COLOMBO - SRI Lanka on Monday rejected reports that neighbouring India may have been involved in the militant attack against the island's national cricket team in Pakistan.
WASHINGTON - THE Defence Departmenrt says Chinese ships shadowed and manoeuvred dangerously close to a US Navy vessel in what appeared an effort to harass the American crew.
MUMBAI - THE sole surviving gunman captured during the Mumbai attacks on Monday appeared before an Indian court via videolink and was remanded in custody for a further two weeks, the chief prosecutor said.
TAIPEI - TAIWAN'S detained former president Chen Shui-bian on Monday called for the establishment of a new pro-independence party as he faces trial in a graft case that implicates several family members.