Beijing, Aug 5, 2006 - China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) said Saturday gas production had begun from an oil and gas field in the East China Sea, a territory that is the focus of a drawn-out dispute with Japan.
Beijing, Aug 5, 2006 - Workers at US retail giant Wal-Mart have established their second trade union, state media reported Saturday.
Peshawar, Pakistan, Aug 5, 2006 - Thirty people were feared drowned when a bridge collapsed in northwestern Pakistan as torrential rains battered the area on Saturday, police said.
Madrid, Aug 5, 2006 - Hundreds of people were evacuated as firefighters battled blazes across large areas of northeastern Spain on Saturday, Catalonia's regional government said.
Peshawar, Pakistan, Aug 5, 2006 - At least 25 people died and many more are missing after a bridge collapsed in northwestern Pakistan as torrential rains battered the area on Saturday, police said.
Podgorica, Aug 5, 2006 - Three people died and six were hurt when a sudden storm hit a beach in the southern Montenegrin coastal town of Ulcinj, police said Saturday.
Hyderabad, India, Aug 5, 2006 - At least 46 people have died over the past four days from torrential rains lashing the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, with widespread destruction of homes, crops and roads.
Peshawar, Pakistan, Aug 5, 2006 - At least 30 people died and many more are missing after a bridge collapsed in northwestern Pakistan as torrential rains battered the area on Saturday, police said.
New Delhi, Aug 5, 2006 - India warned Saturday the expulsion of one of its diplomats from Pakistan would undermine an ongoing peace process between the two South Asian nuclear rivals.
Khartoum, Aug 5, 2006 - Sudan's president on Saturday named the leader of a Darfur rebel faction as a senior aide, meeting a key demand of the group which had accused the government of reneging on its peace deal commitments and threatened to resume fighting in the western region.
Washington, Aug 5, 2006 - A moderate earthquake rattled Argentina early Saturday, the US Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center said in a statement.
Baghdad, Aug 5, 2006 - Troops from the US military's 172nd Stryker Brigade began arriving in Baghdad on Saturday to help curb the sectarian bloodshed that has left thousands dead in the Iraqi capital.
Ottawa, Aug 5, 2006 - A Canadian NATO soldier was killed in a traffic accident Friday in southern Afghanistan, a defense ministry spokeswoman said Saturday.
Jerusalem, Aug 5, 2006 - Israeli marine commandos killed four senior Hezbollah missile operators Saturday in a particularly daring raid on an apartment block in the Lebanese port of Tyre, a senior naval officer said.
Taipei, Aug 5, 2006 - Taiwan severed diplomatic relations with Chad Sunday after the central African country decided to switch its recognition and open official ties with China, the foreign ministry said.
The Hague, Aug 5, 2006 - Military police are investigating around 40 cases of threats made to the families of Dutch soldiers serving in Iraq, a daily newspaper reported here on Saturday.
