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Taliban arrests halt UN contacts
Ex-UN envoy in Afghanistan says Pakistan's arrest of Taliban leaders halted a channel of secret UN communications.
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Mumbai plotter sought by India
India says it will ask for access to a Chicago man who has pleaded guilty to scouting targets for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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India and US unite over piracy
Film-makers in the US and India form a coalition to fight piracy in the South Asian nation, one of the biggest film markets
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Scarlett Goa death trial begins
Two men appear in court accused of killing British teenager Scarlett Keeling, whose body was found in the Indian state of Goa in 2008.
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Colombo police in Tamil unit move
Police stations in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, open special units to take statements in the country's main minority language, Tamil.
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Indian children 'sacrifice' probe
Five children poisoned to death in a village in India may have been sacrificed, police say.
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Kidnapped Sahil returns to the UK
Five-year-old Sahil Saeed returns to the family home in Oldham, as three people are charged with his kidnapping in Pakistan.
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No pardon for Sri Lankan general
Sri Lanka's president rules out an early pardon for defeated presidential rival Sarath Fonseka.
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Civilians shot by Pakistan forces
Security forces shoot dead at least two civilians in north-west Pakistan, officials say.
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Clamp down on urinating in public ahead of the Delhi Commonwealth Games
The government of the Indian capital, Delhi is to soon tell the residents not or urinate or spit in public.
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Is India's Maoist insurgency a doomed revolution?
Soutik Biswas on life in India
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Imran critical of Pakistan set-up
Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan says the country's cricket structure needs to be changed to help revive the fortunes of the national team.
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Pakistan postpones national games
The Pakistan Olympic Association postpones the country's annual national games, due to be held in Peshawar, for security reasons.
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Spending pennies
Should the UK be paying for toilets in Mumbai's slums?
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Security fears
But cricket fans still have fun at IPL game in Delhi
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Statistic or story?
How Pakistan saw the kidnapping of Sahil Saeed
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Stepping stone
Helping India's Muslims get into the best schools
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War of words
Taliban reach out by harnessing power of the web
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Indian paradox
Highly developed Kerala's economy is in a mess
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Key al-Qaeda man 'died in strike'
A key al-Qaeda man, wanted for a deadly attack on a CIA base, was killed in a drone strike, US officials believe.
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'Lost' Indian boy to return home
An Indian boy found abandoned in London two years ago can now return home after he is granted travel documents.
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US man admits Mumbai role
US citizen David Headley changes his plea in a Chicago court and admits his role in the deadly Mumbai attacks in 2008.
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Nepal bus crash kills at least 24
At least 24 people are killed in Nepal when a crowded bus veers off a mountain road and plunges into a river, officials say.
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Indians sentenced for 'sex texts'
A string of steamy text messages results in a three month jail sentence for an Indian man and an Indian woman in Dubai.
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US men on Pakistan charges
Five young Americans held in Pakistan since December are charged with terrorism offences, their lawyer says.
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