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Thousands mourn Nepals Koirala (21 March 09:00) |
| Thousands of mourners in Kathmandu pay respect to Nepal's former Prime Minister Giri Prasad Koirala, who died on Saturday aged 86. |
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England face scrap in Mirpur Test (21 March 05:00) |
| England find themselves on the back foot as they end day two of the second Test in Mirpur 248 runs behind Bangladesh after scraping to 178-3. |
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England face tough battle in Test (21 March 05:00) |
| England reach 178-3 at close of play in the second Test, still 248 behind Bangladesh. |
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Afghan blast kills 10 in south (21 March 04:15) |
| Ten people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, officials say. |
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Pune and Kochi to join 2011 IPL (21 March 01:58) |
| Pune and Kochi spend $700 between them buying Indian Premier League franchises for the 2011 season. |
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Nepalese statesman Koirala dies (20 March 04:19) |
| Nepal's four-time Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has died in Kathmandu, his aides and state TV say. |
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England shade first day honours (20 March 04:18) |
| Bangladesh compile 330-8 on the opening day of the second Test against England in Mirpur. |
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Nepalese ex-leader Koirala dies (20 March 02:43) |
| Former Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has died in Kathmandu, his aides and state TV say. |
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Weed invasion (19 March 10:52) |
| The creeper that is smothering an ecosystem |
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Goa justice (19 March 09:51) |
| Will the world ever know the truth about Scarlett? |
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Spending pennies (19 March 09:20) |
| Should the UK be paying for toilets in Mumbai's slums? |
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India and US unite over piracy (19 March 09:04) |
| Film-makers in the US and India form a coalition to fight piracy in the South Asian nation, one of the biggest film markets |
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Colombo police in Tamil unit move (19 March 06:18) |
| Police stations in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, open special units to take statements in the country's main minority language, Tamil. |
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Mumbai plotter sought by India (19 March 05:06) |
| India says it will ask for access to a Chicago man who has pleaded guilty to scouting targets for the 2008 Mumbai attacks. |
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Clamp down on urinating in public ahead of the Delhi Commonwealth Games (19 March 04:03) |
| The government of the Indian capital, Delhi is to soon tell the residents not or urinate or spit in public. |
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Scarlett Goa death trial begins (19 March 02:10) |
| Two men appear in court accused of killing British teenager Scarlett Keeling, whose body was found in the Indian state of Goa in 2008.
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Taliban arrests halt UN contacts (19 March 06:20) |
| The former UN special envoy in Afghanistan says Pakistan's arrest of Taliban leaders halted a channel of secret UN communications.
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US man admits Mumbai attacks role (19 March 02:08) |
| US citizen David Headley changes his plea and admits his role in the deadly Mumbai attacks in 2008. |
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Statistic or story (19 March 12:49) |
| How Pakistan saw the kidnapping of Sahil Saeed |
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Kidnapped Sahil returns to the UK (19 March 12:38) |
| A five-year-old British boy, who was held by kidnappers in Pakistan for two weeks, arrives back in the UK with his father. |
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Civilians shot by Pakistan forces (18 March 08:49) |
| Security forces shoot dead at least two civilians in north-west Pakistan, officials say. |
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Nepal bus crash kills at least 24 (18 March 07:14) |
| At least 24 people are killed in Nepal when a crowded bus veers off a mountain road and plunges into a river, officials say. |
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Security fears (18 March 07:01) |
| But cricket fans still have fun at IPL game in Delhi |
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No pardon for Sri Lankan general (18 March 04:43) |
| Sri Lanka's president rules out an early pardon for defeated presidential rival Gen Sarath Fonseka. |
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Indian children sacrifice probe (18 March 04:18) |
| Five children poisoned to death in a village in India may have been sacrificed, police say. |
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Lost Indian boy to return home (18 March 12:33) |
| An Indian boy found abandoned in London two years ago can now return home after he is granted travel documents. |
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Kidnapped boy and father reunited (18 March 12:22) |
| Sahil Saeed, the UK boy kidnapped in Pakistan two weeks ago, has been reunited with his father in the capital Islamabad. |
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Stepping stone (18 March 05:32) |
| Helping India's Muslims get into the best schools |
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Key al-Qaeda man died in strike (18 March 03:56) |
| A key al-Qaeda man, wanted for a deadly attack on a CIA base, was killed in a drone strike, US officials believe. |
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Paris ransom paid to free Sahil (18 March 03:02) |
| Ransom money was paid to secure the release of kidnapped British boy Sahil Saeed, Pakistan's interior minister confirms. |
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Indians sentenced for sex texts (18 March 02:32) |
| A string of steamy text messages results in a three month jail sentence for a Indian man and an Indian woman in Dubai. |
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UN says 227m escape life in slums (18 March 01:47) |
| Nearly a quarter of a billion people escaped from a life in the slums over the past decade, the United Nations says. |
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Ransom was paid to free Sahil (17 March 10:51) |
| Ransom money was paid to secure the release of kidnapped British boy Sahil Saeed, Pakistan's interior minister confirms. |
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Second cash garland fuels row over India low-caste icon (17 March 07:20) |
| Indian politician Mayawati defies her critics by accepting another money garland, worth tens of thousands of dollars. |
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Sri Lanka general trial adjourned (17 March 07:12) |
| The second of two courts martial set up to try Sri Lanka's ex-army chief, Sarath Fonseka, is abruptly adjourned. |
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US men on Pakistan terror charges (17 March 06:49) |
| Five young Americans held in Pakistan since December have been charged with terrorism, their lawyer says. |
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Three held over ransom for UK boy (17 March 06:45) |
| Spanish police arrest three people over the ransom demanded for kidnapped British boy Sahil Saeed. |
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Iran and Pakistan sign gas deal (17 March 06:12) |
| Pakistan and Iran sign a $7.6bn deal to build a long-delayed pipeline to transport Iranian natural gas to Pakistan. |
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War of words (17 March 05:42) |
| Taliban reach out by harnessing power of the web |
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Afghan burka-clad bombers killed (17 March 03:43) |
| Afghan security forces shoot dead two burka-clad militants who attacked a charity in the city of Lashkar Gah. |
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Dozens killed in Afghan bus crash (17 March 03:28) |
| At least 32 people die when a bus crashes into a truck on a treacherous pass in northern Afghanistan, officials say. |
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Pakistan militants hit checkpoint (17 March 02:28) |
| Five security personnel are killed by militants in an attack on a security checkpoint in north-west Pakistan, police say. |
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Two UK soldiers killed in Helmand (17 March 01:52) |
| Two British soldiers have been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the MoD says. |
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S Lanka denies hit list charge (17 March 01:45) |
| Sri Lanka's presidential office denies there is a list of activists and journalists who are targeted by the government. |
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Pakistan drone attacks kill eight (17 March 12:17) |
| Eight militants die in the second suspected double drone strike in as many days in north-west Pakistan, officials say. |
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Another drone strike in Pakistan (17 March 12:17) |
| Eight militants die in the second suspected double drone strike in as many days in north-west Pakistan, officials say. |
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Pakistan hit by twin drone strike (17 March 12:17) |
| Eight militants die in the second suspected double drone strike in as many days in north-west Pakistan, officials say. |
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US Mumbai suspect changes plea (17 March 11:03) |
| A US man accused over the 2008 Mumbai attacks plans to change his plea to guilty on some charges, US court officials say. |
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Indian paradox (17 March 05:51) |
| Highly developed Kerala's economy is in a mess |
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Soaring pay (17 March 05:18) |
| But in India food prices are rising faster |
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