| India to hold caste census in 2011
India's first caste-based census since 1931 will take place next year, the cabinet announces.
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| Taliban chief says victory close
Taliban leader Mullah Omar says his fighters are on the verge of victory in Afghanistan and the Nato-led campaign has been "a complete failure".
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| Delhi games face disease threat
India's Commonwealth Games village in Delhi is being threatened by dengue fever-carrying mosquitoes.
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| British hostage freed in Pakistan
A British journalist held captive by militants in north-west Pakistan since March is released.
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| Obama condemns Koran burning plan
President Obama calls a pastor's plan to burn the Koran a "recruitment bonanza" for al-Qaeda, while Interpol warns a violent response is likely.
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| Sri Lanka 'rope minister' reinstated
The Sri Lankan president reappoints a minister who recently tied a government official to a tree.
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| Student anger at India CCTV plan
Students stage a protest at one of India's top universities over plans to introduce CCTV.
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| Attacked India professor sacked
An Indian university appeals to an affiliate college to reconsider its decision to sack an academic whose hands were cut off in a brutal attack.
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| Pakistan roadside bomb kills nine
A roadside bomb kills nine people and injures at least four in Pakistan's Kurram tribal region on the Afghan border, reports say.
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| Sri Lanka leader granted sweeping powers
Sri Lankan MPs overwhelmingly approve proposals to let President Mahinda Rajapaksa seek an unlimited number of terms, in a move critics say could lead to dictatorship.
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| Pakistan drone strike 'kills 10'
At least 10 people die in a US missile strike targeting militants in Pakistan's tribal district on the Afghan border, security officials say.
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| Riaz to face police questioning
Pakistan bowler Wahab Riaz will be questioned by Scotland Yard on 14 September in relation to allegations of corruption.
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| Cricketer cleared in police probe
Essex cricket player Danish Kaneria is cleared by police in an investigation into match irregularities.
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| England cruise to win in Twenty20
England underline their status as World Twenty20 champions as they cruise to victory in the first of two internationals against Pakistan.
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| Afghanistan
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| Bangladesh
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| Bhutan
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| India
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| The Maldives
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| Nepal
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| Pakistan
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| Sri Lanka
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| India's film stars opt for the small screen
India's film-star hungry public do not have to go to the cinema to get their fix.
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| Magnificent Mary
India's top woman boxer dreams of Olympic glory
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| Low pay and squalor
The plight of Commonwealth Games workers in Delhi
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| Tragic dance
Afghan boys dressed in women's clothes and sexually abused
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| Minority rapport
Affluent but tiny Indian community hopes romance can stop decline
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| How to fix Pakistan
Should Islamabad surrender some sovereignty to save the country?
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| Vote Idols
Will Afghans elect a talent show star, comic and businesswoman?
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| Reporter's dilemma
Should a journalist bear witness, or interfere to help save a life?
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