BBC News Burma starts final charter talks A special assembly drawing up a new constitution for Burma has started its final session, and is likely to finalise the new charter in two months. | Once the charter has been completed, it will be put... (photo: AP Photo)
Belfast Telegraph EU firms 'being used to supply arms to Burma' | European Union and American companies are unwittingly involved in the production of military helicopters likely to be sold to Burma, whose regime is accused of systematic human rights abuse, accordi... (photo: AP/David Longstreath)
Canberra Times The Asian nuclear fallout | ASIAN countries are lining up to expand or introduce nuclear power. All say they need it to meet surging demand for electricity to run their growing economies. Yet the enlargement of nuclear generat... (photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) AsiaDevelopmentElectricityNuclearPhotos
Hong Kong Standard ASEAN summit dealt Bush blow US ties with Southeast Asia are facing a setback as President George W Bush canceled his scheduled first summit with ASEAN leaders and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to the region for annu... (photo: Roger L. Wollenberg-Pool/Getty Images) ASEANBusnessPhotosTradeUS
North Jersey Eating mango is heavenly | The word is out. People are beginning to bring them to me in plastic bags, boxes and plastic tubs. I smile as I gently pull the golden, green and red fragrant orbs from... (photo: public domain) FoodHealthHealth WarningsPhotosScience
Asia Times India has its own 'soft power' - Buddhism | By Sudha Ramachandran | BANGALORE - As the Sino-Indian battle for influence in East and Southeast Asia intensifies, India is backing its political and economic diplomac... (photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) BhutanChinaIndiaPhotosReligion
Gulf Daily News Stuff the tiger... | As the population of China becomes more wealthy, demand for illegal tiger parts is booming. Up to 600 million Chinese people believe that tiger bones, claws and even ge... (photo: GNU) ChinaNaturePhotosPopulationSociety
Gulf News Mineral rights, not human rights | When the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) speaks against a government, the matter is serious. The ICRC normally adopts a neutral stance, thereby allowing... (photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) AsiaBurmaDemocracyHuman RightsPhotos
Khaleej Times US, Myanmar hold rare talks in China over Suu Kyi | WASHINGTON - The United States held rare talks with the Myanmar military junta in Beijing to press for the release of the Southeast Asian state's democracy icon Aung Sa... (photo: Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images) ChinaMyanmarPhotosTalksUS
The Cincinnati Post A new response in China | BEIJING - Three seemingly unrelated events may not constitute a trend. But they certainly deserve attention when they shed light on the relationship between the United ... (photo: AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ChinaKoreaNuclearPhotosUS
