AFP - Around four million Chinese youngsters are addicted to the Internet, mainly attracted by "unhealthy" online games, state media reported Friday, citing a top legislator.

AFP - South Korean brokerage Woori Investment and Securities said Friday it was considering spending up to two billion dollars buying a European investment bank and was looking at about 20 possibilities.

AP - Iran's official IRNA news agency says the government now has nearly 4,000 centrifuges operating in its uranium enrichment plant.

AFP - The Australian military Friday publicly cleared its troops of beating or humiliating prisoners detained in Afghanistan in April, saying the claims were likely the result of a cultural misunderstanding.

Bloomberg - Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama's speech last night left Janell Mader, a 32-year-old lifelong Republican, ``a little overwhelmed'' -- and likely to vote for him in November.

Reuters - Dell Inc , the world's No. 2 personal computer maker, said on Friday its Asia Pacific business was holding up even as corporations turned cautious about spending on technology because of slowing global growth.