High rate of child abuse among aborigines
CANBERRA, Australia, July 2 (UPI) -- The children of aborigines are seven times more likely than other Australian children to be abused or neglected, a report released Thursday said.
China: Traditional medicine for swine flu
BEIJING, July 2 (UPI) -- Beijing's municipal health department says some influenza A H1N1 patients have been treated using traditional Chinese medicine.
Report: Missing U.S. soldier sold to clan
KABUL, Afghanistan, July 2 (UPI) -- A missing U.S. soldier thought to have been captured in southeastern Afghanistan has been sold to a militant clan, a U.S. military official said Thursday.
Corazon Aquino ends chemotherapy
MANILA, Philippines, July 2 (UPI) -- Former Philippines President Corazon Aquino no longer is getting chemotherapy and moved to a private room from a hospital's intensive care unit, a friend said.
Minister: Swat militant leader wounded
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 2 (UPI) -- Mullah Fazlullah, the notorious Taliban leader in Pakistan's Swat Valley, was seriously wounded in a military attack, Pakistan's interior minister told the BBC.
Factions in Kurram to stop fighting
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 2 (UPI) -- Pakistan's Kurram Agency Thursday awaited calm after a reported cease-fire among warring factions as troops began deploying there to fight the Taliban.
Helmand assault meant to take back region
KABUL, Afghanistan, July 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Marine-led assault in Afghanistan's Helmand province is designed to wrest control of the poppy-growing region from the Taliban, the military said.
Taliban targeted in major U.S. operation
KABUL, Afghanistan, July 1 (UPI) -- About 4,000 U.S. troops and 650 Afghan soldiers are going after the Taliban in Afghanistan's Helmand province in a "major operation," the U.S. military said.
New nanoparticles fight infections
SINGAPORE, July 1 (UPI) -- Singaporean scientists say they have developed nanoparticles that might lead to new treatments for meningitis, fungal infections and drug-resistant bacteria.
Pigeons can discern 'good' and 'bad' art
TOKYO, July 1 (UPI) -- A Japanese study indicates pigeons can be trained to tell the difference between "good" and "bad" paintings.
China's Xinhua plans TV news service
BEIJING, July 1 (UPI) -- China's state-run Xinhua news agency says it has started an English-language international television news service to be distributed worldwide.
Report:U.S. to brief China on N. Korea
BEIJING, June 30 (UPI) -- A visiting U.S. team hopes to get China's cooperation in effectively enforcing the U.N. sanctions against North Korea, South Korean officials said Wednesday.
Minister says N. Korea enriching uranium
SEOUL, June 30 (UPI) -- North Korea, under U.N. sanctions for its nuclear tests, may be going ahead with enriching uranium to add to its arsenal.
7 people killed in Pakistan airstrikes
MIRAMSHAH, Pakistan, June 30 (UPI) -- Jet bombers hit Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal area Tuesday, killing seven people, residents and other sources said.
China Backs Off 'Net Filter Deadline
China has backed off from requiring all new personal computers be equipped with Internet-filtering software, letting a Tuesday deadline pass, officials said.
China backs off 'Net filter deadline
BEIJING, June 30 (UPI) -- China has backed off from requiring all new personal computers be equipped with Internet-filtering software, letting a Tuesday deadline pass, officials said.
Karzai leads despite his unpopularity
NEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai appears poised to win re-election even though most voters view him largely as a failure, political observers say.
British crew team missing in Indian Ocean
SYDNEY, June 30 (UPI) -- A British rowing team in a charity race across the Indian Ocean was reported missing off the coast of the African island nation of Mauritius, officials said.
Amnesty for some Tiger rebels
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 30 (UPI) -- The Sri Lankan government, after claiming a crushing victory last month over Tamil Tiger rebels, may offer amnesty to some rebel suspects, an official said.
Ban Ki-moon's Myanmar trip set
NEW YORK, June 29 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will press for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners on his visit to Myanmar, U.N. News said.
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