Asia Pacific

In Cambodia, a candidate for the opposition Sam Rainsy Party has been shot dead outside his home.

A crucial meeting of China's communist leadership has endorsed President Jiang Zemin's controversial push to allow entrepreneurs to join the party.

The government of Pakistan has organised thousands of people to make public displays of support for its handling of the crisis over neighbouring Afghanistan.

The Tongan parliament is preparing to impeach two cabinet ministers over the disappearance of about 40 million dollars.

In Indonesia, anti-US sentiment continues to grow, with fears being expressed that raw emotion may overtake common sense if America proceeds with possible military strikes against Afghanistan.

A European specialist in international terrorism says terrorist networks have spent the past decade shifting from the Middle East to Asia.

The central Asian states to the north of Afghanistan could play an even greater role in support of the US military effort - and suffer its consequences.

After months of negotiation, the Papua New Guinea cabinet has approved an in-principle agreement that will see BHP Billiton withdraw from its controversial Ok Tedi copper mine within four months.

The tension gripping the world since the US terrorist attacks is having an impact on the national election campaign in Bangladesh.

The motivation behind world support for the US-led anti-terrorist alliance is a varied one.

United States President George W Bush has publicly raised the prospect of working with anti-Taliban rebels in Afghanistan as part of the campaign to find Osama bin Laden and dismantle his Al Qaida network.

A key factor in the war against terrorism, Pakistan is beginning to see the financial benefits of its high risk strategy of supporting the US-led alliance.

The U-S attacks have concentrated minds on the ugly threat of biological warfare and doctors in particular are urging that it be taken more seriously.

A tussle of monumental proportions is going on in Canberra between the Commonwealth Heads Of Government meeting scheduled for Brisbane next week and a federal election.

Indonesia's peak Islamic organisation has called for a jihad or holy war if the US and its allies attack Afghanistan.

There's been a surge in electoral support for the democracy movement in the former Portuguese enclave of Macau.

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have cancelled their annual general meetings in light of the September 11 terror attacks in the United States.

Indonesia has promised to take firm action against Islamic militants who have threatened American citizens.

Indonesia's peak Islamic organisation has called for a jihad or holy war if the US and its allies attack Afghanistan.