CULTURE AND SPORT

Peruvian-born writer won the 2010 Nobel prize for literature, the awarding committee said.

A group of three students from the central province of Da Nang won the 1st prize in a national film contest.

Southeast Asian nations should encourage businesses to protect the region's endangered plants and animals by showing profit can be made from biodiversity.

Three scientists shared the 2010 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for forging a toolkit to manipulate carbon atoms.

Suspected Taliban gunmen set fire to NATO oil tankers in Pakistan for the fourth time in a week in an attack the group claimed as revenge for deadly US drone attacks.

Saudi side Al Shabab mounted a thrilling late comeback to secure a 4-3 victory over Korean outfit Seongnam Ilhwa in the first leg of their Asian Champions League semi-final.

Two Russian-born scientists won the 2010 Nobel Physics Prize for pioneering work on graphene.

Japan's Prime Minister and Chinese Premier agreed to improve ties after the latest row over an ongoing territorial spat.

Bob Edwards, who brought the joy of parenthood to millions of infertile couples, won the Nobel Prize for Medicine.

As many as 42 objects related to Southeast Asian cultures are on display at an exhibition, which opened in Hanoi on October 4.

Delegates are gathering in Tianjin, China from October 3-9 for the final round of UN climate talks before this year's summit in Mexico, which begins at the end of November.

Swiss government-appointed experts said that capital standards should be imposed on Switzerland's two biggest banks, UBS and Credit Suisse.

Brazil's presidential election is to go to an October 31 runoff after the ruling party candidate won elections but not by enough to avoid a second round.

The United States is considering issuing an alert advising Americans traveling to Europe to be vigilant.

North Korea confirmed it has proposed talks with South Korea on the possible restarting of cross-border tours by southerners to a jointly-run resort.

Those loud grunts some tennis players make when hitting the ball could actually have a negative effect on their opponents, scientists said.

Hong Kong is staging a series of auctions this month aimed at tapping mainland Chinese buyers' growing wealth.

Ecuador President Rafael Correa was back at work Friday under tight security after loyalist troops rescued him from a police mutiny in a day of gunfire and street clashes.

The mysteries of bat sex and whale snot and an unusual way to deal with human pain were the focus Thursday of the annual tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel Prizes.