TAIPEI - FORMER Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian was sent back to his detention centre on Thursday after complaining of feeling unwell at a court hearing to decide if he should be bailed on corruption charges.
MUMBAI - AN INDIAN police officer credited with gunning down 112 gangsters was on Thursday given his job back, nine months after he was sacked on charges of extorting millions of dollars from the underworld.
PANAJI (India) - POLICE in the Indian resort state of Goa said on Thursday that they were re-examining 18 unsolved cases of missing persons after a serial killer confessed to murdering five women.
Police were examining cases 'especially those wherein the girls had gone out wearing gold on the day,' said deputy superintendent of police Serafin Dias.
CHENGDU (China) - CHINA said on Thursday that last year's massive Sichuan earthquake left 5,335 schoolchildren dead or missing, releasing its first official tally just days before the anniversary of the disaster.
