MANILA - AT LEAST 10 people were killed while 20 others were missing in a landslide at a gold rush site in the southern Philippines on Monday, police said.
KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA'S ruling coalition decided on Monday not to contest a special election triggered by an opposition lawmaker's resignation, but denied it was cowed by a recent spate of electoral losses.
Prime Minister Najib Razak said his National Front coalition will sit out the May 31 by-election for a seat in a northern state's legislature - the sixth such ballot in less than a year.
PHNOM PENH - THE former Khmer Rouge prison chief told Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court on Monday that the hardline communist regime's entire policy was based on 'smashing' its enemies.
HANOI (Vietnam) - EACH DAY at around 4 pm, Hoang Thi Gai tries to lull her five-month-old grandson to sleep so that she can prepare supper. About 15 minutes later, a loudspeaker starts blaring just outside her Hanoi home.
