Asia - Pacific
 
Aussie man lives, sleeps W.Cup in giant ball
Published: 03:10 p.m. (GMT+7), Thursday, June 24, 2010
An Australian man is being paid thousands of dollars to watch the World Cup inside a giant football more »
Aussie men shoot each other in buttocks
Published: 03:39 p.m. (GMT+7), Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Two Australian men needed surgery after shooting each other in the buttocks to see if it would hurt more »
Trapped drunk driver opens another beer as awaits rescue
Published: 03:18 p.m. (GMT+7), Wednesday, June 23, 2010
A drunk driver trapped after overturning his car cracked open another can of beer while he waited for rescuers more »
Japan science research output flat as China soars
Published: 02:42 p.m. (GMT+7), Wednesday, June 23, 2010
The output of Japan's scientific papers has stayed flat over the past decade, while that from China has risen fourfold more »
Sex education debate heats up in Philippines
Published: 04:40 p.m. (GMT+7), Tuesday, June 22, 2010
A new sex education campaign in Philippine schools has sparked widespread debate in Asia's bedrock of Catholicism more »
Penniless Kenyan befriends Timor president, wins marathon
Published: 04:23 p.m. (GMT+7), Tuesday, June 22, 2010
A penniless Kenyan arrived in East Timor without a visa, and then stayed at the president's house and won a marathon more »
Australian burglar nabbed by sweet tooth
Published: 04:04 p.m. (GMT+7), Monday, June 21, 2010
The thief has been arrested after police used the DNA he left on a half-eaten doughnut and empty bottles to catch him more »
Japanese couples say "I do" -- in divorce ceremonies
Published: 03:37 p.m. (GMT+7), Monday, June 21, 2010
Some couples are choosing to celebrate the end of an unhappy marriage by saying "I do" at a divorce ceremony more »
Malaysia's rescued baby pygmy elephant dies
Published: 03:13 p.m. (GMT+7), Monday, June 21, 2010
An endangered pygmy elephant calf that was rescued on Borneo island early this month has died more »
Indonesia must resist Internet 'frenzy': president
Published: 09:00 a.m. (GMT+7), Sunday, June 20, 2010
President Yudhoyono said his country must not stand "naked" before modern information technology more »
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