Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:16:24 GMT
US sets marker on Afghan corruption
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:57:33 GMTUS Defence Secretary Robert Gates says foreign aid donors must use their influence to tackle corruption in Afghanistan.
Bodies of Mumbai gunmen unburied
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:40:36 GMTThe unclaimed bodies of nine gunmen who were killed during the Mumbai attacks a year ago are still awaiting burial.
India plans surge in solar power
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:34:13 GMTIndia backs plans for a massive increase in the amount of electricity it generates from solar power.
Pakistan drone attack kills eight
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:09:45 GMTAt least eight suspected militants are killed in a US drone attack in north-western Pakistan, officials say.
Sri Lanka minorities hold talks
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:03:41 GMTPolitical parties representing minority Tamils and Muslims in Sri Lanka hold talks in Switzerland, the first since the end of the conflict.
Bardot appeal over Nepal festival
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:12:12 GMTFormer film star Brigitte Bardot urges Nepal's president to stop a ritual slaughter of animals in an upcoming religious festival.
India train 'derailed by Maoists'
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:02:30 GMTA passenger train in India derails, killing at least two people, after Maoist rebels blow up a railway track, police say.
Policemen die in Pakistan blast
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:04:43 GMTAt least three policemen have died in an explosion in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say.
Afghan leader 'must show results'
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:59:09 GMTWestern leaders urge Hamid Karzai to make concrete gains, as he is sworn in for a second term as Afghanistan's president.
Soap opera denial prompts India divorce
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:33:13 GMTAn Indian woman is granted a divorce on the grounds that her husband was cruel to stop her watching soap operas.
Tendulkar hits ton in stalemate
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:22:02 GMTSachin Tendulkar hits his 43rd Test century as the first match between India and Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad peters out into a draw.
Homecoming hell
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:47:52 GMTTamil activists' horror at what has become of Jaffna
Unusual feats
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:54:29 GMTTwo Indian cricketers smash unique records
Coaxing Karzai
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:32:53 GMTWill Clinton's approach to Afghan leader pay off?
Fresh start?
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:48:43 GMTWest seeks new beginnings from Hamid Karzai
What we want...
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:57:53 GMTAfghans tell BBC what they think president should do
On the take
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:33:09 GMTHow corruption permeates life in Afghanistan
UN confirms Tamil camps exodus
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:15:31 GMTA senior UN official confirms Sri Lankan government claims that more than half the displaced Tamils in camps have left.
Bangladesh officers lose appeal
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:54:13 GMTFive ex-army officers face the death penalty after losing a final appeal over the murder of Bangladesh's first president.
