HONG KONG - HUNDREDS of restaurant and bar workers took to the streets here on Sunday to protest against a blanket smoking ban due to be implemented in July, saying it would put many of them out of business.

HONG KONG - HONG Kong officials on Sunday confirmed a new case of swine flu, raising the city's total number of infections to seven.

The new patient, a 21-year-old student, arrived from the United States via South Korea on Friday night and was being treated in hospital, a spokesman for the Department of Health said.

TOKYO - IN A country where ghosts are traditionally believed to hide in the loo, a Japanese company is advertising a new literary experience - a horror story printed on toilet paper.