PHNOM PENH, March 19 (AFP) - Cambodian police have arrested an Australian man on suspicion of paying for sex with underage girls over a number of years, they said Friday.

SANTIAGO, March 19 (AFP) - Chile's new President Sebastian Pinera has pledged to create 60,000 jobs as part of reconstruction efforts after the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the country last month.

SINGAPORE, March 19 (AFP) - Tiger parts that have been smuggled into Singapore are being openly sold as jewellery and amulets in the retail capital of Southeast Asia, an animal welfare group said Friday.

BANGKOK, March 19 (AFP) - Anti-government protesters Friday rejected a conditional offer of talks by Thailand's premier -- saying they would continue their struggle until they had toppled his administration.

SYDNEY, March 19 (AFP) - An Australian judge on Friday described as a "reign of terror" a violent and sexual attack by a homeless man on four foreign students in which one woman died when she attempted to flee.

SUVA, March 19 (AFP) - The death toll from a destructive cyclone that smashed into Fiji rose to three Friday after emergency authorities confirmed two more deaths.

SYDNEY, March 19 (AFP) - The first person in Australia to be legally recognised as neither male nor female has complained to the country's human rights watchdog after authorities revoked a certificate declaring them sexless.

TAIPEI, March 19 (AFP) - A 50-year-old engineer has admitted to posting a death threat against the two daughters of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou on the Internet, police said Friday.

BEIJING, March 19 (AFP) - China's food safety watchdog has ordered inspections of cooking oil nationwide as reports Friday said up to one-tenth of Chinese supplies were illegally made and contained cancer-causing agents.

TOKYO, March 19 (AFP) - The Japanese government, sushi lovers and seafood traders at Tokyo's massive Tsukiji fish market on Friday cheered the defeat of a proposed cross-border ban on trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna.