Dalai Lama visits disputed enclave
Thousands of Buddhist monks and supporters welcomed Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader on Sunday to a remote Indian region also claimed by China, a trip that has renewed tensions between the Asian giants.

US deaths may be linked to bad beef
An outbreak of food-borne illness, linked to dangerous bacteria in ground beef, sickened 28 people and may have caused two deaths in the US Northeast, health officials said yesterday.

Strong quake shakes Indonesia
A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake has shaken Indonesia, the US Geological Survey reported today, but there were no reports of damage or casualties initially.

Storm kills 42 in Vietnam
Tropical storm Mirinae killed 42 people after ploughing into central Vietnam this week and several others are missing, state media reported today.

Madeleine viral video for internet
British police appealed today for internet users worldwide to spread a new video aimed at pricking the conscience of the key witness who knows what happened to Madeleine McCann.

Afghanistan criticises UN remarks
The top UN official in Afghanistan went beyond his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords, the country s foreign ministry said today.

Britain backs bank bailout fund
Britain has thrown its weight behind proposals to impose a global levy on banks to fund future bailouts but failed to make much progress on securing a G20 deal to meet the cost of climate change.

US House backs healthcare bill
After a landmark win in the US House of Representatives, President Barack Obama’s push for healthcare reform faces a difficult path in the Senate amid divisions in his own Democratic Party on how to proceed.

British postal strike suspended
British postal workers said today they would suspend strike action until at least after Christmas under an interim agreement reached between unions and state-owned Royal Mail.

Five soldiers killed in Afghanistan
An Afghan policeman has shot dead five British soldiers at a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan, the defence ministry in London said today.

N Korea makes arms grade plutonium
North Korea said today it had completed reprocessing spent fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear plant and turned it into arms-grade plutonium, giving the state more material to produce atomic arms.

Clampdown on MPs’ expenses urged
British politicians face the biggest clampdown on their expenses system since the 1970s after a report said they should no longer be able to claim for mortgage costs on their second homes and employ family members.

Obama warns of more job losses
US president Barack Obama today warned that more job losses lay ahead despite a turnaround in the economy, and he called for a new “post bubble growth model” with greater focus on US exports.

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