BEIJING - MORE than 1,000 workers on Friday began a march towards Beijing in protest over job losses at a textile factory in the north of China, state media and an employee said.

BEIJING - THE G-20 summit's promise to Asia of money to help credit-starved exporters and a bigger voice in global finance should help the region revive growth, business leaders and economists said on Friday.

ISLAMABAD - PAKISTANI authorities ordered an investigation on Friday into a video showing a man flogging a screaming woman in the country's northwest where the government recently agreed to introduce Islamic law to end a rebellion by Taleban militants.