Asian Headlines at 5:47 a.m. GMT

Imam says New Zealand is broken-hearted but not broken

US forces say 2 American soldiers killed in Afghanistan

New Thai election rules make it hard to trump junta's pick

Long Thai crisis morphed coup leader's career into politics

A closer look at New Zealand's new weapons ban

Death toll in China chemical plant explosion rises to 44

2 powerful cyclones bear down on north Australian coast

Bombs target Afghan Shiites marking new year, killing 6

Sri Lanka averts rift spilling over to UN rights session

US trade negotiators to visit China for talks next week