| Pakistan bomb hits police station
A suspected suicide bombing in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 14 people at a police station, officials say.
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| Indian Maoists release policemen
Maoist rebels in the eastern Indian state of Bihar release three policemen they were holding hostage for eight days, police say.
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| Hameed hits out at fixing 'sting'
Pakistan's Yasir Hameed says a secretly-recorded meeting he had with a UK tabloid behind cricket betting scam allegations has been "inaccurately reported" by the paper.
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| Security stepped up at Kabul Bank
Armed police are posted outside the main branch of Kabul Bank as customers continue to withdraw money amid fears it may collapse.
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| French hostages 'in good health'
Two French journalists kidnapped in Afghanistan in December are alive, says President Nicolas Sarkozy's chief adviser.
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| Bangladesh anthrax cases spread
Health officials in Bangladesh are on high alert after the number of people infected by anthrax rises to more than 300.
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| Karzai sets up Taliban talks body
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has formed a committee to seek peace talks with the Taliban, his office says.
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| Pakistan rally bomb kills dozens
A bomb kills at least 50 people at a Shia Muslim rally in the south-western city of Quetta, the second attack on Pakistan's religious minority in days.
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| Afghan violence 'will get worse'
Violence in Afghanistan will get worse before it gets better, the UK's most senior military commander in the country tells the BBC.
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| S Lanka panel lost in translation
A key witness at the commission set up to examine the last years of Sri Lanka's civil war complains his testimony was not properly interpreted.
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| India Marxists take back village
Communist supporters in India's West Bengal have taken control of a key village that they were driven out of by Maoist rebels a year ago.
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| England v Pakistan Twenty20 as it happened
England beat Pakistan by five wickets with 2.5 overs to spare in the first Twenty20 international in Cardiff.
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| Afghanistan
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| Bangladesh
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| Bhutan
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| India
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| The Maldives
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| Nepal
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| Pakistan
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| Sri Lanka
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| Imran Khan on corruption in cricket
The former Pakistan cricket captain, Imran Khan, has said that if players are found guilty of spot fixing, they should not be given a life ban, which some officials are demanding.
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| Campaign contenders
Three of the most unusual candidates in Afghanistan's parliamentary elections
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| Reporter's dilemma
Should a journalist bear witness, or interfere to help save a life?
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| Bad sport
Delhi's anger and embarrassment about the Commonwealth Games
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| Bowled over
Home village of Pakistani cricket star shocked at fixing allegations
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| Week in pictures
Striking pictures from around the world this week.
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| In pictures
Hindus celebrate birth of Krishna, the god with a soft spot for butter
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| Fame and misfortune
Celebrities join in to help Pakistan flood victims
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| Hope springs eternal
Pictures of child flood refugees' triumph over adversity
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