| Three Indonesians wounded in Java bomb: police Posted:  Three construction workers were wounded on Thursday after a small bomb exploded on Indonesia's Java island, police said.
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| Pakistan PM prefers jail to writing to Swiss Posted:  Pakistan's embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Thursday he would rather go to jail than obey a court order and ask Switzerland to re-open graft cases against the president.
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| Singapore subway hit by breakdown again Posted:  A busy section of Singapore's metro system broke down for almost 11 hours Thursday, triggering outrage among commuters already hit by a series of disruptions.
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| Karzai tells NATO pull back, Taliban-US talks off Posted:  The American campaign in Afghanistan suffered a double blow Thursday: President Hamid Karzai demanded NATO troops immediately pull out of rural areas in the wake of the killing of 16 civilians, and the Taliban broke off talks with the U.S.
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| Taliban talks off; Karzai tells NATO to pull back Posted:  The American campaign in Afghanistan suffered a double blow Thursday: The Taliban broke off talks with the U.S., and President Hamid Karzai said NATO should pull out of rural areas and speed up the transfer of security responsibilities to Afghan forces nationwide in the wake of the killing of 16 civilians.
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| Australia's Rice qualifies for Olympics Posted:  Stephanie Rice will defend her Olympic 400-metre individual medley title in London after setting the year's second-best time to win the event at the Australian selection trials in Adelaide on Thursday.
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| Misbah, Akmal lead Pakistan to victory Posted:  Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq and Umar Akmal cracked half-centuries under pressure as Pakistan virtually booked a place in the Asia Cup final with an emphatic six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka on Thursday.
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| Swiss hostages free in Pakistan Posted:  A Swiss couple held captive by the Pakistani Taliban for over eight months were flown back to the capital on Thursday, smiling and waving to the cameras and apparently in good health.
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| Flashy style seen behind downfall of China's Bo Posted:  As big city politician Bo Xilai rose to nationwide prominence with an anti-mafia crusade and mass sing-alongs of communist anthems, many of China's leaders trekked to his metropolis approvingly. Not President Hu Jintao.
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| Anderson, Panesar shine in tour opener Posted:  Fast bowler James Anderson and spinner Monty Panesar warmed up for England's two-Test series against Sri Lanka with rich hauls in the tour opener in Colombo on Thursday.
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| Chinnarat, Kim share Cambodia golf lead Posted:  Thailand's Chinnarat Phadungsil sank nine birdies on his way to a share of the halfway lead with Kim Hyung-Sung of South Korea at the Handa Faldo Cambodian Classic on Thursday.
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| Fiji strongman abolishes Great Council of Chiefs Posted:  Fiji's military ruler Voreqe Bainimarama has abolished one of the country's oldest constitutional bodies, in a move that critics Thursday described as "outrageous" and an attempt to curb dissent.
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| School football incident sparks Hong Kong race row Posted:  A violent incident in a school football match in Hong Kong has sparked an ugly race row after a video was posted online showing a Caucasian boy kicking a Chinese opponent in the head.
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| Hong Kong's school place shortage deters expats Posted:  A shortage of English-language school places in Hong Kong is hurting expatriate families and damaging the city's reputation as a regional business hub, parents and lobby groups say.
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| Fight over Indian rail ticket prices turns nasty Posted:  India's already chaotic government was thrown into more disarray Thursday after the rail minister was reprimanded by his own party after announcing a small fare hike.
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| Pakistan says Swiss couple held by Taliban is free Posted:  A Swiss couple held captive for nearly a year by the Taliban in Pakistan turned up at an army post close to the Afghan border on Thursday, claiming to have escaped from their captors, the Pakistani army said. They were swiftly flown to safety by the military.
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| Afghans angry over removal of accused US soldier Posted: Afghan lawmakers expressed anger Thursday over the U.S. move to fly an American soldier accused of killing 16 civilians out of the country to Kuwait, saying Kabul shouldn't sign a strategic partnership agreement with Washington unless the suspect faces justice in Afghanistan. |
| 139 dead, more missing in Bangladesh ferry sinking Posted:  Police and villagers Thursday found more bodies in a Bangladesh river where a packed ferry capsized earlier this week, raising the death toll to 139.
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| Taliban break US contacts, Karzai wants US out of villages Posted:  The Taliban broke off contacts over peace talks with Washington on Thursday and the Afghan president demanded US troops leave village outposts, just days after an American soldier massacred 16 villagers.
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| 138 dead, more missing in Bangladesh ferry sinking Posted: Police and villagers Thursday found more bodies in a Bangladesh river where a packed ferry capsized earlier this week, raising the death toll to 138. |
| Korea's Shin wins Asia's top literary award Posted:  South Korean author Kyung-sook Shin won Asia's most prestigious prize for literature on Thursday for her novel about a family's guilty soul-searching after the disappearance of their elderly mother.
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| Long-delayed S.Korea-US trade pact takes effect Posted:  A long-delayed free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea took effect Thursday, winning praise from the two countries' leaders and prompting rallies by supporters and opponents.
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| Tibet exiles see rise of American-style politician Posted:  Lobsang Sangay is the prime minister of a country that doesn't exist. His government fills a moldy cluster of yellow brick buildings clinging to an Indian hillside. His budget depends on donor countries and wealthy supporters.
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| Toll from Bangladesh ferry accident rises to 138 Posted:  Rescue workers found 26 more bodies in the Meghna river in Bangladesh on Thursday near the scene of a ferry accident earlier this week, taking the death toll from the disaster to 138, police said.
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| Kashmir scientists clone rare cashmere goat Posted:  Scientists said Thursday they have cloned a rare Himalayan goat in Indian-controlled Kashmir, hoping to help increase the number of animals famed for their silky soft undercoats used to make pashmina wool, or cashmere.
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