GENEVA - HUNDREDS of thousands of people in areas of Myanmar devastated by cyclone Nargis a year ago are in urgent need of a proper roof over their heads before the imminent monsoon season, the UN said on Tuesday.
MANILA - A JAPANESE man was carrying the bones of up to 100 people wrapped in bags in his van when he was stopped at a checkpoint in Manila, police in the Philippines capital said on Tuesday.
HANOI- OFFICIAL Sin Vietnam have warned that too many boys are being born and said the country should learn a lesson from its Asian neighbours, state media reported on Tuesday.