LONDON, Saturday, 05-Jul-2008 01:48:25 GMT

ASIA PACIFIC: Top news stories from the BBC Bush to attend Olympic ceremony US President George W Bush will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, the White House says. Pakistan 'knew of nuclear flight' Disgraced scientist AQ Khan says Pakistan flew nuclear material to North Korea with the knowledge of the army. OTHER TOP NEWS STORIES IN THIS SECTION Australia 'needs carbon trading' Afghan link to Seoul drug arrests Indonesia arrests bomb suspects China confirms Tibet envoy talks Three killed in Philippine attack ASIA PACIFIC: Other news stories Cattle Drive Vacations... Ad - RanchCanadianRockies.com Japanese banks on the prowl again... The Economist China's Calm Response to High Oil Prices... People's Daily Online Indonesian government to regulate companies' operating hours... Xinhua News Agency North Korea complains of slow energy shipment... Washington Post 1 killed, 7 injured in explosion in SW Pakistan... Xinhua News Agency Pollution emission permits delayed... CHINAdaily Chinese officials meet with Dalai Lama's private representatives... People's Daily Online China-Taiwan flights begin in sign of warmer ties... Washington Post Direct China-Taiwan flights begin... BBC A taxi scandal in Japan... The Economist South-East Asias Gorbachev?... The Economist prem China: Dalai Lama must disavow Tibet independence... Washington Post Dalai Lama's Envoys End Talks With China... Washington Post Indonesia arrests bomb suspects... BBC Cambodia deploys police for security of Thai embassy, companies... Xinhua News Agency Spokesman: Pakistan's nuclear assets well protected... Xinhua News Agency Pakistan denounces statement by top U.S. military chief... Xinhua News Agency US businessman freed from Chinese jail... Washington Post Court prohibits former PM from leaving Thailand... Xinhua News Agency Japan, U.S. launch joint cargo-screening project against nuclear terrorism... Xinhua News Agency Death toll from oil tank blast in Xinjiang rises to 7... CHINAdaily SKorean leader calls for end to beef dispute... Washington Post China toughens forex receipts and export settlements... CHINAdaily A Past Written In Blood: In the New China, the Story of a Defiant Poet's Last Words Can Finally Be Told... Washington Post S Asia climate 'crisis' talks due... BBC Fresh plot to topple Philippine gov't detected... Xinhua News Agency LDP panel still split on timing of sales tax hike... Yomiuri Shimbun Indonesia to hand over D-8 chairmanship to Malaysia... Xinhua News Agency China attacks Dalai Lama as talks continue... Washington Post Japan mobilizes 40,000 police for G8 security... Xinhua News Agency