- Suicide bomber kills five in southern Russia (Reuters)
- Kidnapped Japanese journalist freed in Afghanistan: report (AFP)
- NATO service member killed in Afghan fighting (AP)
- Nepal's parliament to hold sixth vote for new leader (AFP)
- Kidnapped Japan journalist freed in Afghanistan: media (Reuters)
- Philippine police kill militant commander, 2 men (AP)
- Floodwaters sweep towards another Pakistan town (AFP)
- Floods give renewed clout to Pakistan Army (Reuters)
- India mulls 'legalising gambling' amid cricket scandal (AFP)
- Bangladesh dams to reclaim 600 square kms of land (AFP)
- Suicide car bomb rocks army **** in Iraqi capital (Reuters)
- Two large explosions rock central Baghdad: AFP (AFP)
- 5 killed in suicide attack on Russian **** (AP)
- Troubled Afghan bank faces another day of queues (AFP)
- Philippine police chief takes blame for bus hijack (Reuters)
- Reports: Afghan captors release Japanese reporter (AP)
- Briton slain in Internet love triangle: police (AFP)
- Suicide car bomb explodes in Baghdad kills 8 (AP)
- Bangladesh on ***** as anthrax spreads (AFP)
- Taliban vow to disrupt Afghan parliamentary poll (Reuters)
- Nepal's parliament again fails to elect new PM (AFP)
- NATO reports two soldiers killed in Afghanistan (AFP)
- Former Saddam confidante says he'll die in prison (AP)
- Relics of Russian saint, icons stolen (AP)
- Soldier killed in Afghanistan: MoD (AFP)
- Taliban vow to disrupt Afghanistan election (Reuters)
- Bangladesh issues red ***** over spread of anthrax (Reuters)
- Detective Dee brings Tang Dynasty whodunnit to Venice (AFP)
- Japan fattens textbooks to reverse sliding rank (AP)
- Minister says Pakistani militants stoking sectarian rift (Reuters)
- Pakistan's flooded farms unable to be sown (AP)
- Scandal-hit Pakistan well beaten by England in cricket Twenty20 (AFP)
- Aussies muscled out of world basketball championships (AFP)
- Teen star Noh boosts Order of Merit bid (AFP)
- Hameed insists was repeating claims and misled (AFP)
- Cricket: Hameed says was repeating claims and misled (AFP)
- New Zealand capture fourth women's rugby World Cup (AFP)
- Japanese maestro Ozawa makes comeback after surgery (AFP)
- Emergency extended in New Zealand's quake-hit Christchurch (AFP)
- Afridi calls for Pakistan to focus on cricket (AFP)
- NZ troops provide security in earthquake-hit city (AP)
- Emergency extended in NZ's quake-hit Christchurch (AFP)
- War, corruption swell number of Afghan street kids (Reuters)
- Japanese public backs PM Kan vs Ozawa by wide margin (Reuters)
- Rossi leads tributes to tragic Moto2 rider Tomizawa (AFP)
- China may relax capital rules for QDII funds: report (Reuters)
- Most Japanese want Kan to stay as Japan PM: polls (AFP)
- Eight policemen dead in Pakistan suicide attack (Reuters)
- Japan fattens textbooks to reverse sliding rank (AP)
- Nepal's Maoist fighters left in political limbo (AFP)
- Afghan captors release Japanese reporter (AP)
- Report: NKorea ready for major party conference (AP)
- N.Korea 'finishes preparing for key party meeting' (AFP)
- Japanese tanker attacked off Indonesian island (AFP)