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China to build Sri Lanka airport
China is to lend Sri Lanka just under $200m to build a second international airport in the south of the island.
Kidnapped boy's father back in UK
The father of a British boy kidnapped in Pakistan is returning to the UK, against the wishes of the police, the BBC learns.
India help for Sri Lanka amputees
An Indian charity sends a team to Sri Lanka to provide 1,000 amputees in the war-ravaged north with artificial limbs.
'We just clicked'
Will more Indian couples turn to the web for love?
Iran attacks US over Afghanistan
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan.
Aid workers shot dead in Pakistan
Gunmen attack the office of a Western aid agency, killing six people and wounding others, the agency and police say.
War and peace
Ahmed Rashid on Helmand assault and Taliban arrests
Pakistan bans for Yousuf and Younus
The Pakistan Cricket Board issues indefinite bans to former captains Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan for "infighting".
UK seeks Afghan political drive
Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to urge the Afghan president to seek a political solution to the conflict with the Taliban.
Pakistan live burial convictions
A court in Pakistan sentences four men to life for the murder of two women buried alive in western Balochistan in 2008.
Indian MPs approve women's bill
India's upper house sees a second day of uproar as it backs a bill to reserve a third of all parliamentary seats for women.
India sea cucumber raid arrests
A court in India bails two people after rare sea cucumbers were found at a restaurant in a five-star hotel in the capital, Delhi.
Quota question
Indians on historic vote for women in parliament
'First step'
Seat quotas 'are new liberation for Indian women'
Thin red line
Lone stand of anti-Taliban militia in Pakistan
Sri Lanka emergency extended
Sri Lanka's parliament votes to extend the state of emergency until after next month's general elections.
US warns of 'hard Afghan fight'
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warns of "hard fighting" ahead, in his first Afghan trip since a major offensive there.
Bangladesh drop batsman Ashraful
Former captain Mohammad Ashraful is dropped from Bangladesh's Test squad for the series against England.
Bangladesh drop batsman Ashraful
Former captain Mohammad Ashraful is dropped from Bangladesh's Test squad for the series against England.
'Disruptive' Indian MPs suspended
Seven Indian MPs are suspended for disorderly behaviour over a bill to reserve a third of seats in parliament for women.
