AIDS researchers would like to expand their study to span the globe, including a rare group of HIV-infected people, whose immune systems prevent the virus from thriving in their bodies.

So far, studies of these 'elite controllers' aiming to find an AIDS vaccine have been confined to north America, however, scientists would now also like to rope in people from Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Leading health experts reported Tuesday, risky sexual behaviour of their husbands or boyfriends, places 50-million women in Asia in a position, where they are at risk of being infected with HIV.

The global aviation industry, already facing its biggest crisis in history, suffered further losses due to travel restrictions set up following the emergence of swine flu, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) said Thursday.

Security officials and experts from Asia and the European Union gathered Monday in the Philippine capital for a two-day meeting to assess terrorism threats, especially in the transport sector.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Wednesday it plans to double its clean energy investments to 2 billion dollars a year to promote low-carbon growth and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the region.

ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda said the new investment target was part of the Manila-based bank's energy efficiency initiative and would take effect from 2013.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday it has approved 3.4 billion dollars in additional funds to help member developing countries in Asia cope with the global economic crisis.

South Korea has asked the members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) for further support for disarmament in North Korea.

The United States would not accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons state, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday while warning that Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests might lead to a new arms race in Asia.