Asia-Pacific

IT gives a whole new meaning to the term "police dragnet" - authorities in Vietnam have been using giant fishing nets to stop reckless bikers.

MEMBERS of a motorcycle gang with links to an Australian gang are thought to be holding a gathering in Christchurch this weekend.

A BOMB placed on a motorcycle killed four people today at a market in the Indian city of Imphal, NDTV reported.

ABOUT 500 angry Indonesians have staged a motorbike protest in Jakarta to condemn abuse of maids.

MOTORCYCLE-riding gunmen have shot dead an American in broad daylight in the northern Philippines, police say.

A SUICIDE bomber on a motorcycle has struck outside a government office in a tribal region where Pakistan's army has fought the Taliban, killing at least 48 people and wounding about 80.

A 39-year-old construction worker has been arrested for throwing his own faeces at women passers-by from a motorcycle in two separate attacks in western Japan, police said today.