BBC Monitoring News Diary for Saturday 12 August 2006.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Main stories at 0100 gmt

MIDDLE EAST: Watching developments following unanimous adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 to end the Israel-Lebanon fighting (as available)

Asia-Pacific

EAST TIMOR: UN commissioners Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Zelda Holtzman and Ralph Zacklin pay first visit as part of their investigation into violence in April and May that left 23 dead; part of brief is to recommend measures to ensure accountability for crimes and human rights violations (Australian Radio Australia)

CHINA: US Senate delegation visits for third bilateral meeting with National People's Congress (NPC); team led by Ted Stevens and Daniel K. Inouye meets President Hu Jintao (11) and NPC Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo (12) (Chinese news agency Xinhua)

BURMA: Philippines Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo visits in capacity as next chairman of ASEAN council of ministers in 2007; has said visiting as part of regional effort to push for democratic reforms (India-based Burmese Mizzima website)

CHINA: Government delegations from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and China meet in Beijing to discuss border issues; …