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•  NZ students offer reward for Rice arrest (AP)
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•  Microsoft CEO backs Web spending, "done" with Yahoo (Reuters)

•  Wall Street tumbles, led by financials (Reuters)

•  JP Morgan, NAB discuss breakup of UK's HBOS: report (Reuters)

•  Wachovia CFO Wurtz to leave (Reuters)

•  Samsung Elec Q2 net disappoints, outlook grim (Reuters)

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•  Indonesian crash pilot on trial
The pilot of an Indonesian Garuda airliner that crashed last year, killing 21 people, goes on trial charged with negligence.


•  Japan recovers from strong quake
Residents in northern Japan are clearing up after a strong - but luckily deep - earthquake struck early on Thursday.


•  Rice hits out at Burma 'mockery'
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the Burmese military's plan to restore democracy gradually is a sham.


•  More talks planned on temple row
Cambodia says it will hold off taking a territorial dispute with Thailand to the UN, after the two sides agreed to more talks.


•  Inflation in Vietnam passes 27%
Vietnam reports an inflation rate of 27.04% in July, the highest so far this year, but experts say worse is to come.


•  Many hurt in Philippines bus bomb
A crudely-made bomb explodes on a bus in the southern Philippines, injuring at least 27 people but causing no deaths.


•  China 'to allow Olympic protests'
China says it will allow demonstrations in three designated city parks during the Olympic Games in Beijing.


•  Powerful quake hits north Japan
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 hits northern Japan, causing injuries, power cuts and landslides.


•  Kidnapped Koreans freed in Mexico
Five South Koreans seized for ransom in Mexico are released, the South Korean foreign ministry has said.


•  'Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii' no name for a girl, rules NZ judge
A judge in New Zealand makes Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii a ward of court so she can change her name.


•  Philippine farmer faces charges for eating a rare eagle
Philippine prosecutors prepare to file charges against a farmer for killing and eating one of the world's rarest eagles.


•  Swimming: Thorpe doubts Phelps' Olympic goal
Australia's greatest Olympian Ian Thorpe does not believe Michael Phelps will win eight swimming gold medals in Beijing.


•  Rugby: McCaw delays Tri-Nations comeback
New Zealand captain Richie McCaw is ruled out of Saturday's Tri-Nations match against Australia, who give a first start to Ryan Cross.


•  Leaving Beijing
Migrants asked to go before Olympics comes to town


•  My Games
Tell Adnan Nawaz your Olympic tales




•  Reynolds' China
Anti-terrorist advice from the Chinese government


•  'Cloud dwellers'
Qiang people fight to survive in quake-hit Sichuan


•  Against the odds
Cambodian runner with eyes on the Beijing marathon


•  Nick Bryant's blog
Pope's visit brings pageantry - and public atonement


•  Rice holds N Korea nuclear talks
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets her North Korean counterpart, the first such talks in four years.


•  Temple row 'to ease after polls'
A military stand-off at a border temple will ease after Cambodia's general election on Sunday, the Thai leader says.


•  Mongolian MPs boycott parliament
The opening session of the Mongolian parliament stalls after opposition Democrats stage a walk-out.


•  Samsung chief makes legal appeal
The ex-chairman of South Korean firm Samsung files an appeal against his conviction for tax evasion.


•  Top Hong Kong showbiz couple wed
Hong Kong actor Tony Leung marries long term partner Carina Lau in a Buddhist-inspired ceremony in Bhutan.


•  Somali pirates 'seize Filipinos'
A Japanese ship with 20 Philippine crew has reportedly been hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia.


•  Baidu profits boosted by Olympics
Leading Chinese search engine firm Baidu.com sees quarterly profits rise sharply, as traffic rises thanks to the Olympics.


•  Inflation 'to hit Asian growth'
Inflation and volatility in financial markets will slow growth in Asia during 2008, says the Asian Development Bank.


•  Eyewitness: Anger in Ulan Bator
An eyewitness describes the violent protests in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator after elections.


•  Flooding in Southern China
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•  China views on an unblocked BBC
People in China have been sending in their views of the BBC news website being unblocked.
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