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Hindus celebrate birth of Krishna, the god with a soft spot for butter

Indian cities are getting bigger and there is a growing need for more housing, business space and public facilities.

Three people die as Seoul is hit by its strongest typhoon in 15 years, while storms continue to cause heavy rain and landslides in China.

BBC Burmese marks 70 years of broadcasting

The head of Afghanistan's Central Bank tells the BBC he will not allow the country's biggest commercial bank to collapse.

The Philippines vows to probe claims that coffins of three of Hong Kong's eight victims of last week's hijacking in Manila were wrongly labelled.

Tajikistan's security chief is replaced following the escape of 25 prisoners, including several Islamic militants, from a Dushanbe jail.

Over 100 workers have died during the construction of the metro railway in the Indian capital, Delhi, say authorities.

Investigators find the flight data recorders from the wreckage of a small plane which crashed in Nepal last week, killing 14 people, officials say.

One of four key independent lawmakers endorses Australian PM Julia Gillard, leaving her two seats short of the majority needed to form a government.

Three people die as Seoul is hit by its strongest typhoon in 15 years, while storms continue to cause heavy rain and landslides in China.

Three days of mourning begins in Pakistan after bomb attacks on a Shia Muslim procession in Lahore city kill 31 people.

A Pakistani diplomat calls for a probe into allegations that rich landowners diverted water into unprotected villages during the floods to save their own crops.

Positive data eases concerns over the strength of the global economic recovery.

What do Mohammad Amir's family and home-village make of his alleged involvement in a cricket betting scam?

At least 25 people are killed and more than 170 are injured in three bomb blasts during a Shia religious parade in Lahore, Pakistan.

Six people are reported killed in Mozambique's capital Maputo in riots over rising food and fuel prices.

Celebrities join in to help Pakistan flood victims

The EU urges China to curb smuggling to Europe, saying counterfeit cigarettes alone deprive the EU of 10bn euros (£8bn) in tax revenue annually.

Five policemen, including a police chief, are remanded in jail on charges that they failed to stop a mob lynching of two teenage brothers last month.