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Breaking News Tue, 16 Mar 2010
A young girl with chronic malnutrition in Nepal's western district of Jumla
Asia   Health   Kathmandu   Nepal   Photos  
NEPAL: Ramping up the fight against child malnutrition
web | KATHMANDU, 16 March 2010 (IRIN) - Nepal is boosting efforts to tackle child malnutrition, which is so widespread that every other child under five has been found to be malnourished. | Alarmed by... (photo: IRIN News / David Swanson) IRINnews
Foreign tourists in Indian capital Delhi India
Delhi   Immigration   India   Photos   Tourists  
65,000 foreigners found overstaying in India
NEW DELHI: More than 65,000 foreigners, including 31,200 Bangladeshis, 14,500 Afghans and 7,500 Pakistanis, were found overstaying in India in 2008 and only 13,995 were deported, according to home min... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) The Times Of India
Many Jammu-Kashmir women wish State Commission could actually be of help
| Srinagar, March 16 (ANI): Many women in Jammu and Kashmir, who have been victims of violence or harassment in marriage or other relations, want the State Commission for Women be enabled to act effic... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) Newstrack India
Human Rights   Kashmir   Law   Photos   Women  
 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, a key rival to current President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, talks during a news conference at his office in central London, Thursday Aug. 23, 2007. Sharif, can return to Pakistan from exile under a Supreme Court Musharraf calls Nawaz Sharif 'closet Taliban'
| Washington, Mar.16 (ANI): Taking his animosity with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif a step further, former President General Pervez Musharraf has described him as a 'closet T... (photo: AP/Lefteris Pitarakis) Newstrack India
India   Pakistan   Photos   US   Washington  
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 Pakistan´s President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, left, talks with his successor Gen. Ashfaq Kayani Musharraf says it is critical to defeat Taliban
Washington: Pointing out that it was "critical" to defeat Taliban, Former Pakistan President Parvez Musharraf has sharply criticised US plans to begin troops pull out fro... (photo: AP / Anjum Naveed) Zeenews
Musharraf   Pakistan   Photos   Taliban   Washington  
Peoples-Population-India Population dispersion will make India a superpower
 LET US accept the hard truths. | • We are seriously overpopulated with 1.2 billion and growing alarmingly at 30 million per year. | • We do NOT have ... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) Merinews
Economy   India   Photos   Population   Society  
England's Graeme Swann bowls during the last day of the first test cricket match against Bangladesh in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Graeme Swann spins out Bangladesh for hard-fought England win
| • England 599-6 dec & 209-7 dec; Bangladesh 296 & 331 | Graeme Swann of England celebrates after taking the final Bangladesh wicket to finish with 10 wickets ... (photo: AP / Aijaz Rahi) The Guardian
Bangladesh   Cricket   England   Photos   Sport  
Sri Lanka's former army chief Gen. Sarath Fonseka, center, waves to his supporters after coming out of the temple of tooth before starting his campaign in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. Profile: Former army commander General Sarath Fonseka
| The Sri Lankan general led the military campaign to defeat the Tamil Tigers but was later defeated in presidential elections | The former Sri Lankan army commander Gene... (photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena) The Guardian
Election   Photos   Political   President   Sri Lanka  
Indian policemen carry a injured civilan after a shootout at a crowded market in Srinagar March 16, 2010. Two policemen and two civilians were wounded on Tuesday at a crowded market in Srinagar when militants opened fire, police said. Five hurt in shooting in Indian Kashmir: police
| Srinagar, March 16: Two Indian policemen and three civilians were hurt Tuesday when suspected militants attacked a police patrol at a market in the summer capital of In... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) The Siasat Daily
India   Kashmir   Photos   Police   Terrorism  
 Acting Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko, center, speaks at his first Cabinet meeting in the Russian White House, Thursday, March 26, 1998. President Boris Yeltsin fired his entire government Monday and appointed the little-known Kiriyenko to assemble a ne Russia offers India stake in one of world's largest uranium mines
| Moscow, March 16: Russia offered India a stake in one of the world's larger uranium fields during prime minister Vladimir Putin's visit to New Delhi last week, Russian ... (photo: AP /str) The Siasat Daily
Delhi   India   News   Photos   Russia  
Shahbaz Sharif, the brother of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, speaks at a press conference in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday Dec. 1, 2007. Sharif said the election commission's rejection of his candidacy for the upcoming election, was politically motivated. Pak female MPA asks 'Taliban fearing' Shahbaz to wear dupatta
| Lahore, Mar.16 (ANI): Pakistan Punjab's Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's statement pleading to the Taliban to spare the province from violence has attracted massive outr... (photo: AP / Greg Baker) Newstrack India
Lahore   News   Pakistan   Photos   Women  
India Bangladesh
The politics of empowerment in India
China's Panchen Lama enters political arena
All eyes on the Fed as gold climbs toward $1,115
Sachin Tendulkar certifies Feroze Shah Kotla pitch
Ashok Chavan- Chief minister of Maharashtra in a public function- Politics- India
Ashok Chavan assures Bollywood of 'only one censor'
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River transport workers call indefinite strike in Bangladesh
I was right not to enforce the follow-on, says Alastair Cook
Bangladesh Army chief visits Leh
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan insists: We have earned t
AC Milan's English midfielder David Beckham arrives at Mehilainen hospital in Turku, Finland on Monday March 15, 2010 to undergo surgery. A Finnish orthopaedic surgeon will operate on Beckham's Achilles tendon which he injured in a match against Chievo during the Italian Serie A soccer match on Sunday.
Beckham will return
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Nepal Pakistan
NEPAL: Ramping up the fight against child malnutrition
CC makes unanimous choice in Shrestha as new CJ
Maoists, MJF snub PM for all party meet
Singapore dashes Nepal's hopes in ACC U-16 Elite Cup
A young girl with chronic malnutrition in Nepal's western district of Jumla
NEPAL: Ramping up the fight against child malnutrition
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Petraeus drums up support in Kyrgyzstan
Magnitude 4.4 quake rattles Los Angeles
Somali pirates free chemical tanker, official says
US drone attack kills 11 in Pakistan
 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, a key rival to current President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, talks during a news conference at his office in central London, Thursday Aug. 23, 2007. Sharif, can return to Pakistan from exile under a Supreme Court
Musharraf calls Nawaz Sharif 'closet Taliban'
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Sri Lanka Myammar
Sri Lanka tests Libya labor market
International Conference on Sri Lankan Studies from March 18
Sri Lanka ex-army chief in court
Profile: General Sarath Fonseka
Sri Lanka's former army chief Gen. Sarath Fonseka, center, waves to his supporters after coming out of the temple of tooth before starting his campaign in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.
Profile: Former army commander General Sarath Fonseka
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Enough of the ‘moral’ hypocrisy
China Explores Rail Routes to Europe
Sittwe University Student Raped and Murdered
Castor Oil Project Fails in Arakan
An anti-Myanmar government protester holds up posters of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest to demand her release in front of the U.N. office in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 22, 2009
Myanmar elections "not credible" - U.N. envoy
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