| Negotiations underway for release of Saudi oil tanker |
| US Intelligence: Multipolar world by 2025 |
| Five proposals to boost Sino-Latin American ties |
| Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force fails missile test |
| UN to reinforce peacekeeping troops in DRC |
| Russia, India to hold joint drill in Indian Ocean |
| Palestinian forces arrest 12 Hamas members |
| Bomb blast in Thai Government House kills 1, injures 26 |
| Israel puts off sending limited aid to Gaza |
| China, Peru conclude FTA talks |
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| APEC ministers meet on financial crisis, Doha talks |
| Obama announces more White House staff |
| Indian navy destroys pirate ship |
| Hu, Abbas congratulate 20th anniversary of ties |
| China, Peru to sign trade deal |
| Hu arrives in Peru for state visit, APEC meeting |
| President Hu visits Cuban leader Fidel Castro |
| NZ's new government sworn in |
| Iraq says no secret terms in security pact with US |
| Eric Holder named as Obama's attorney general |
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| HK cargo ship hijacked in Gulf of Aden |
| Over 10,000 take shelters after quake in Indonesia |
| Chinese, Costa Rican presidents expect free trade pact |
| Somali pirates hijack Saudi Arabian-owned oil tanker |
| EU, China, US step up product safety cooperation |
| US in recession, jobless to peak at 7.5% |
| Hu's participation at G20 summit significant |
| Pansy Wong becomes first Asian cabinet minister in NZ |
| Karzai defies West, says he will talk to Mullah Omar |
| Japan's economy sinks into recession |
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| CPC delegation wraps up visit to Cambodia |
| 1 killed, several injured in Indonesia's quake |
| China's reform and opening-up benefits Nepal |
| US shuttle Endeavour docks with space station |
| Hu arrives in Costa Rica for visit |
| Strong quake rocks eastern Indonesia |
| Gaza homemade rockets wound 6 Israelis |
| China 'highly concerned' about crew on hijacked boat |
| NZ PM-elect forms National-led government |
| Iran proposes OPEC oil cut of 1-1.5 mln bpd |
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| Hu calls for concerted efforts to tide over financial crisis |
| NZ announces shape of new National-led gov. |
| Abbas, Olmert to meet on Monday |
| EU-Russia summit ends with little progress |
| US shuttle Endeavour lifts off |
| Israel warns against rocket attacks |
| Bush calls for financial reforms |
| Eurozone officially in recession |
| Hu leaves for US to attend G20 summit |
| Russia's lower house approves constitutional change |
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