ASIA-PACIFIC

• Qantas plane makes emergency landing

  Friday, 25th July,2008

  A Qantas Boeing 747 passenger plane flying from London to Melbourne made an emergency landing in Manila after technical problems. read more...

• Drunken Aussie jailed for NZ attack

  Friday, 25th July,2008

  A drunken Australian attacked a woman at random in a New Zealand city street, dragging her away and threatening to kill her before she escaped. read more...

• Court lays more charges on ABC's Lloyd

  Friday, 25th July,2008

  Three new drug charges laid against ABC journalist Peter Lloyd in Singapore include one count of possessing utensils that carried traces of the drug ketamine. read more...

• Ganilau 'no problem' as meeting chair

  Friday, 25th July,2008

  Australian officials in Fiji have moved to calm disquiet after they objected to the man chosen to lead a regional meeting on disaster management on Thursday. read more...

• Terrorists 'plan attack on Olyroos venue'

  Friday, 25th July,2008

  Chinese police have cracked a terrorist cell planning to attack stadium less than a fortnight before the Olyroos open their Olympic campaign at the venue. read more...

• 50 Taliban, 7 cops killed in Afghanistan

  Friday, 25th July,2008

  Afghan troops have killed at least 34 Taliban in battle, while 15 Taliban and seven police were killed elsewhere, officials say. read more...

• Terror cell planning Games attack broken

  Thursday, 24th July,2008

  Police in Shanghai have cracked a terrorist cell planning to attack an Olympic football venue in the Chinese financial hub, state media reported. read more...

• Garuda pilot charged with deliberately causing plane crash

  Thursday, 24th July,2008

  A Garuda pilot has been formally charged with deliberately causing a passenger plane to crash in Indonesia, killing 21 people including five Australians. read more...

• Signs of rift between Fiji leader, army

  Thursday, 24th July,2008

  Fresh signs are emerging of a damaging rift between Fiji's coup leader and his closest military supporters who have shored up his government. read more...

• Robot mascots a big hit for Beijing

  Thursday, 24th July,2008

  Five robots modelled on the official Olympic mascots have become Beijing airport's unlikely new attractions. read more...

• Australian and New Zealand treaty signed

  Thursday, 24th July,2008

  New Zealand and Australia are expanding trans-Tasman legal cooperation through a treaty signed on Thursday. read more...

• Mother tells teens massage parlour work

  Thursday, 24th July,2008

  A mother has told how she went to a central Christchurch massage parlour to try to find her 16-year-old daughter after hearing the girl was performing on stage. read more...

• Garuda pilot stands trial

  Thursday, 24th July,2008

  Accountability for the Yogyakarta plane crash that killed 21 people including five Australians needs to go beyond the pilot, a victim's sister says. read more...

• Farmer to pay $NZ53k, starved cattle

  Thursday, 24th July,2008

  A New Zealand farmer who allowed hundreds of cattle to become severely emaciated has been ordered to pay $NZ53,000 ($A41,482.41) in costs. read more...

• 'Moderate quake' hits southwest China

  Thursday, 24th July,2008

  A 5.5-magnitude earthquake has hit southwest China, the US Geological Survey says, striking the area devastated by in May. read more...