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• Australia tightens migrant rules
Australia's immigration minister says policy will change to focus on skilled migrants, to support mining and health needs.
• China shuts down hacking website
Three people are arrested as China's largest training website for hackers is shut down, state media reports.
• Body found on US flight to Japan
Japanese officials try to identify a body found in the landing gear compartment of a flight that arrived in Tokyo from New York.
• Australia to increase Burma aid
Australia increases its aid to Burma, saying the country cannot be allowed to decay while awaiting political change.
• China searches for tainted milk
China searches for 100 tonnes of melamine-tainted milk products thought to be from a batch which killed six children in 2008.
• Japanese brewers call off merger
Japanese brewing and food groups Kirin and Suntory call off merger talks having failed to agree terms.
• Fine over Australia TV rat eating
ITV is fined 3,000 Australian dollars (£1,672) after contestants on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! killed and ate a rat.
• Toyota 'planning recall of Prius'
Toyota is planning to recall the latest model of its flagship Prius cars because of braking problems, reports from Japan say.
• Freed US man leaves North Korea
US activist Robert Park arrives in Beijing after being freed from detention in North Korea, reports from South Korea say.
• Australian swallows 18 swords to set new world record
An Australian performance artist sets a world record by swallowing 18 swords at the same time.
• "Vindaloo Against Violence" campaign hots up in Australia
Thousands of Australians are backing an online campaign to eat a hot curry to protest against attacks on Indians.
• New Zealand clinch one-day series
New Zealand continue their dominance over Bangladesh with a five-wicket win in the second one-day international.
• Unfree press
Shock in Kyrgyzstan at deadly attacks on journalists
• In pictures
Celebrations as China's Expo pavilion opens
• Toyota tarnished
Car recall crisis hits home in company city
• Bryant's Australia
Has there been a climate change in Australian politics?
• Worthless cash
Unsettling effects of North Korea's currency reform
• Panda diplomacy
Why China and the US can agree to disagree
• Quake strikes off Japan islands
A magnitude-6.4 quake strikes off the southern coast of Japan, near the Ryukyu Islands.
• US-born pandas arrive in China
Two pandas born in the US have arrived in China for the start of a new life of bamboo, steamed bread and language lessons.
• Indonesia to move Obama's statue
A statue of US President Barack Obama will be moved from a park in Jakarta, Indonesia after public opposition, officials say.
• China weighs in on Iran dispute
China calls for dialogue over Iran's nuclear programme, as Tehran's foreign minister hints at a possible deal.
• Vietnam dissident writer jailed
Activist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy is jailed for attacking two men, after a trial critics said was intended to silence her.
• Dinosaur footprint haul in China
Scientists in China say they have discovered more than 3,000 dinosaur footprints, all facing in the same direction.
• 'Brawling' sumo champion retires
Mongolian sumo champion Asashoryu retires following claims he attacked a man outside a Tokyo nightclub last month.
• Panasonic profits after cost cuts
Electronics group Panasonic reports strong profits after heavy cost-cutting and steady sales.
• China to put duties on US chicken
China is to enforce anti-dumping duties on US chicken imports, accusing poultry firms of exporting at unfairly low prices.
• Xinjiang's 'internet prison'
Blogger in China's Xinjiang describes restrictions
• Your stories: Being gay in China
Pressures faced by gay people to conform in China
• Eyewitness: Sumatra earthquake
Two Brits give their accounts on the devastating earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday.
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