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Five-year jail term sought for ex-Olympus head Japanese prosecutors sought a five-year jail term Tuesday for the former head of Olympus for his involvement in a $1.7 billion loss cover-up scandal that hammered Japan's corporate governance image.

27 March 2013

Japan court rules some election results 'invalid' Japan's politicians were grappling with possible implications Tuesday after a high court said some general election results were invalid, with other rulings expected later in the day.

26 March 2013

BRICS wrangle over new development bank BRICS emerging powers on Tuesday sought a deal on setting up a development bank that would rival Western-backed institutions, trying to iron out significant differences ahead of a leaders' summit in Durban.

26 March 2013

Australia PM heading for crushing election defeat: poll Australia's Labor government is heading for a crushing defeat in this year's election, a poll showed Tuesday as a senior minister blamed the party's bloodletting for driving voters to the opposition.

26 March 2013

Park tells N. Korea to change course or perish South Korean President Park Geun-Hye warned North Korea on Tuesday that its only "path to survival" lay in abandoning its nuclear and missile programmes.

26 March 2013

Combat-ready' N. Korea threatens Hawaii, US mainland North Korea's military put its "strategic" rocket units on a war footing Tuesday, with a fresh threat to strike targets on the US mainland, Hawaii and Guam, as well as South Korea.

26 March 2013

Space likely for rare earths search, scientists say The quest for rare earths vital to some of modern life's most indispensable technologies may see mining robots jet to the stars within decades.

26 March 2013

Asiana flight attendants win fight to wear trousers Female flight attendants with South Korea's Asiana Airlines on Tuesday won a long-running battle to overturn a skirts-only dress code after the national human rights commission ruled it discriminatory.

26 March 2013

China president in Tanzania on start of African tour China's new President Xi Jinping jetted into Tanzania Sunday on the first stop of his three-nation Africa tour that underscores Beijing's growing presence in the resource-rich continent.

26 March 2013

New Zealand bans foreign students from prostitution International students studying in New Zealand, where prostitution is legal, have been told they are to be barred from working in the sex trade.

26 March 2013

S. Korea hails new military pact with US A new South Korea-US pact providing for a joint military response even to low-level provocation by North Korea offers an added deterrent at a time of elevated tension.

26 March 2013

KRouge 'Brother Number Two' fit for trial: experts Pol Pot's former deputy Nuon Chea is fit to continue with his trial for war crimes and genocide, medical experts told Cambodia's Khmer Rouge court on Monday following the death of a co-defendant.

26 March 2013

Coral atoll where giant tortoises outnumber man 10,000:1 It is perhaps not surprising that there are only a handful of humans on one of the most remote islands on Earth, coral atolls far out in the turquoise seas of the Indian Ocean.

26 March 2013

Oil prices up in Asia on Cyprus bailout deal Oil prices rose in Asian trade Monday after Cyprus and its international creditors struck a 10 billion euro bailout deal, averting collapse of the country's banking system.

26 March 2013

Japan's high-tech kabuki theatre set to open The curtain is about to go up at a new theatre dedicated to Japan's centuries-old kabuki-za performing art, sited in a high-tech venue in a 29-storey Tokyo office building.

25 March 2013

Former Woodside advisor Australia's new resources minister Australia's new Resources and Energy Minister Gary Gray on Monday denied there would be any conflict of interest stemming from his previous job as an advisor to oil and gas giant Woodside.

25 March 2013

Shanghai sees swine flow easing Shanghai said the end of an embarrassing pollution case which saw dead pigs floating down the city's main river was in sight, with the total number recovered now standing at more than 16,000.

25 March 2013

China car maker BYD reports profit plunge Chinese electric car producer BYD, which is partly backed by US investment titan Warren Buffett, said its net profit plunged more than 94 percent year-on-year in 2012, hit by slowing growth in the country.

25 March 2013

Mister Donut in Japan serves bleach, sickens five At least five people who were served bleach-laced water at a Mister Donut store in Japan had to be treated by medics.

25 March 2013

Former Sex Pistol Lydon gears up for China shows Former Sex Pistols front man John Lydon told his Chinese fans to "be perverse" Monday ahead of highly-anticipated concerts in China with his band Public Image Ltd.

25 March 2013

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