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McCullum helps Kiwis draw level (07 November 12:38) |
| Brendon McCullum smashes 131 as New Zealand beat Pakistan in Abu Dhabi to level their one-day series at 1-1 with one to play. |
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Nato soldiers believed drowned (06 November 11:49) |
| Two US soldiers originally thought missing in Afghanistan are believed to have drowned, officials say. |
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Nato search for missing soldiers (06 November 08:09) |
| Two soldiers are missing in western Afghanistan after failing to return from a routine mission, Nato officials say. |
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Brown warns Karzai on corruption (06 November 04:56) |
| The UK will not be "deterred, dissuaded or diverted" from its Afghan mission, despite risks to troops, PM Gordon Brown says. |
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India bus accident leaves 30 dead (06 November 03:46) |
| An overcrowded bus falls into a gorge in northern India, killing at least 30 passengers and injuring 26 others, police say. |
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Karachi fashion week shows a different side of Pakistan (06 November 03:37) |
| Pakistan is hosting its first ever fashion week in the city of Karachi against a backdrop of heavy security. |
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Key Pakistan Taliban town falls (06 November 03:28) |
| Pakistani forces capture the strategically important town of Ladha from the Taliban in ongoing clashes in South Waziristan, officials say. |
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Brown stresses Afghan commitment (06 November 02:51) |
| The UK will not be "deterred, dissuaded or diverted" from its Afghan mission, despite risks to troops, PM Gordon Brown says. |
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Pakistan army officer attacked (06 November 12:44) |
| A Pakistan army officer and his driver are seriously injured in a shooting incident in the capital, Islamabad. |
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Leading Indian journalist is dead (06 November 12:05) |
| Leading Indian journalist Prabhash Joshi dies after suffering from e heart attack in the capital, Delhi, at the age of 72, family members say. |
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Burmese army targets India rebels (06 November 10:55) |
| Burmese troops attack a base of Naga separatists in the country's northwest, Indian military officials say. |
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India Maoists can hold talks (06 November 10:39) |
| A Maoist leader in India says the rebels are willing to talk to the government if it puts off a planned offensive against them. |
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Afghan mission will go on - Brown (06 November 09:21) |
| The UK will not be "deterred, dissuaded or diverted" from its Afghan mission, despite risks to troops, PM Gordon Brown says. |
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Riding high (06 November 05:54) |
| Boost to Waziristan troop morale from ordinary Pakistanis |
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Climate deal unlikely this year (06 November 02:56) |
| The UK government has admitted that a new legally binding global treaty on climate change is highly unlikely to be agreed this year. |
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India lose despite Tendulkar ton (05 November 10:40) |
| Sachin Tendulkar hits a dazzling 175 but India lose the fifth one-day international as Australia take a 3-2 lead in the seven-game series. |
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India ups budget for Delhi Games (05 November 10:12) |
| India doubles its funding for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, to accommodate new "essential" items. |
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Pakistan bolsters harassment laws (05 November 09:00) |
| Pakistan's parliament approves a bill strengthening the penalty for the sexual harassment of women. |
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Security fears force UN Afghan relocation (05 November 08:56) |
| The UN says it is to temporarily move 600 of its foreign staff in Afghanistan, after last week's deadly Taliban hostel raid. |
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Missiles kill four in Pakistan (05 November 08:38) |
| At least four suspected militants die as a US drone fires two missiles in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, officials say. |
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Extreme India (05 November 08:33) |
| Reflecting on a country with 'two faces' |
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UK must investigate Afghan raid (05 November 06:45) |
| Britain must investigate a raid that freed a UK journalist from the Taliban but left his Afghan colleague dead, an NGO says. |
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Naeem knock seals Bangladesh win (05 November 05:37) |
| Naeem Islam hits an unbeaten 73 as Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by one wicket to wrap up their one-day series 4-1. |
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Afghan strife makes UN relocate (05 November 03:27) |
| The UN says it is to temporarily move 600 of its foreign staff in Afghanistan, after last week's deadly Taliban hostel raid. |
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Assam rebels arrested in Dhaka (05 November 01:36) |
| A separatist group in India's troubled north-east says Bangladeshi police have arrested two of their top leaders. |
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UN to relocate Afghanistan staff (05 November 12:59) |
| The United Nations says it is to temporarily move 600 of its foreign staff in Afghanistan, amid security concerns. |
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UN to evacuate Afghanistan staff (05 November 11:01) |
| The United Nations is to temporarily evacuate 600 of its international staff from Afghanistan, the UN says. |
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Pakistan drone attack kills two (05 November 09:53) |
| At least two suspected militants die as a US drone fires two missiles in Pakistan's North Waziristan province, officials say. |
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Five shot by Afghan policeman named (05 November 02:52) |
| The five British soldiers killed in an attack by an Afghan police officer have been named by the UK's Ministry of Defence. |
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Northern blues (04 November 11:37) |
| How opposition have taken Afghan election result |
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S Lanka general avoids questions (04 November 11:23) |
| Sri Lanka says its top military commander has left the United States without being questioned over alleged war crimes. |
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Indian PM reaches out to tribes (04 November 10:57) |
| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tells chief ministers from 29 Indian states to end the exploitation of tribal people. |
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Danger within (04 November 10:51) |
| The troubled state of Afghanistan's police force |
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Focus on police (04 November 10:51) |
| The troubled state of Afghanistan's police force |
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Taliban link to shootings probed (04 November 08:50) |
| The Taliban could have infiltrated the Afghan police to kill five British soldiers in Afghanistan, Gordon Brown says. |
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Pakistan army clash with Taliban (04 November 07:30) |
| Heavy clashes between Pakistani troops and Taliban fighters are going on in the key town of Ladha in the South Waziristan region, the army says. |
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Taliban shot UK soldiers - Brown (04 November 07:06) |
| The Taliban have said they carried out the fatal shooting of five UK soldiers in Afghanistan, Gordon Brown tells MPs. |
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Gold hits new high on India deal (04 November 05:38) |
| The price of gold reaches an all-time high after a large sale of the metal by the International Monetary Fund to India. |
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India tries to defuse cricket row (04 November 04:49) |
| An apology given by the armed services for withdrawing from a cricket match in Indian-controlled Kashmir should be accepted, the home minister says. |
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Karzai rival says poll victory illegal (04 November 03:12) |
| Former Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah says Hamid Karzai's re-election "has no legal basis". |
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Karzai poll lacks legal basis (04 November 03:10) |
| Abdullah Abdullah, who quit the Afghan presidential poll race recently, says Hamid Karzai's re-election has "no legal basis". |
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Five UK soldiers die in Afghanistan (04 November 02:59) |
| Five British soldiers are shot dead in an attack in Afghanistan being blamed on a "rogue" Afghan policeman. |
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Pakistan army kills 21 Taliban (04 November 01:18) |
| Pakistani forces say they have killed 21 militants and taken control of Sararogha region from the Taliban in South Waziristan. |
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India PM probe into mans death (04 November 12:21) |
| The Indian PM's office orders a probe into an incident involving the death of a man in a hospital in Chandigarh city. |
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India denies assisting militants (04 November 10:55) |
| India's foreign minister denies charges by a Pakistani army official that his country helped militants in South Waziristan. |
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UK should leave Afghanistan - MP (04 November 09:08) |
| A former Labour minister calls for the "great majority" of British troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan. |
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Labour MP urges Afghan withdrawal (04 November 09:08) |
| A former Labour minister calls for the "great majority" of British troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan. |
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Waziristans war (04 November 05:57) |
| Eyewitness: "We hate the Taliban. This is the truth" |
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Sierra Leone link to India medics (04 November 12:31) |
| Sierra Leone's president launches a satellite link-up so doctors in his country can seek advice from their colleagues in India. |
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Pakistan make short work of Kiwis (04 November 12:07) |
| Explosive batting from Shahid Afridi and Kamran Akmal helps Pakistan establish a 1-0 lead in the ODI series against New Zealand. |
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