A Hong Kong woman has sued US fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken for compensation after a rat allegedly fell onto her two-year-old son and scratched his face in one of its Hong Kong branches, a newspaper reported today.

THE damage from a deadly mystery disease escalated in Hong Kong yesterday as health officials warned travellers to avoid the territory.

A man killed 10 people by driving a digger into a crowd at a Chinese market after he'd had a loan application refused.