Hong Kong, Aug 6, 2006 - Guide dogs may soon be out of a job thanks to a high-tech pair of glasses and shoes invented by Hong Kong scientists that help blind people navigate the trickiest of terrain, a report said Sunday.
Mysore, India, Aug 6, 2006 - Far away from home, university graduates are being trained by one of India's biggest software companies to become top-notch software programmers within just 16 weeks.
Shanghai, Aug 6, 2006 - At this time of the year holidaymakers in Europe rush to the beaches to top up their tans, but in Chinese cities women avoid the sun like the plague.
Baalbek, Lebanon, Aug 6, 2006 - Israeli warplanes early Sunday bombed two roads linking Lebanon's eastern Bekaa plain with Beirut and north Lebanon, as well as two bridges in Akkar province north of the capital, Lebanese police said.
New Delhi, Aug 6, 2006 - Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said his country may react harshly to a UN resolution that seeks suspension of Tehran's nuclear programme by the end of August, a report said Sunday.
Peshawar, Pakistan, Aug 6, 2006 - At least 40 people were killed and many more were missing after a bridge collapsed in northwestern Pakistan as seasonal rains flooded the area, police said Sunday.
Beijing, Aug 6, 2006 - China has banned an antibiotic suspected of killing three, including a little girl, and sickening 78 others, state media said Sunday.
Sydney, Aug 6, 2006 - Some 3,000 protesters rallied in Sydney on Sunday to mark the 61st anniversary of the world's first atomic attack, calling for a nuclear-free world and peace in the Middle East.
Addis Ababa, Aug 6, 2006 - At least 60 people were killed overnight in eastern Ethiopia by raging floods following torrential rains that pounded the region, medical officials said Sunday.
Hiroshima, Japan, Aug 6, 2006 - The Japanese city of Hiroshima marked the 61st anniversary of the world's first atomic attack on Sunday with renewed calls for a nuclear-free world.
Beijing, Aug 6, 2006 - The number of Siberian tigers at a northeast Chinese breeding base now exceeds 700, giving the seriously endangered species a new lease of life, state media said Sunday.
Tehran, Aug 6, 2006 - Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said Sunday his country will press on with its controversial nuclear work despite a UN resolution calling for a freeze of uranium enrichment.
Colombo, Aug 6, 2006 - Tamil Tiger rebels who agreed to end a bitter water dispute Sunday warned peace broker Norway that they would resort to full-scale war if Sri Lanka resumes air strikes, a spokesman told AFP.
Colombo, Aug 6, 2006 - Tamil Tiger rebels Sunday told a top Norwegian peace broker they would lift a water blockade at the root of the latest fighting in Sri Lanka that has killed hundreds, a rebel spokesman told AFP.
Athens, Aug 6, 2006 - A tremor measuring 4.0 points on the open-ended Richter scale shook a mountainous area northeast of Athens early Sunday, the Athens Observatory's Geodynamic Institute said.
Beijing, Aug 6, 2006 - Tropical storm Prapiroon swept across south China, leaving a trail of destruction with more than 70 people reported dead or missing as of Sunday.
