BEIJING - CHINA faces a new problem after the melamine scandal: How to get rid of all the tainted milk.

It has been burned, buried and mixed into coal. One trash-hauling company dumped a load into a river, turning the waters a frothy white and raising fears about the safety of the drinking water.

BANGKOK - SAFFRON-ROBED monks sat cross-legged, lining the route of Thailand's adored King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Saturday as he paid his final respects to his beloved sister.

The 80-year-old monarch was flanked by the Queen and their children as he slowly walked the red carpet to the crematorium where Princess Galyani's funeral urn had been carried earlier in the day.

WASHINGTON - WORLD leaders prepared on Saturday to adopt broad outlines to attack weak spots in the global financial system on three fronts, with plans to meet again early in 2009 to fine-tune efforts to end the worldwide economic downturn and guard against major economic upheavals in the future.

European officials at the extraordinary Group of 20 summit in the US capital said a draft agreement among the world leaders likely would call for intensified government efforts at bolstering national economies, cooperation on international regulation of the financial system and reform of global structures to aide needy developing countries.

AT THE fifth investor rally at Hong Lim Park on Saturday, anger and complaints of the 700-strong crowd shifted from the financial institutions to the Government and financial industry regulators.

Agitated investors questioned why there is still no word from the Government about investigating the investment products sold by several banks and financial institutions here.