An apparently premature suicide bomb ripped off eastern Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Monday, injuring three civilians.

All soldiers stationed above 4,500 members in Tibet will have health files, according to a new initiative taken by the General Hospital of the Tibet Military Area Command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).

More than 300,000 incoming passengers passed through land, sea and air control points of the Hong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Oct. 1 the National Day, the HKSAR Immigration Department said Monday.

The 9th Beijing Music Festival opened Monday evening, with the Grand Opening Concert staged by the famous Russian Mariinsky Orchestra to celebrate the Year of Russia in China.

A Great Wall expert has warned that the Great Wall has suffered extensive natural and human damage in recent years. Only 30 percent of the walls built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) are still standing.

The Nigerian government on Monday was urged to increase its focus on biosecurity as a preventive measure against bird flu to check the spread of the disease in the country.

Ten people were confirmed hit by dengue at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Monday, Indo-Asian News Service reported.

Ten films contending for the nomination of the Academy Award (Oscar) in the foreign film category will be shown at the 22nd Warsaw International Film Festival WMFF, which starts in Warsaw later this week, the PAP news agency reported.

Afghan art restorers are learning skills in Italy, hoping to be able to repair some of their country 's cultural heritage damaged by years of civil war, Italian news agency ANSA reported.

A Venezuelan girl came out at the top on Sunday evening at the 2006 Miss Globe International Beauty Contest held in Butrint in southern Albania, local media reported on Monday.