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Sri Lanka minorities hold talks (20 November 11:33) |
| Political parties representing minority Tamils and Muslims in Sri Lanka hold talks in Switzerland, the first since the end of the conflict. |
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India plans surge in solar power (20 November 10:04) |
| India backs plans for a massive increase in the amount of electricity it generates from solar power. |
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Afghan ex-warlord escapes attack (20 November 07:48) |
| MP and former Afghan warlord Abdul Rasul Sayyaf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in which five bodyguards die. |
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Coaxing Karzai (20 November 05:49) |
| Will Clinton's approach to Afghan leader pay off? |
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Bodies of Mumbai gunmen unburied (20 November 05:10) |
| The unclaimed bodies of nine gunmen who were killed during the Mumbai attacks a year ago are still awaiting burial. |
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Tendulkar hits ton in stalemate (20 November 04:52) |
| Sachin Tendulkar hits his 43rd Test century as the first match between India and Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad peters out into a draw. |
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Unusual feats (20 November 03:24) |
| Two Indian cricketers smash unique records |
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Afghan suicide bomber hits market (20 November 12:50) |
| A suicide bomber on a motorcycle kills at least 13 people, including a policeman, in south-west Afghanistan. |
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Bardot appeal over Nepal festival (20 November 11:42) |
| Former film star Brigitte Bardot urges Nepal's president to stop a ritual slaughter of animals in an upcoming religious festival. |
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Policemen die in Pakistan blast (20 November 10:50) |
| At least two policemen have died in an explosion in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say. |
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India train derailed by Maoists (20 November 10:26) |
| A passenger train in India has derailed, killing at least two people, after Maoist rebels blew up a railway track, police say. |
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BBC World Service speaks to Sachin Tendulkar (20 November 03:34) |
| India star reaches 20 years in first-class cricket |
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Afghan leader must show results (20 November 12:29) |
| Western leaders urge Hamid Karzai to make concrete gains, as he is sworn in for a second term as Afghanistan's president. |
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Sri Lanka heap pressure on India (19 November 09:56) |
| Sri Lanka break a Test partnership record to leave India facing a rearguard action on the final day of the first Test in Ahmedabad. |
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What we want (19 November 09:27) |
| Afghans tell BBC what they think president should do |
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UN confirms Tamil camps exodus (19 November 08:51) |
| A senior UN official confirms Sri Lankan government claims that more than half the displaced Tamils in camps have left. |
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Children cost Indian man his job (19 November 08:15) |
| A housing society official is dismissed from his post in the Indian city of Mumbai - because he has too many children. |
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Karzai sets Afghan forces target (19 November 03:55) |
| Hamid Karzai says he wants Afghan forces in charge within five years, as he is sworn in for a second term as president. |
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Pakistan court blast kills many (19 November 02:39) |
| A bomb blast outside a court building in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar kills at least 16 people, medics say. |
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India leader charged with rioting (19 November 02:05) |
| Police in the western Indian city of Mumbai charge the leader of a right-wing regional party with rioting during violence in the city last year. |
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Karzai sworn in as Afghan leader (19 November 12:59) |
| Hamid Karzai is sworn in for a second elected term as Afghan president, following an election mired in fraud. |
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Peshawar court explosion kills 16 (19 November 12:17) |
| A bomb blast outside a court building in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar kills at least 16 people. |
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Nine imprisoned for India riots (19 November 11:02) |
| Nine people are convicted and sent to prison in connection with the anti-Christian riots in the eastern Indian state of Orissa last year. |
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Pakistan drone raid kills three (19 November 11:01) |
| At least three suspected militants have been killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, officials say. |
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Bangladesh officers lose appeal (19 November 10:46) |
| Five ex-army officers lose an appeal against their convictions for the murder of Bangladesh's first president in 1975. |
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Canada hears of Afghan torture (19 November 10:18) |
| A Canadian diplomat says many Afghan detainees captured by Canadian forces in 2006 and 2007 are likely to have been tortured. |
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Karzai prepares for inauguration (19 November 09:21) |
| Afghanistan is set for President Hamid Karzai to be sworn in for a second term as the country's leader. |
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Fresh start (19 November 06:18) |
| West seeks new beginnings from Hamid Karzai |
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Critical moment for Afghanistan (19 November 12:41) |
| Afghanistan is at a "critical moment" as Hamid Karzai faces a second presidential term, Hillary Clinton says. |
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Helmand to get more Afghan troops (18 November 10:47) |
| Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai is to provide 5,000 troops to be trained and mentored by British forces in Helmand, Gordon Brown has said. |
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Obama admits delay on Guantanamo (18 November 10:16) |
| President Obama admits the US will miss the January 2010 deadline he set for closing the Guantanamo Bay prison. |
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On the take (18 November 10:03) |
| How corruption permeates life in Afghanistan |
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Tamils end asylum ship stand-off (18 November 08:38) |
| Fifty-six Sri Lankan asylum seekers leave an Australian ship in Indonesia after a stand-off of more than a month. |
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Mumbai heros wife seeks inquiry (18 November 07:42) |
| The wife of a top Mumbai police officer demands an inquiry into how he was killed in attacks in the Indian city a year ago. |
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Bangladesh tense ahead of verdict (18 November 07:14) |
| Thousands of extra police are deployed in Bangladesh ahead of a verdict in the trial of army officers accused of killing the first president. |
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India English growth too slow (18 November 05:48) |
| India is falling behind countries such as China in its attempts to teach more of its people to speak English, a report says. |
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Poor women bear climate burden (18 November 05:30) |
| Women in developing countries will be the most vulnerable to climate change, a report from the UN Population Fund warns. |
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Ruthless Jayawardene stuns India (18 November 05:28) |
| Mahela Jayawardene hits his sixth Test double century to help Sri Lanka take control of the first Test against India. |
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Protests against India land bill (18 November 05:25) |
| Hundreds of Indian farmers gather to protest against plans they say will make it easier for their land to be used by industry. |
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Obama close to Afghan decision (18 November 04:52) |
| The US president says he is "very close" to deciding whether to send thousands of extra troops to Afghanistan. |
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Farmers protest against land bill (18 November 02:02) |
| Hundreds of farmers gather near the Indian capital, Delhi, to protest against a move to amend the land acquisition bill. |
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Shakib signs for Worcestershire (18 November 12:53) |
| Worcestershire make their first overseas signing for 2010 by agreeing a deal for Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan. |
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Soviet lessons (18 November 11:56) |
| Echoes for Nato in the Soviet exit from Afghanistan |
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Afghans blame poverty for war (18 November 06:53) |
| Poverty and unemployment are seen as the main factors fuelling conflict in Afghanistan, according to a survey in that country.
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Tigers die hard (17 November 10:11) |
| What now for Tamil rebel riches and support worldwide? |
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Nepal minister defiant over slaps (17 November 09:32) |
| A Nepalese official assaulted by a minister last week is still waiting for an apology, as the minister defends her actions. |
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Taliban leader flees Pakistan (17 November 08:24) |
| One of the most wanted Taliban leaders in Pakistan says he has escaped to Afghanistan and is planning new attacks. |
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Indian woman divorces husband who stopped her watching soaps (17 November 07:03) |
| An Indian woman is granted a divorce on the grounds that her husband was cruel to stop her watching soap operas. |
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Soap opera denial prompts India divorce (17 November 07:03) |
| An Indian woman is granted a divorce on the grounds that her husband was cruel to stop her watching soap operas. |
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Afghanistan not war without end (17 November 06:57) |
| Afghanistan is "not a war without end" but Nato cannot leave a vacuum for the Taliban to fill, Britain's foreign secretary says. |
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