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Thirty-four people are feared dead after the boat that was carrying more than 100 passengers capsized Saturday in the Ganges River north of the city of Calcutta in the Indian state of West Bengal.

A man armed with a kitchen knife has forced his way into an elementary school in western Japan killing at least eight children and injuring dozens, authorities and news reports said.

The Australian government says it is in negotiations with national drug companies to provide cheaper AIDS treatments to developing countries in Asia.

A long drought is devastating crops and threatening water supplies in vast regions of Northeast Asia, from the Korean peninsula to China and Mongolia.

Five children have been killed and 24 injured in an elementary school in Osaka by a man wielding a knife-like object, Japanese media has reported.

Malaysia's highest court has quashed a contempt of court conviction and prison sentence against a lawyer for jailed former finance minister Anwar Ibrahim.

North Korea has agreed to open a route across the heavily-armed border to save Hyundai's loss-making mountain tours and to start rebuilding the inter-Korean road by late July, local media said on Saturday.