Norway mass killer Breivik sentenced to 21 years in prison

Frank Zeller
Thirteen months after his killing spree, far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik has been sentenced to the maximum prison term in Norway.

Toyota scrambles to address brake complaints

Frank Zeller
Toyota scrambled on Thursday to address jitters about the brakes on its best-selling Prius hybrid.

Airline, casino builder target Vietnam's skies and beaches

Frank Zeller
An Australian low-cost airline and a Canadian luxury resort and casino developer have launched two ambitious projects that aim to revolutionise Vietnam's fast-growing tourism industry. Jetstar, the budget offshoot of Australian carrier Qantas, teamed up with Vietnam's Pacific Airlines to launch Jetstar Pacific on Friday.

Laos opens secret wartime cave-city to the world

Frank Zeller
Hidden deep inside the jungle-covered Karst Mountains of northern Laos lies a secret cave-city where revolutionary leaders survived nearly a decade of United States bombing during the Vietnam War. Now, over 30 years since the conflict ended, the communist country has opened up the remote wartime hideaway to tourism.

Tourism threatens beauty of former Lao royal capital

Frank Zeller
World heritage status has turned the former Lao capital, Luang Prabang, from a ghost town into a tourism hub, but too much of a good thing could soon prove the kiss of death, say experts and residents. In recent years a trickle of backpackers has turned into a flood of tourists coming to the sleepy town of glistening Buddhist temples and palm-shaded French colonial mansions sitting pretty on a Mekong river peninsula.

Elephants carry hopes of Lao eco-tourism

Frank Zeller
The elephant population of Laos is shrinking fast, a decline ecologists blame on habitat loss and a trend all too familiar to many humans -- too much work, not enough play. Ancient Laos was known as Lan Xang, the "Land of One Million Elephants", but today fewer than 2 000 of the animals survive.
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