- Candidates woo voters on eve of Japan election
- Taiwan president has no plans to meet Dalai Lama
- Bombs in northern Iraq, at least 15 killed
- Two killed, 21 wounded in Afghan suicide strike
- North Korea returns South fishermen after a month
- Iran slows nuclear pace but bomb suspicions grow
- Complaints of Afghan election fraud pour in
- Fresh Myanmar fighting erupts, one dead in China
- South American rift persists over US-Colombia deal
- Australian navy intercepts suspected asylum seekers