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• UN chief to hold more Burma talks
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is set to hold a second meeting with Burma's top military leaders.
• Japan rethinks silent hybrid cars
Japan considers adding noise-making devices to quiet hybrid cars to improve safety for blind pedestrians.
• New dinosaurs found in Australia
Three new dinosaur species are found in Queensland, Australia, and named after the Outback song Waltzing Matilda.
• Fans and foes pray for ill Aquino
Former Philippine President Cory Aquino has stopped treatment for cancer, prompting prayer vigils by fans and foes.
• Deadly bus fire 'set by arsonist'
A fire on a bus in China that killed 27 people in June may have been caused by a suicidal arsonist, police say.
• Policeman held for Philippine death
A policeman in the Philippines has been arrested for the murder of a journalist, Crispin Perez, on 9 June.
• Flu risk for indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples, such as Aborigines and Native Americans, have a higher risk from swine flu, experts warn.
• China babies 'sold for adoption'
Baby girls removed from parents who broke China's family-planning laws have been sold for adoption overseas, it is reported.
• Japan envoy wins UN nuclear post
Japanese envoy Yukiya Amano is elected the next director-general of the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, diplomats say.
• North Korea's latest launch: a new beer advert
North Korea launches television adverts for a beer, in a rare commercial move for the resolutely communist nation.
• Scorpions from Hong Kong surprise Polish customs
Polish customs officers are surprised to find live scorpions in a parcel from Hong Kong supposed to contain toys.
• Cricket: Australia's smiling assassin
Why Mitchell Johnson is the biggest threat to England's batsmen in the Ashes
• West meets East
UK teenagers take up Japan's fashion rebellion
• Nick Bryant's blog
Latest report on Australia's great fly-over problem
• BBQ diplomacy
Unlikely middleman between North Korea and the US
• Indonesian polls
Will you vote and what are the issues that matter to you?
• Hong Kong worry
Disquiet ahead of annual pro-democracy march
• Tightening net
Chinese netizens denounce new filtering software
• N Korea fires short-range missiles
North Korea test fires four short-range missiles off its eastern coast, South Korea's defence ministry says.
• Developing world faces age crisis
Researchers predict a "population time bomb" in developing world nations because of their rapidly ageing populations.
• US call to free Vietnamese priest
A bipartisan group of US senators call for the immediate release of a Vietnamese priest, Father Nguyen Van Ly, jailed for dissent.
• Gap dividing Aborigines growing
Grim new report shows the gaps in living conditions between Aborigines and other Australians are growing wider.
• Fiji constitution plan unveiled
Fiji's military ruler, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, unveils plans for a new constitution by 2013, ahead of elections in 2014.
• HK march calls for more democracy
Thousands in Hong Kong join a pro-democracy rally on the 12th anniversary of the handover to Chinese rule.
• Hitachi to sell batteries to GM
Hitachi says it will supply lithium-ion batteries to General Motors to power the company's hybrid cars from next year.
• Rio Tinto cash-raising supported
Rio Tinto announces that there has been strong support from shareholders for its huge cash-raising exercise.
• Burma's Karen on fleeing home
Thousands of Burma's ethnic Karen have fled to Thailand after renewed fighting between Karen rebels and government forces. One man tells the BBC what forced them to flee and the difficult dilemma they now face.
• Twitterers defy China's firewall
Twitterers in China discuss whether the government's attempt to censor the web has worked.
• Voices: Inside Japan's recession
People in Japan on living in hard economic times
• Aboriginal cricketers repeat tour
Aboriginal cricketers repeat forefathers' 1868 England tour
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