KHAR (Pakistan) - PAKISTANI fighter jets on Sunday attacked suspected Taleban and Al-Qaeda positions in a lawless tribal area on the border with Afghanistan, killing four militants, an official said.

KATHMANDU - TWELVE staff at a prominent newspaper and magazine publisher were injured on Sunday when they were attacked by dozens of Maoist activists angered by critical coverage, an editor said.

BEIJING - CHINA said on Sunday it would allocate 130 billion yuan (S$27.7 billion) in financing for Taiwanese companies on the mainland over the next two or three years - part of efforts to combat the global economic crisis and to overcome longstanding tensions between Beijing and Taipei.