Siem Reap (Cambodia), Nov 20 (IANS) Indian golfer Shiv Kapur in his bid to retain his Asian Tour card put himself in a position to end his four-year title drought with a five-under 67 that put him shared second place at the midway stage of the Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open here Friday.

Beijing, Nov 20 (IANS) China has voiced strong dissatisfaction over Italian Chamber of Deputies speaker Gianfranco Fini's meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, a media report said Friday.

George Town (Malaysia), Nov. 20 (ANI): Lim Guan Eng, the Chief Minister of the Malaysian state of Penang, is planning to visit India in order to explore untapped markets in the country.

Johor Baru (Malaysia), Nov. 20 (ANI): Malay Indian NGOs in Johor have received over 1.5 million ringgits from the state government this year, the Malaysian Indian Congress has said.

Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 20 (ANI): Malaysian MP N. Gobalakrishnan has lodged a police complaint against Malaysian Indian Congress President S. Samy Vellu and his son Velli Pari for being involved in a fraud.

New Delhi, Nov 20(ANI): The Congress party on Friday defended the Union Government's sugarcane pricing policy, which has led to farmers unrest and adjournment of Parliament.

Taipei, Nov 20 (DPA) A majority of Taiwan residents have more trust in US President Barack Obama than in their own president or Chinese President Hu Jintao, an opinion poll showed Friday.

New Delhi, Nov 20 (ANI): An elderly Chinese villager has proved what true love really is-he has never left his paralytic wife alone for more than 1 hour every week.

Hong Kong, Nov 20 (DPA) A Kung Fu grandmaster, who trained under the same teacher as martial arts star Bruce Lee, has been jailed in Hong Kong for assaulting his mistress, a court report said Friday.

Dhaka, Nov 20 (IANS) Bangladesh is determined to nab six former army officers linked to the assassination of founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who are believed to be living in foreign countries ranging from Pakistan to the US.

Beijing, Nov 20 (IANS) The personal wealth of the rich in China has continued to expand despite the global economic downturn, and a new study says their number could cross 450,000 by the year-end.

Kabul, Nov. 20 (ANI): Afghan President Hamid Karzai has set a five-year time frame for Afghan forces to take over from international troops.

Kabul, Nov 20 (ANI): The international community on Thursday pledged its support to help Afghanistan move ahead on the road of development.

Hong Kong, Nov 20 (DPA) A Hong Kong teacher has been charged with having sex with a primary school pupil and keeping pictures of the encounters on his computer, a court report said Friday.

Kuala Lumpur, Nov 20 (DPA) A Malaysian woman, in a bid to become a man by removing her breasts, lost both her nipples after botched sex-change surgery, reports said Friday.

Dhaka, Nov 20 (IANS) Lawyers for five former Bangladesh Army officers have sought a review of the Supreme court verdict handing them the death sentence for killing the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, his family members and political associates 34 years ago.

Toronto, Nov 20 (IANS) Air Canada Thursday unveiled its plans to offer in-flight internet service.

Kabul, Nov 19 (IANS) Ten civilians were killed and many others injured Thursday when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan, the police said.

Siew Reap (Cambodia), Nov 19 (IANS) Golfer Vikrant Chopra drained three birdies on the back nine to bring home the best card among the four Indians with a three-under 69 that placed him tied for eighth at the end of the first round of the Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open here Thursday.

Budapest, Nov 19 (DPA) A NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan would lead to a strengthening of al-Qaeda and cause instability to spread through the region, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday in the Hungarian capital.

Los Angeles, Nov.19 (ANI): US President Barack Obama may have subtly called on China to improve its human rights record and allow for greater freedom of speech during his three-day visit to Shanghai and Beijing, but that did not stop China from putting a student leader of the 1989 pro-democracy movement on trial on Thursday, a day after Obama finished his visit.

Seoul (S.Korea), Nov. 19 (ANI): US President Barack Obama said Thursday the United States has begun talking with allies about fresh punishment against Iran for defying efforts to halt its nuclear weapons pursuits.

New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): A Chinese man, who is still unmarried, believes that his single status is because of the apartment he stays in.

New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): Huang Zhong, a farmer too possessive of his wife, was arrested last week after he extorted 100,000 yuan from a fellow villager for taking his wife to the county seat in Nanning, capital of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

Dhaka, Nov 19 (ANI): Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a High Court verdict that confirmed the death sentences of 12 retired and dismissed army men involved in Sheikh Mujibur Rahman assassination on August 15, 1975.

Kabul, Nov.19 (ANI): Visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to seize the moment of his second term as head of state to end government corruption.

Seoul, Nov. 19 (ANI): Having arrived from Chinese capital Beijing, US President Barack Obama said here on Thursday that he will send a special envoy to North Korea next month to continue talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions in exchange for massive aid.

New Delhi, November 19 (ANI): A Chinese man lost his fingers trying to touch a caged tiger at a circus.

Dhaka, Nov 19 (IANS) Bangladesh's Supreme Court Thursday rejected appeals of five former army officers and confirmed death sentence on seven others, who are living abroad, for killing the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members 34 years ago.

Quetta, Nov.19 (ANI): Taking a cue from Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Pakistan Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has also accused India of fanning terrorism in Balochistan and Waziristan.

Dhaka, Nov 19 (IANS) Twelve people were given the death sentence Thursday for the murder of Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members 34 years ago, the country's Supreme court ruled.

Hong Kong, Nov 19 (DPA) Hong Kong recorded its coldest Nov 18 in 120 years as a winter monsoon continued to send temperatures falling, authorities said Thursday.

Seoul, Nov 19 (DPA) US President Barack Obama met his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung Bak in Seoul Thursday on the final leg of his Asian tour.

Hong Kong, Nov 19 (DPA) A Hong Kong student nicknamed the Chinese Warren Buffet has been accused of blackmailing a Catholic priest with intimate images, a court report said Thursday.

Singapore, Nov 19 (ANI): The head of Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani, is once again the wealthiest person in India. His net worth is put at 32 billion dollars, an increase of 54 percent from nearly 21 billion dollars last year, according to the latest Forbes' India Rich List.

Toronto, Nov 19 (IANS) Pakistan-born Canadian citizen Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who is suspected of having had a role in the Mumbai terror attacks, may have used his immigration consultancy service to help terrorists enter the US and Canada.

Beijing, Nov 19 (IANS) A 107-year-old woman shocked her neighbours in Yichuan county in eastern China when she recently started teething again.

Shanghai, Nov 19 (IANS) A six-year-old boy in Shanghai has formulated a chemical mixture to resist getting beaten up by his parents. He says if his parents beat him next time, he would spray the mixture on them and make them suffer from rashes.

Beihai (China), Nov 19 (IANS) A lesbian who abducted her ex-lover's boyfriend after the woman left her for the man was detained in Beihai in southern China.

Shanghai, Nov 19 (IANS) A man in Shanghai has left his wife after a fortune-teller told him that he would die like her former partner.

Lima, Nov 19 (EFE) The Peruvian Police have rescued hundreds of rare animals, including squirrel monkeys, yellow-foot tortoises, iguanas and diminutive brotogeris parakeet that were being sold illegally in downtown Lima.

Beijing, Nov 19 (IANS) China and North Korea will enhance military cooperation to boost peace and stability in the region, officials of both the countries said.