Beijing, Aug 3, 2006 - A bishop and a priest from China's underground Catholic church have been arrested and dozens of other Catholics were detained after they protested the police action, a US-based rights group said Thursday.
New Delhi, Aug 3, 2006 - In India's rough and tumble political world he was always the gentleman politician.
Washington, Aug 3, 2006 - The nuclear reactor being built in Pakistan is much smaller than a private arms control group has claimed and could simply be a replacement for the Khushab reactor that makes two nuclear warheads a year, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
London, Aug 3, 2006 - World oil prices turned weaker on Thursday as trader concerns eased over a tropical storm in the US Gulf Coast where many American oil rigs and platforms are based, dealers said.
Beijing, Aug 3, 2006 - Nasdaq-listed Sina Corp, one of China's top Internet portals, said Thursday its second-quarter net profit rose to 10.4 million dollars on the back of strong advertising revenue growth.
Munich, Germany, Aug 3, 2006 - Munich Re, the world's second-biggest reinsurer, expressed confidence Thursday that it could weather any costs from coming cyclone season, after a favourable first six months of the current year.
Hong Kong, Aug 3, 2006 - The script of a new film about a real-life Hong Kong drug dealer, starring local heart-throb Andy Lau, has passed China's censors despite the sensitive subject matter, investors said Thursday.
Taipei, Aug 3, 2006 - Taiwanese Premier Su Tseng-chang Thursday rejected a proposed landmark visit by a senior Chinese government official, citing what he called Beijing's hostility towards the island.
Geneva, Aug 3, 2006 - Switzerland's supreme court on Thursday cleared the way for legal assistance to German authorities investigating alleged smuggling of material for Libya's nuclear weapons programme in 2001 to 2003.
Tehran, Aug 3, 2006 - One of the Iranian founders of Lebanon's Hezbollah said in remarks published on Thursday that the Shiite militia group had missiles which leave no spot in Israel unreachable.
Tokyo, Aug 3, 2006 - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Thursday strongly defended his visits to a controversial war shrine, fuelling speculation he will go this month on the sensitive anniversary of Japan's World War II defeat.
New Delhi, Aug 3, 2006 - Environmental groups Thursday vowed legal action to try to prevent the scrapping of a ship in western India that they charged is lined with 1,200 tonnes of cancer-causing asbestos.
Bangalore, India, Aug 3, 2006 - India's premier software body said Thursday outsourcing of engineering services by global firms presented the country with a 40-billion-dollar opportunity.
Kathmandu, Aug 3, 2006 - Ten people were killed Thursday when a landslide triggered by heavy rain swept away three houses in a mountainous village in northwest Nepal, police said.
Oslo, Aug 3, 2006 - Norway's consumer agency said Thursday it remained at odds with Apple Computers over the company's exclusive link between its iPod music players and online iTunes store, insisting that the songs downloaded at a cost ought to be playable on other music devices.
Paris, Aug 3, 2006 - The heatwave that struck most of France in the second half of July was a factor in the deaths of 112 people, according to figures Thursday from the Health Monitoring Institute (INVS).
