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Afghan plea for 'no proxy wars'
Afghanistan does not want other countries' "proxy wars" fought on its soil, President Hamid Karzai says in Islamabad.
Live - Bangladesh v England
Bangladesh win the toss and field first in Chittagong as England hand Test debuts to Steve Finn and Michael Carberry.
Sri Lanka general trial date set
Defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka is to be put on military trial next week, officials say.
Modi faces Gujarat riot questions
The chief minister of India's Gujarat state, Narendra Modi, is summoned to appear before an inquiry into riots in 2002.
Pakistan kidnap boy not released
The Foreign Office says a five-year-old boy from Oldham kidnapped in Pakistan has not been released.
Afghan police drug abuse 'rife'
Drug abuse is rife in the Afghan police force with up to 40% of recruits testing positive in some areas, a US report says.
Vladimir Putin set to visit India
Russian PM Vladimir Putin is due in India for talks expected to focus on arms and energy contracts.
India rebel offensive intensifies
Indian security forces step up their operations against Maoist rebels, security officials say.
Pakistan drone raid 'kills 12'
Two missile strikes by US drone aircraft kill at least 12 suspected militants in north-west Pakistan, security officials say.
Number of Indian billionaires 'doubled in 2009'
The number of billionaires in India doubled in 2009, Forbes magazine says.
Quota bill is a historic victory for India's women
Soutik Biswas on life in India
Pakistan bans for Yousuf and Younus
The Pakistan Cricket Board issues indefinite bans to former captains Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan for "infighting".
War and peace
Ahmed Rashid on Helmand assault and Taliban arrests
'We just clicked'
Will more Indian couples turn to the web for love?
Cricket battle
Why Pakistan bans may have come five years too late
Radio link
UK students discover perils of Afghan schooling
Afghan anxieties
Why the UK fears politics and force are out of synch
Earth Watch
Will review of UN climate change body be unbiased?
Pakistan attack kills aid workers
Militants attack the office of a Western aid agency, killing six people and wounding others, the agency and police say.
Iran attacks US over Afghanistan
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan.
India help for Sri Lanka amputees
An Indian charity sends a team to Sri Lanka to provide 1,000 amputees in the war-ravaged north with artificial limbs.
China to build Sri Lanka airport
China is to lend Sri Lanka just under $200m to build a second international airport in the south of the island.
UK seeks Afghan political drive
Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to urge the Afghan president to seek a political solution to the conflict with the Taliban.
Pakistan live burial convictions
A court in Pakistan sentences four men to life for the murder of two women buried alive in western Balochistan in 2008.
India sea cucumber raid arrests
A court in India bails two people after rare sea cucumbers were found at a restaurant in a five-star hotel in the capital, Delhi.

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