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Vodafone pockets $6.5bn in cash following the sale of its 3.2% stake in China's biggest wireless operator, China Mobile.
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Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi is to team up with Speed director Jan de Bont to make an English-language version of the Chinese legend Mulan.
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At least 30 workers are rescued and at least two are missing after a storm causes an oil rig off China's north-east coast to list dangerously.
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A 20-year-old fisherman from Papua New Guinea survives three weeks lost at sea by eating coconuts and collecting rain water.
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The first witness in the trial of a powerful clan accused of the Philippines' worst political massacre says the family plotted the killings over dinner.
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Australia and New Zealand top the table in the largest ever study into global charitable behaviour, but some poor countries also scoring high.
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The Malaysian capital has introduced a so-called "baby hatch" to try to save some of the hundreds of babies abandoned every year.
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A diplomatic row between China and Japan intensifies after collisions between two Japanese patrol boats and a Chinese trawler.
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The Japanese finance minister says there could be market intervention as the yen hits a new 15-year high.
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A powerful aftershock near the New Zealand city of Christchurch causes further damage and sends residents running into the streets, reports say.
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Malaysia opens 'baby hatch' to save unwanted newborns
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Can trade with China help the UK economy?
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Suicides and depression cost Japan's economy $32bn last year, in a country which has one of the world's highest suicide rates, the government says.
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China urges international support for the Burmese general election planned for later this year, as Burma's leader begins a five-day visit to China.
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North Korea has asked South Korea to send rice, cement and construction equipment after devastating floods, southern officials say.
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Stephanie Rice loses sponsorship after homophobic remarks
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Julia Gillard is to remain as Australia's prime minister after winning the backing of two key independent MPs.
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Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi will stay with Sauber for the 2011 season, the F1 team says.
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Far-right groups on the rise in Mongolia
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New Zealand earthquake damages city of Christchurch
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China gives EU lesson on rural poverty
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Why tensions are rising in the South China Sea
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Positive data eases concerns over the strength of the global economic recovery.
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The US drops a probe of China's currency policy, averting a trade row.
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Japan stocks fall after BOJ's attempts to curb the rising yen.
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