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40 die in Pakistan mosque blast

Friday, 19 August 2011

A suicide bomber struck a mosque in a Pakistani tribal region during Friday prayers, killing at least 40 people and wounding 85 others.

Video: Basketball brawl mars US-China visit

Friday, 19 August 2011

A two minute on court punch-up has marred an international goodwill basketball game on a US state visit to China.

Japanese citizens hand in £50m found washed up by tsunami

Friday, 19 August 2011

Tens of thousands of citizens may have lost their homes, livelihoods, and loved ones in the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, but their public spirit appears undiminished, with news yesterday that good Samaritans have handed in millions of pounds found in safes and wallets amid the devastation.

Indian government caves in over activist's fast

Friday, 19 August 2011

The Indian government yesterday caved in to popular fury over corruption and granted permission for a self-styled Gandhian crusader to stage a 15-day public hunger strike.

Transfer for Chinese rail spokesman

Friday, 19 August 2011

The spokesman for China's railways ministry has been transferred to Poland following a train crash last month that killed 40 people.

Video: PM: Kabul attack 'vicious and cowardly'

Friday, 19 August 2011

David Cameron says the attack on the British Council in Kabul will not stop efforts in Afghanistan.

Chinese commandos in campaign against Xinjiang's Islamist 'rebels'

Thursday, 18 August 2011

Clifford Coonan: Security forces will comb through cities 24 hours a day to conduct identity checks and searches.

Crowds of thousands back Indian activist Anna Hazare's hunger strike

Thursday, 18 August 2011

Protests swelled across India yesterday in support of an anti-corruption campaigner who is fasting in jail, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government at a loss over how to end the standoff.

The explosive truth behind Fukushima's meltdown

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

New evidence suggests that the Fukushima Daiichi reactors were doomed to fail.

Video: Shark experts hunt killer

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

Alain St Ange from the Seychelles Tourism Board says experts are joining the hunt for a shark that killed a British man on his honeymoon.

At least 20 missing after Nepal boat capsizes

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

At least 20 people are missing after an overcrowded boat they were travelling in capsized in a rain-swollen river in southern Nepal.

Mystery remains after pesticides blamed for Thailand tourist deaths

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

The father of one of the tourists has called for a fresh investigation into her death after Thai authorities said she had probably died after eating 'toxic seaweed'

Bride pays tribute to husband after shark attack

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

The widow of a British man killed by a shark in the Seychelles has paid tribute to her "handsome and caring" husband.

Shark attack kills British groom on honeymoon

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

The 30-year-old, named locally as Ian Redmond, was swimming off the island of Praslin in the Seychelles.

US 'unlikely' to sell F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

The sale of 66 American F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, which would cause fury in Beijing, now appears unlikely to go through, according to sources.

Police detain Indian hunger striker

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Andrew Buncombe: Indian Government seeks to see off anti-corruption campaigner by detaining him and his supporters just hours before he embarks on public hunger strike.

Video: US-China aircraft carrier 'face off'

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

China and the US have been flexing their military muscle, showing off their aircraft carriers in the South China Sea.

Your chance to win a car! (all you need to do is get sterilised)

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Andrew Buncombe reports from Buhana on the women willing to take a bribe to help curb India's population growth

Anger at China's access to crashed US helicopter

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

America's top military commander shunned Pakistan on his final visit to the region because of its decision to allow the Chinese to take a close look at the crashed US helicopter involved in the covert raid that killed Osama bin Laden, an official familiar with the discussions told The Independent.

Tibetan monk sets himself on fire

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

A Tibetan monk burned himself to death yesterday in south-west China, calling for the return of the Dalai Lama, the London-based Free Tibet organisation said.

An offering to appease the gods on Mount Bromo

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Villagers attempt to catch a chicken thrown by worshippers into a volcanic crater yesterday during the annual Kasada festival in Indonesia. The month-long festival takes place at Mount Bromo in East Java province. Villagers and worshippers throw consecrated offerings such as livestock, rice, fruit, vegetables and flowers into Bromo's steep caldera to give thanks to the Hindu gods for ensuring their safety and prosperity. REUTERS

Indonesia jails victim of attack on Ahmadi sect

Monday, 15 August 2011

The authorities in Indonesia have sparked international outrage by jailing a member of a minority Muslim sect who defended his community against an attack by a deadly, rampaging mob. The man received a sentence longer than that handed out to some of those caught on video perpetrating the attack.

Officer killed by Taliban bomb

Monday, 15 August 2011

A young British officer was killed by a Taliban bomb just yards outside the gate of his base in Afghanistan.

Imran Khan: A cricketing hero with his eye on political glory

Monday, 15 August 2011

Omar Waraich: He has become Pakistan's most popular politician, but he has as many enemies as friends.

Thousands turn out as Suu Kyi puts her freedom to the test

Monday, 15 August 2011

Thousands of well-wishers lined roadsides in Burma to welcome opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday as she tested the limits of her freedom by taking her first political trip into the countryside since being released from house arrest.

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