A powerful, 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked central China on Monday, shaking buildings and spreading panic in cities as far away as Beijing and the business hub of Shanghai.
China > National News

Taiwan's president-elect announced Monday that a scholar and former chief of China affairs will be the intelligence chief in his incoming government.
Taiwan > National > National News

The United States launched its first relief airlift to Myanmar on Monday while the U.N. pleaded with the country's military rulers to cooperate with the international community in helping up to 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation.
Asia > Other

A pro-Western coalition determined to bring Serbia into the European Union made a surprisingly strong showing in parliamentary elections, but faced the specter of a protracted power struggle after nationalist rivals vowed to join forces and form a government.
World > Europe

U.S. soldiers killed three Shiite extremists who attacked the troops with small arms and rocket launchers in Sadr City, the military said Monday, despite a reported cease-fire in the Iraqi capital's sprawling Shiite slum.
World > Middle East

Indian forces and suspected Islamic militants clashed in two separate incidents in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing 10 people, including three civilians and a news photographer, the army said.
Asia > India

People may visit Zion Park near Taipei's Wan Fang Hospital today to pay their last tribute to Liao Feng-te, minister interior-designate who died of cardiopulmonary failure Saturday.
Taiwan > National > National News

Chairman Pai Wen-cheng of the Polaris Group was freed last night after paying a bail of NT$20 million set by the Taipei District Prosecutors Office which is conducting an alleged insider trading scam.
Taiwan > Business

The army deployed across much of Lebanon on Sunday after Hezbollah ceded control of west Beirut but clashes raged on in the north and in the Druze mountains as Arab foreign ministers held crisis talks.
World > Middle East

Sudan severed relations with Chad on Sunday, accusing it of supporting fighters who assaulted the capital the night before, and warned that a top Darfur rebel leader was hiding somewhere in the city.
World > Africa