AHMEDABAD (India) - A STUDENT threw a shoe at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during an election rally in a western Indian city on Sunday after he was stopped from shouting at the veteran politician, police said.
BEIJING - CHINA has moved the last batch of pandas still living in a world-famous preserve badly damaged in last year's devastating earthquake to a nearby facility, state television reported on Sunday.
TOKYO - JAPAN'S main opposition looked set to win a key local poll on Sunday, reports said, in what would be a much-needed victory in a face-off against the ruling coalition.
COLOMBO - THE Sri Lanka government rejected a ceasefire declared by Tamil Tiger rebels on Sunday, defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse said, instead demanding that the cornered guerrillas surrender.
