DHAKA (Bangladesh) - BANGLADESH Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ailing husband, Wajed Mia, died on Saturday from heart-related problems, his doctor said. He was 70.
TAIPEI - FORMER Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian was hospitalised for dehydration Saturday, a hospital official said, after he went on a two-day hunger strike to protest his detention over graft charges.
BEIJING - A GOVERNMENT investigation found managers of a coal mine in central China concealed the death of six miners from gas poisoning, the official Xinhua News Agency said on Saturday.
The privately owned mine reported to authorities only one of seven deaths caused on May 2 after carbon monoxide leaked into a shaft where 69 miners were working, Xinhua said.
COLOMBO - SRI Lanka's navy sank two Tiger boats carrying 14 rebels on Saturday as ground troops killed at least 35 guerrillas just outside the newly demarcated 'safety zone' for civilians, the military said.
