China's Xi Jinping sets the tone for his leadership

Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping's visit to the US next week could set the mood for the next decade that he is likely to serve as president.
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Burma's rebel group warns ceasefire deal is unstable

One of Burma's most prominent rebel groups has warned that the ceasefire deal seen as a breakthrough in relations with the regime is ‘fragile’.
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Indian court throws out mobile licence mis-selling case

An Indian court threw out a petition to prosecute the country's home minister in a corruption scandal over the alleged mis-selling of mobile licences.
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Khmer Rouge jailer given life sentence

A former Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of about 15 000 people has been sentenced to life in prison.
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Tibetan deaths caused by separatist plots, says China

China says Tibetans shot dead by police during the worst unrest to hit the conflicted Sichuan region since 2008 were part of a separatist plot.
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UN stamps seal of approval on Japan's reactor tests

The UN's nuclear watchdog gave its seal of approval to Japan's reactor safety checks, but said utilities should beef up plans for managing disasters.
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Satanic versus free speech

Salman Rushdie has damned politicians for giving in to the "false" leaders of India’s Muslims after he was threatened with violence.
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Water panic buying spurred by river pollution in China

Residents of a south China town have been panic buying bottled water after media reports of excessive levels of the carcinogenic metal cadmium.
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Thai minister's friendship with Mugabe 'strictly social'

Questions have been raised over Thai prime minister's appointment of Nalinee Taveesin to Cabinet, who counts Zimbabwe's president as a friend.
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Experts forecast strong quakes for Japan

Experts in Japan have warned that the chances of a powerful earthquake striking Tokyo in the next four years could be as high as 70%.
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China breaks out tear gas to disperse Tibet protesters

Chinese forces have fired tear gas to break up a protest by Tibetans in the province of Sichuan, the latest flare-up of volatile unrest there.
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Happy new year for Chinese-Indonesians

With former dictator Suharto gone, Chinese-Indonesians celebrated their once forbidden roots openly with the Chinese New Year.
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US fails to show up for its Taliban party

US government in danger of missing out on historic peace settlement in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan on the edge

The increasingly strained relations between the army and civilian leadership could lead to a coup.
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'Third sex' get chance to fly Thai high

Thai airline becomes the first in the country to employ transgender people.
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Minister’s appointment defended despite Mugabe-links

Thailand's premier has defended her appointment of a Cabinet minister on a US blacklist owing to alleged business links to President Robert Mugabe.
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'Crony' Thai minister blacklisted for Mugabe links

Thailand's Yingluck Shinawatra has had to defend Cabinet minister Nalinee Taveesin, who has been blacklisted by the US for her links to Robert Mugabe.
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Oprah draws stares on her first visit to India

Oprah Winfrey has managed to stop traffic and draw a crowd of hundreds when she visited a slum in Mumbai during her week-long visit to India.
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Experts to assess 'untreatable' TB cases in India

The Indian government has dispatched a team of medical experts to Mumbai to assess reports of a handful of cases of "untreatable" tuberculosis.
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March in Hong Kong against 'preferential Chinese births'

Pregnant women were among more than 1 500 protesters who took to Hong Kong’s streets to oppose the growing number of Chinese births in the city.
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