Two killed in motorbike suicide attack

• Afghanistan: A suicide attacker on a motorbike exploded himself next to highway police guarding a road construction project in the capital Kabul today, killing one policeman and a civilian.

An SUV carrying foreigners that had its window shattered in the attack may have been the intended target, said police.

• Vietnam: Authorities confirmed the country's first human bird flu case in a year and a half today.

A 30-year-old man from northern Vinh Phuc province remains in hospital.