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January 6, 2008 (The Sunday Times) - A whistleblower has made a series of extraordinary claims about how corrupt government officials allowed Pakistan and other states to steal nuclear weapons secrets.

December 11, 2008 (Rahul Bedi, Janes) - India has not halted the supply of military hardware promised to neighbouring Myanmar but merely "slowed" its delivery, according to military sources in New Delhi.

January 12, 2008 (CBC News) - Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party won a landslide victory in legislative elections Saturday, beating the ruling Democratic Progressive Party.

BEIJING January 11, 2008 (AP) - China's trade surplus soared nearly 50 percent in 2007 to a record, despite safety worries about Chinese products and a slowdown in export growth late in the year, according to government data released Friday.

COLOMBO January 11, 2007 (Ranga Sirilal, Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government rejected a Tamil Tiger offer on Friday to abide by the terms of a newly-scrapped six-year ceasefire and vowed to push on with a military campaign to crush the rebels.

January 11, 2008 (AFP) - UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Friday pressed Iran to intensify its cooperation with his agency to shed more light on the history of the disputed Iranian atomic programme.

January 11, 2008 (AFP) - Kenya's opposition on Friday said it would restart nationwide protests next week, setting up a new showdown with police after international mediation failed to broker a deal with the government.

GENEVA January 11, 2008 (AFP) - Food is running short for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the impoverished Gaza Strip and more aid is urgently needed to prevent a humanitarian crisis, the World Food Programme said on Friday.

January 10, 2008 (AFP) - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday he would hold three-way talks with French and German leaders on Turkey's EU membership bid, which the two heavyweights of the bloc oppose.

January 10, 2008 (AFP) - Kenya's rival leaders have agreed to work with a mediation panel led by former UN chief Kofi Annan to end a political crisis that has claimed hundreds of lives, the head of the African Union said Thursday.