• Tuesday, 30 June 2009 14:05 wib

  General Motors Close to Opel Deal with RHJ

  General Motors Corp (GMGMQ.PK) is close to a deal with Belgium-based RHJ International (RHJI.BR) to sell a stake in Opel, and a memorandum could be signed within days, the Financial Times reported citing a person close to the sale process.

• Tuesday, 30 June 2009 13:38 wib

  Yemeni Plane Crashes Off Comoros, Over 150 on Board

  An Airbus A310 from Yemen with more than 150 people on board crashed into choppy seas as it came in to land on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros on Tuesday, officials said.

• Tuesday, 30 June 2009 11:47 wib

  Malaysia PM Sets Big Reforms to Boost Investment

  Malaysia's prime minister unveiled a raft of measures on Tuesday to boost investment in the slumping economy, coming close to ending an affirmative action programme for ethnic Malays that critics say has stymied growth.

• Tuesday, 30 June 2009 11:43 wib

  Quake Jolts China's Sichuan, Damaging Houses

  A small earthquake on Tuesday damaged thousands of houses in China's Sichuan province, where an 8.0 magnitude quake last year killed more than 80,000 people.

• Monday, 29 June 2009 15:27 wib

  Myanmar Court Upholds Bans on Suu Kyi Witnesses

  A court in military-ruled Myanmar has upheld bans on two defence witnesses in the widely-condemned trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer said on Monday.