6:47am

Malaysian air strike hits Filipino rebels

Assault poses electoral challenge for Najib

From AFGHANISTAN 4:32pm

Afghan bank executives sentenced

Twenty handed jail terms for roles in corruption scandal

China's Premier Wen Jiabao delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ©Reuters From GLOBAL ECONOMY 10:11am

Wen issues China growth warning

Outgoing premier says 7.5% GDP target will be ‘hard to attain’

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang walks past President Hu Jintao, Vice President Xi Jinping and Premier Wen Jiabao as they arrive at the opening session of the Chinese National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ©AFP CHINA 6:01am

China boosts defence spending by 10.7%

Double-digit increase in line with growth in recent years

CHINA 2:16am

US can pursue Deloitte’s China documents

Bid to get audit papers relate to fraud probe into Chinese group

From COMMENT 6:46pm

India’s masters suffer the ‘Downton’ effect

Servants are beginning to realise what their place could be, says Ranjani Iyer Mohanty

A woman rides a bike in the heavy smog with a mask on a street in Haozhou, central China's Anhui province on January 30, 2013. Across China public frustration mounted this week as dense smog blanketed swathes of the country, with even state-run media questioning the authorities' ability to meet their goal of building a "beautiful China ©AFP From MULTIMEDIA 5:02pm

China pollution: battling the smog

Online campaigns have allowed ordinary Chinese to vent their anger over environmental damage

.A man and a woman wearing face masks stand by a wall inside the Forbidden City ©AFP CHINA Mar 4, 2013

Weibo alters China’s environmental debate

State responds to online anger over air pollution

Mar 4, 2013

Hong Kong arrests baby milk smugglers

Beijing expresses concern at smuggling into China

Malaysian police commandos standing guard 2.5 kilometers away from Kampung Tanduo, during a stand off with armed supporters of Filipino sultan, near Lahad Datu, Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo Island, 02 March 2013. Five police and two militants were killed in a clash in the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah where followers of a Philippine sultan are demanding their ancestral land rights ©EPA Mar 4, 2013

Malaysia sends more troops into Borneo

Twenty die in disputed region, adding to election tensions for Kuala Lumpur

From LEX Mar 4, 2013

Bank of Japan: all in an RoE

New governor should highlight corporate efficiency

Mar 4, 2013

S Korea’s Park apologises for deadlock

President unable to form cabinet due to opposition

From AFRICA Mar 3, 2013

Zuma warns west’s ‘colonial’ corporates

Change attitude or risk losing business to China, says SA president

From COMMENT Mar 3, 2013

Japan: Hey, big spender

Shinzo Abe has ambitious plans to shake Tokyo out of its economic torpor but his expansionary agenda carries risks

From COMPANIES Mar 3, 2013

Samsung code of conduct put to test

Case shows how ‘babble-language’ is under scrutiny

Mar 3, 2013

Tensions rise in China’s tiny democracy

One year on from Wukan elections, some locals are unhappy

Mar 3, 2013

Army deployed in north Bangladesh

Violence continues after Islamist leader sentenced for war crimes

CHINA Mar 3, 2013

China gathers to formalise new leadership

Ceremonial 10-day conclave will highlight policy priorities

Mar 1, 2013

At least 52 killed in Bangladesh riots

Violence erupts after Islamist leader sentenced for war crimes

Mar 1, 2013

Filipino Malaysia siege erupts in violence

Security forces tighten cordon on clan in Sabah state

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