Warsaw - Hundreds queued outside Warsaw bookstores Monday to snatch up copies of a new book claiming former Solidarity union leader and Nobel laureate Lech Walesa was a communist spy.
Hong Kong - A brother and sister nicknamed "Spiderkids" after climbing down drainpipes from their 34th floor high-rise home in Hong Kong were Monday put into a care home by a court.
Beijing - China has punished 43 officials who misused relief goods intended for victims of the devastating Sichuan earthquake or failed to join rescue efforts, state media said on Monday.
Ljubljana - Most Slovenes skipped a referendum on breaking the small Alpine nation into 13 regions, results showed Monday, handing Prime Minister Janez Jansa's centre-right government a setback.