TOKYO - An elderly man was killed when a street-cleaning truck hit him and swept his body to a public landfill site. The body of what police believe was a 69-year-old man was discovered by a worker at the site, off Tokyo Bay. It is thought that the victim was lying down in the street in the early hours of Tuesday morning when he was hit, the Fuji News Network said, adding that his shoes had been found by the road and his body had many fractured bones. The driver of the truck has told police that he noticed nothing unusual while operating the machine. AFP
KATHMANDU - Nepal's labour minister stepped down after being asked by the prime minister to resign following allegations he sought bribes for registering private companies offering jobs abroad. Such companies are mushrooming in Nepal with thousands of younger citizens seeking jobs in the oil-rich Gulf and other countries. Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai asked for labour and employment minister Kumar Belbase's resignation after television news channels showed clips of one of his aides asking representatives of job agencies for more than 250,000 rupees (HK$22,000) each. AP