Tokyo talks agree on project to boost Palestinian economy
- Philippines to refloat doomed ferry: official
- Mongolia clamps down after five killed in unrest
- Twenty killed in latest Afghan violence
- UN's Ban urges China to take greater global leadership
- Ma says Taiwan will not shrink from Beijing threat
- Myanmar tightens security, puts public on alert after blast
- Former KRouge minister claims royal amnesty
- Parents of abducted Japanese girl dismiss NKorea probe
- Table tennis champion Ryu set for China onslaught in Beijing
- Pope protest crackdown could backfire, Australian activists warn
- Suicide attack on NATO convoy causes injuries: Afghan officials
- SKorean workers strike, priests join protests against US beef
- In wake of riots over girl's death, China denies official's son involved
- Australian Corby spotted in Indonesian beauty salon
- Mideast leaders meet in Japan for talks
- Soldiers patrol Mongolian capital amid state of emergency
- Nepal's former crown prince in Singapore: source
- Cyclone takes toll on building boom in Myanmar capital
- Death toll in China coal mine accident reaches 18: state media
- US says it cannot accept NKorea as nuclear arms state
- Philippines to refloat ill-fated ferry: official
- Olympics: Beijing takes aim at counterfeit goods
- Tibetan exiles pressure China as talks begin
- Shanghai knifeman kills five police in revenge attack
- Bush to visit South Korea in August as beef protests spread
- US senator prepared to push Indian nuclear deal in Congress
- Tamarine wants Wimbledon success to lay foundations for Asian tennis
- Mongolian president declares state of emergency
- Mideast leaders in Japan for peace talks
- Philippine leader visits site of ferry tragedy
- Khmer Rouge minister appeals to be freed
- Chinese engineer kidnapped in Afghanistan: governor
- Malaysia's Anwar demands govt quash sodomy allegations
- NATO, US troops kill dozens of militants in Afghanistan
- Bush to go to South Korea in August: WHouse
- Nearly 2 mln without livelihood after China quake: state press
- Thai government suspends UNESCO temple deal with Cambodia
- Williams sisters close in on final, Zheng makes history
- UN chief urges rich nations to lead on Africa, climate
- State of emergency in Mongolia amid violence: TV
- Williams sisters close in on Wimbledon final, Zheng makes history
- Violent protests erupt in Mongolia amid poll dispute: witnesses
- Small bomb explodes near Myanmar's main city: police
- Bangladesh's new anti-terror laws 'shocking': rights group
- UN chief says will press Myanmar on democracy
- Australian grandfather charged with triple axe murder
- NATO, US forces suffer deadliest month in Afghanistan: figures
- US-led coalition says 33 Taliban killed
- Police fire gunshots to quell Mongolia protests: TV
- Talks between Dalai Lama envoys and China due to begin
- Malaysia's embattled Anwar fights back
- Man stabs several officers in Shanghai police station
- Malaysia's embattled Anwar comes out swinging
- New Zealander sex offender's sentence cut in Cambodia
- China activist beaten in jail: lawyer
- Japan to host Mideast peace talks
- Ailing Khmer Rouge minister's lawyers challenge genocide court
- Jailed Myanmar journalist in ailing health: media watchdogs
- Malaysian man finally wins nod for fourth wife: report
- US lawmakers voice concern to Musharraf
- Australian grandfather charged with triple axe murder: police
- Locals grumble as G8 comes to Japan resort
- Malaysia's Anwar leaves Turkish refuge
- Rice presses China on human rights
- Australian police get special powers against pope protesters
- SKorea gets tough on beef protesters
- Six dead as Pakistani forces destroy militant house: witnesses
- WFP to expand NKorea food aid after US shipment arrives
- Australia's former FM to quit politics for UN Cyprus role
- SKorean team clones US grandma's beloved former pet
- Cambodians hope for UNESCO ruling to end Thai temple claims
- Top Khmer Rouge diplomat faces genocide court
- Australia's former FM quits politics for UN Cyprus role: report
- China acts to preempt unrest as Olympics near
- Thai grat-busters get boost in Thaksin probe
- Algae clean-up continues at Olympic venue
- Sri Lanka reach Asia Cup final after crushing win
- Salvage team inspects sunken Philippine ferry
- Pakistan court adjourns Sharif election case hearing
- Tibet-China talks to resume Monday: exiled PM
- Williams sisters through, Asian stars grab top billing at Wimbledon
- Philippine troops seal off island to search for rebels: military
- Malaysia's Anwar leaves Turkish embassy refuge
- US Secretary of State presses China on human rights
- Sheltering in Turkish embassy Malaysia's Anwar demands safety guarantee
- Algae clean-up at sailing venue to take weeks - report
- Khmer Rouge minister seeks bail from genocide court
- SKorea gets tougher on beef protesters
- China orders 'rioters' to surrender: dissident website
- US Secretary of State Rice meets with China's top leaders
- Russia expels South Korean spies: report
- Six dead as Pakistani forces destroy militant house: officials
- Malaysia's Anwar demands govt safety guarantee, sheltering in Turkish embassy
- G8 leaders to set up task force on food crisis: report
- Pakistan court set to hear Sharif election case
- Six dead after blast in Pakistan's Khyber: residents
- Maoists set to form Nepal's first post-royal government
- Khmer Rouge minister in genocide court
- Pakistan says anti-militant offensive successful
- Tibet-China talks to resume in early July: state media
- Malaysia pressures Turkish envoy over Anwar refuge
- Indonesian plane crash bodies flown to Jakarta
- Park becomes third South Korean to win golf US Women's Open
- China balks at US calls for Zimbabwe arms embargo
- Polling stations busy as voters queue up across Mongolia
- Ferry salvage team to remove toxic cargo, fuel: Philippines official
- SKorean police block beef protest, arrest 70: report
- Khmer Rouge appeal case to test limits of international law
- Watson's maiden one-day century sets up Aussie victory
- Malaysia's Anwar seeks refuge at embassy after sex allegations
- More than 200 injured in SKorea beef protests
- Riots in southwest China over girl's death: report
- Japan warns NKorea trying to divide Tokyo and Washington
- Another 43 killed in fresh Sri Lanka fighting: ministry
- Major G8 tech investment to fight global warming, report says
- Australian cardinal hopes pope will confront sex abuse
- Malaysia's Anwar denounces new sex charges as 'fabrication'
- Mongolia polling stations close after high turnout
- Fog hinders Indonesian plane crash operation
- Pakistan claims success in anti-militant offensive
- US Secretary of State Rice arrives in Beijing for talks
- Pakistan broadens anti-militant offensive
- Pakistan pushes on with anti-militant offensive
- Rice meets children who lost homes in China quake
- More than 100 injured in SKorea beef protests
- 43 killed in fresh Sri Lanka fighting: ministry
- Pakistan pushes ahead with anti-militant offensive
- Rice visits China quake zone: officials
- China sacks officials behind faked tiger photos: report
- China to make couture catwalk bow
- Polls open across Mongolia
- Firm, authorities delay refloating sunken Philippine ferry: official
- Australia's former FM set to decide on future soon, his party says
- 60 injured in growing Indian Kashmir protests
- Rice urges NKorea to give up all nuclear weapons despite 'attachment'
- Indonesia battles jungle, fog to recover plane crash bodies
- Pakistani Taliban chief halts peace talks
- Dozens killed in Afghan violence
- China seals off quake town over epidemic fears: report
- Japan PM urges all major emitters to tackle climate change
- Global waste meeting fails to break impasse
- Olympic host Beijing to introduce subway security checks: report
- Malaysia's Anwar to be investigated on sex charges: police
- Tropical storm Fengshen kills nine in China: report