China export growth beats estimates
China reported 45.7 per cent growth in exports for February from a year earlier, providing fresh evidence of a robust recovery in an economy poised to overtake Japan in size
New law bars Suu Kyi from election
Burma has published new election laws that in effect deny Aung San Suu Kyi, the imprisoned opposition leader and Nobel laureate, any future formal political role in the country
Gunmen attack US aid agency in Pakistan
Suspected Islamist militants have attacked the office of a US-based Christian aid agency in Pakistan with a bomb and gunfire, killing 5 people, police say
Indonesia confirms killing of Bali terror suspect
Indonesian police have killed a most-wanted Islamist terror suspect in a shoot out capping a series of raids against a new militant network ahead of a visit next week by US President Barack Obama
Dubai World debt talks ‘making progress’
British minister optimistic about restructuring conglomerate’s $26bn debts despite specific terms yet to be tabled, as creditors upbeat about avoiding a ‘haircut’ on principal
Dalai Lama voices support for Uighurs
The exiled Tibetan leader expressed solidarity and support for the Muslim people of western China’s Xinjiang region, which was hit by bloody riots last year, saying they had suffered ‘increased oppression’
Call for action on speculation rules
Germany and France are stepping up pressure for urgent EU action to tighten regulation in sovereign debt markets – in particular of credit default swaps – in the wake of the Greek crisis
Iran discloses Afghan role in guerrilla leader’s capture
Iran’s president acknowledges for the first time that Afghan and Pakistani intelligence helped his government to hunt down the leader of an ethnic opposition movement
Turkey’s IMF financing talks end
Turkey’s two-year saga of on-off negotiations with the International Monetary Fund ended as prime minister says country can “stand on its own feet”