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4 February 2013 Last updated at 12:58 ET

Afghan peace deal 'in six months'David Cameron (C) with Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari at Chequers, north of London, 4 Feb

The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan, in talks in the UK, agree to work towards a peace deal for Afghanistan in six months.

Thousands of Cambodians queue to enter the crematorium area where the coffin of late King Norodom Sihanouk (pictured on portrait) rests before his cremation near the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on 4 February 2013Cambodia's King Sihanouk cremated

Thousands of Cambodians gather in the capital for the cremation of former King Norodom Sihanouk, three months after he died in Beijing.

Pragaash at Battle of Bands in Srinagar, 2012Kashmir's all-girl group gives up

An all-girl rock group in Indian-administered Kashmir say they have disbanded after being called "un-Islamic" by the region's most senior cleric.

Damian Grammaticas, China correspondent Article written by Damian Grammaticas Damian Grammaticas China correspondent

Smog 'airmageddon' chokes China

12:34 UK time, Thursday, 31 January 2013

The dense smog engulfing Beijing is convincing people across China that modernisation at all costs is too high a price, writes the BBC's Damian Grammaticas.

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Soutik Biswas, Delhi correspondent Article written by Soutik Biswas Soutik Biswas Delhi correspondent

Is India facing a 'cultural emergency'?

02:40 UK time, Thursday, 31 January 2013

Why are most politicians and the government silent about attacks on free speech?

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