A 30-year old British man who used to work as a supermarket shelf-stacker in Liverpool has become a singing sensation in Macau after learning Cantonese. Singing Canto-pop, Barry Cox, 30, became popular in the famous gambling haven In Asia using the name Gok Pak-wing.

The strange exorcism case of Madam Amutha Valli, part-time tutor, former national athlete, will resume six more weeks of hearings in April after a 12-day marathon trial that ended Friday and has gripped Singapore's imagination for over a week. Valli, 51, is seeking compensation from two Redemptorist priests and six church members for an alleged exorcism ritual she claims was forced on her at the Novena church in 2004.

After traveling for more than 6,000 miles covering at least 19 countries mostly in Asia and Europe commencing in Hong Kong for more than four months, two British adventurers are now back in London - on horseback - still in their tuxedos. British Heath Buck and American Doug Campbell said they came up with the idea on raising funds for a charity when they met in a Hong Kong bar.

Kraft Foods Philippines said imports of this one-of-a-kind triangular Swiss chocolate increased at least 12 percent in the last quarter of the year. The Philippines is the third largest market for Toblerone in the Asia Pacific Region, next only to Australia and China.

Attending the key Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Sydney, U. S. President George Bush has confused the name of the meeting with OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries). The president made the slip in a speech to a group of business leaders. President Bush was on stage at the Sydney Opera House when he thanked Australian Prime Minister John Howard for his kind introduction and also for being such a good host for the "OPEC" summit.