Indonesia poll result challenged
One of the defeated candidates in Indonesia's presidential election is to challenge the result, a spokesman says.

Six die in China bridge landslide
Six people are killed as a rockfall hits a key bridge in Wenchuan county, the epicentre of last year's Sichuan earthquake.

China launches Arabic TV channel
China's state broadcaster, China Central TV, launches an Arabic-language channel, in order to present the "real" China.

Burma trial reaches final stages
Lawyers for Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi present closing arguments, as her trial nears its end.

Kyrgyz poll 'marred' say monitors
European monitors say Kyrgyzstan's presidential election was marred by "many problems and irregularities".

N Korea 'executes Christians'
North Korea is stepping up executions of Christians with some killings taking place in public, rights groups say.

Shanghai urges 'two-child policy'
China's largest city is encouraging parents in some cases to have a second child, in a bid to balance its ageing population.

Indonesia 'tortured' Balibo Five
East Timor's President Ramos-Horta says Indonesia's army tortured and shot five journalists killed in the 1975 invasion.

Climate change pact 'needs' China
There can be no global climate change agreement without China on board, UN chief Ban Ki-moon says in Beijing.

No stone left unturned in hunt for Australia's stolen curling rocks
Thieves in Australia are believed to have made off with a valuable supply of rocks for the sport of curling thinking it was alcohol.

China welcomes first baby panda born from frozen sperm
The first giant panda conceived through artificial insemination using frozen sperm has been born in China, scientists say.

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Monkey mayhem
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Preferential policy
Malaysia questions special treatment for ethnic Malays

Making ends meet
Food prices are a sensitive issue in Indonesia

Bleak outlook
Japan's fishing industry hit by global slowdown

China 'stumbling' in the Pacific
A new report analyses China's growing aid budget to Pacific nations and finds it wanting, due to focus on blocking Taiwan.

Indonesian leader wins election
Indonesia's leader Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is confirmed as the winner of presidential polls, the election commission says.

Dozens missing in China landslide
At least 53 people are missing after a landslide strikes a road-building crew in south-west China's Sichuan province.

North Korea 'has no friends left'
North Korea has no friends to protect it from efforts to end its nuclear programme, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.

Japan's export slide slows down
Japan's export slide slowed in June, in a sign government stimulus spending may be propping up demand.

Landslides hit Japanese care home
Japanese rescuers are searching for nine people missing in landslides which have already killed eight people.

Human flu jab trials 'under way'
Human trials of a vaccine to protect against the swine flu virus, which has killed hundreds worldwide, begin in Australia.

South Korea economy grows 2.3%
South Korea's economy expanded in the second quarter by its fastest rate in five and a half years, official figures show.

Surprise rise in Samsung profit
Quarterly profits at Samsung Electronics rise 5%, thanks to increased sales of flat-screen televisions and mobile phones.

Xinjiang: Views from China
People from across China discuss the recent unrest

Burma's Karen on fleeing home
Thousands of Burma's ethnic Karen have fled to Thailand after renewed fighting between Karen rebels and government forces. One man tells the BBC what forced them to flee and the difficult dilemma they now face.

Twitterers defy China's firewall
Twitterers in China discuss whether the government's attempt to censor the web has worked.

Tourists caught in 'airport scam'
The BBC's Jonathan Head looks at allegations that passengers at Bangkok's airport are being unlawfully detained and forced to pay bribes for their release.

Why China takes no risks with flu
Why are China's swine flu policies so extreme?

Meeting Burma's opposition
The dreams and aims of a Burmese opposition leader

Love beats the recession in Japan
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