- Sotto takes oath as Senate president
- Sotto willing to testify in Senate probe of flood control anomalies if summoned
- US strike marks shift to military action against drug cartels
- India to probe giant zoo run by son of Asia's richest person
- President asks governor to expose irregularities in govt projects
- Israel military says controls 40 percent of Gaza City
- China displays its weaponry in a tightly controlled military parade
- New law lets foreigner investors lease land for 99 years
- Tourists dice with danger on Hanoi's train street
- Israel army urges Gaza City residents to leave
