11:21pm

Singapore to share Todd evidence with FBI

Move is latest twist in death of US engineer in city-state

INDIA 4:54pm

US groups accuse India of IP protectionism

Pfizer says intellectual property regime deters US investment

Chinese performer Peng Liyuan ©EPA CHINA 2:16pm

Xi’s wife to play role in charm offensive

New Chinese leader wants to build ‘soft power’ overseas

INDIA 1:22pm

Italian U-turn on marines angers India

PM threatens Rome with unspecified ‘consequences’

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 11:44am

China’s central bank warns on inflation

Governor Zhou Xiaochuan strikes hawkish tone

INDIA 10:06am

Police die as militants strike in Kashmir

First suicide attack in three years kills five Indian paramilitary

JAPAN 6:12pm

Japan warms to ‘fire ice’ potential

Group extracts methane from frozen undersea deposits

Mar 12, 2013

‘Sultan of Sulu’ adamant on Sabah claim

Clashes in Malaysian state have resulted in dozens of deaths

Inside Business from COMPANIES Mar 12, 2013

Growth comes with side effects for Singapore

Opaque business brings unwanted attention for the Lion City, built up to rival Switzerland

From MARKETS Mar 12, 2013

Shanghai Futures Exchange executive held

High-ranking official detained on suspicion of taking bribes

Mar 12, 2013

HK woman jailed for money laundering

Ten-year sentence after $877m passed through 9 banks

From COMPANIES Mar 12, 2013

Australia’s new media law irks News Corp

Companies set to face public interest test before expanding

From AFGHANISTAN Mar 12, 2013

Afghanistan helicopter crash kills five

Victims were troops from Nato-led force

From US & CANADA Mar 11, 2013

US urges China to crack down on hacking

‘Unprecedented’ number of incidents involving US groups

NORTH KOREA Mar 11, 2013

South Korea and US begin military drills

Pyongyang cuts off communications in protest at exercises

Gideon Rachman from COMMENT Mar 11, 2013

Prepare for endgame in North Korea

The US and China should pool ideas on the nuclear threat

From AFGHANISTAN Mar 11, 2013

Seven killed in Afghan ‘insider attack’

Police officer opens fire on US and Afghan forces in Wardak

Mar 11, 2013

BoJ board member at odds with Kuroda

Ishida says 2 per cent inflation target is ‘very high’

JAPAN Mar 11, 2013

Japan in ‘race against time’ to rebuild

PM tacitly acknowledges strain of 2011 tsunami reconstruction

CHINA Mar 11, 2013

Anger at dead pigs in Shanghai river

Residents vent complaints on social media about river pollution

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