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Deadly blasts hit Pakistani city

March 12, 2010 - 00:48
At least two blasts hit busy areas of the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore killing at least eight people, police say.
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IPL to begin amid tight security

March 11, 2010 - 22:58
The third season of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament is set to begin amid heavy security in Mumbai.
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State of drinkers

March 11, 2010 - 21:32
Why Kerala has India's biggest alcohol problem
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Putin in India for defence talks

March 11, 2010 - 20:13
Russian PM Vladimir Putin is in India for talks expected to focus on arms and energy contracts.
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Live - Bangladesh v England

March 11, 2010 - 18:59
Alastair Cook hits an unbeaten century and Kevin Pietersen passes 50 as England reach tea in control of the first Test against Bangladesh.
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Pakistan team quit after cup flop

March 11, 2010 - 10:47
Pakistan's men's hockey team retire en masse after finishing last at the Hockey World Cup.
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Number of Indian billionaires 'doubled in 2009'

March 11, 2010 - 08:42
The number of billionaires in India doubled in 2009, Forbes magazine says.
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Sri Lanka general trial date set

March 11, 2010 - 07:45
Defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka is to be put on military trial next week, officials say.
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Afghan plea for 'no proxy wars'

March 11, 2010 - 06:47
Afghanistan does not want other countries' "proxy wars" fought on its soil, President Hamid Karzai says in Islamabad.
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Modi faces Gujarat riot questions

March 11, 2010 - 05:40
The chief minister of India's Gujarat state, Narendra Modi, is summoned to appear before an inquiry into riots in 2002.
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Pakistan kidnap boy not released

March 11, 2010 - 03:38
The Foreign Office says a five-year-old boy from Oldham kidnapped in Pakistan has not been released.
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Afghan police drug abuse 'rife'

March 11, 2010 - 02:36
Drug abuse is rife in the Afghan police force with up to 40% of recruits testing positive in some areas, a US report says.
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In pictures

March 11, 2010 - 01:42
Works devoted to Indian portraits go on show
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India rebel offensive intensifies

March 10, 2010 - 21:09
Indian security forces step up their operations against Maoist rebels, security officials say.
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Pakistan drone raid 'kills 12'

March 10, 2010 - 19:45
Two missile strikes by US drone aircraft kill at least 12 suspected militants in north-west Pakistan, security officials say.
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Pakistan attack kills aid workers

March 10, 2010 - 10:17
Militants attack the office of a Western aid agency, killing six people and wounding others, the agency and police say.
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Cricket battle

March 10, 2010 - 09:50
Why Pakistan bans may have come five years too late
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China to build Sri Lanka airport

March 10, 2010 - 08:38
China is to lend Sri Lanka just under $200m to build a second international airport in the south of the island.
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Kidnapped boy's father back in UK

March 10, 2010 - 08:03
The father of a British boy kidnapped in Pakistan is returning to the UK, against the wishes of the police, the BBC learns.
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India help for Sri Lanka amputees

March 10, 2010 - 06:12
An Indian charity sends a team to Sri Lanka to provide 1,000 amputees in the war-ravaged north with artificial limbs.
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