• Immigrant carers rally in Taiwan for weekly day off
  Almost a thousand protesters took to the streets of Taipei on Sunday demanding that the government make a weekly day off a legal right for Taiwan's 200,000 foreign live-in carers.
• 200 feared dead as migrant boat sinks in Indonesia
  More than 200 people were feared dead after a heavily overloaded boat packed mostly with Afghan and Iranian asylum-seekers sank off Indonesia en route to Australia, rescuers said Sunday.
• SEAsia floods cost $6.3 bln in lost output: UN
  Devastating floods have cost Southeast Asia $6.3 billion in lost production, adding to the pressure caused by the economic woes of the United States and Europe, the UN said Friday.
• Taiwan man probed over robbery amputation claim
  A Taiwanese man who said his hand had to be amputated after a savage robbery in China was questioned Monday by the island's police amid allegations the injuries were self-inflicted.
• Canada court won't suspend Wheat Board law for now
  WINNIPEG/OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Manitoba judge rejected a request on Friday by former directors of the Canadian Wheat Board to suspend immediately a new law ending the board's grain marketing monopoly.