Japan's economic recovery has received a boost as core machinery orders, a key indicator of…
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India politics: New state MPs ‘face criminal charges’
More than a third of candidates elected in the recent elections in five Indian states…
India reverses cotton export ban after farmer outrage
India has reversed a ban on cotton exports, less than a week after imposing it.
Indonesian police arrest ‘hitman advertiser’
Police are investigating whether the websites represented a real hitman or were just a hoax
Pakistan bans Ahle Sunnah Wal Jamaat Islamist group
Pakistan's government has issued orders banning the country's largest Islamic extremist group.
Indian ‘mining mafia’ accused of killing policeman
Narendra Kumar Singh was trying to stop illegal mining
Afghanistan joins railroad era _ 100 years late
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — More than a century ago, fearing that his country might be…
Sri Lanka reopens site of Velupillai Prabhakaran death
The lagoon where Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran died in the final stages of Sri…
Pakistan court: Zardari corruption case ‘must be reopened’
Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the government to request the Swiss authorities to reopen a…
Burma holds peace talks with ethnic Kachin rebels
Burma's government is holding talks with ethnic Kachin armed rebels in the hopes of brokering…