Beijing (AFP) Jul 25, 2006 - China's Peking University has banned tourists after complaints from students and teachers about the disruption to academic life from masses of tour groups, state press reported Tuesday.
Seoul (AFP) Jul 25, 2006 - North Korea has defended its missile launches ahead of an Asian security forum expected to focus on them, describing US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as a political imbecile for criticising the tests.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 25, 2006 - Chinese President Hu Jintao has flagged a raft of new policies this year to rein in the nation's booming economy while warning about the dangers of unrestrained growth on the environment.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 25, 2006 - Li Guilian proudly shows off the intricate stone carving under the eaves of the entrance to her dilapidated traditional courtyard house in China's capital.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 25, 2006 - China has decided to recommend Margaret Chan, a Hong Kong-born public health official, as the next head of the World Health Organization (WHO), state media said Tuesday.
Somahara Base, Japan (AFP) Jul 25, 2006 - The last Japanese troops returned home from Iraq on Tuesday, bringing an end to the pacifist nation's most significant military operation since World War II.
Seoul (AFP) Jul 25, 2006 - China has for the first time allowed three North Korean defectors to seek asylum in the United States, South Korean newspapers said Tuesday.
Hong Kong (AFP) Jul 25, 2006 - Hong Kong motorists may face fines for leaving their engines idling under legislation being considered to help reduce the city's worsening pollution problem, the government said Tuesday.
Gaza City (AFP) Jul 25, 2006 - Eight Palestinians were wounded on Tuesday in Israeli air strikes on three houses in the Gaza Strip suspected of holding rockets, Palestinian medical sources and the Israeli military said.
Taipei (AFP) Jul 25, 2006 - Prosecutors have questioned former president Lee Teng-hui over Taiwan's worst military scandal allegedly involving millions of dollars in kickbacks over the 1991 purchase of French warships, it was reported Tuesday.
Tripoli (AFP) Jul 25, 2006 - Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, accused of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus, return to court on Tuesday for a retrial hearing in a case that has kept them in prison for seven years.
Jakarta (AFP) Jul 25, 2006 - Indonesia's meteorological agency issued a statement Tuesday to quash panicked rumours spreading by text message that the capital was about to be hit by a massive earthquake.
Manila (AFP) Jul 25, 2006 - Waist-deep floods triggered by Typhoon Kaemi on Tuesday forced at least 2,600 people to flee their homes near the Philippine capital Manila, civil defense officials said.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 25, 2006 - Still reeling from a tropical storm that killed more than 600 people, China braced Tuesday for potentially more devastating floods and destruction with the approach of Typhoon Kaemi.
Seoul (AFP) Jul 25, 2006 - China has for the first time allowed three North Korean defectors to seek asylum in the United States, South Korean newspapers said Tuesday.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 25, 2006 - Floods and landslides from recent heavy rains have killed at least 121 people in North Korea and left another 127 missing, an International Red Cross official in Beijing told AFP Tuesday.
