NEW DELHI - HEALTH authorities in the eastern Indian state of Sikkim on Monday confirmed a new outbreak of bird flu and said thousands of poultry would be killed to control its spread.
TOKYO - JAPAN moved closer to ending a ban on food products from cloned animals as a panel of experts concluded on Monday they are as safe to eat as those from conventionally bred livestock.
BEIJING - WORK on building a new town called 'Eternal Prosperity' will begin next month to replace one of the cities destroyed in last year's Sichuan earthquake, state media reported on Monday.
BEIJING - CHINA plans to complete its own satellite navigation system by 2015, making it independent of foreign technology such as the US-developed Global Positioning System (GPS), state media said on Monday.
