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Rashid Rauf leaves court in Rawalpindi Pakistan, in December 2006

US strike in Pakistan 'kills wanted British militant'

Wanted British militant Rashid Rauf was killed by a US missile strike in Pakistan today, according to reports.

Inside Asia

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Japan's sushi famine

Saturday, 22 November 2008

Plunging tuna stocks are threatening fishermen's livelihoods and a nation's favourite fish dish

The comedian Zargana criticised the junta's response to Cyclone Nargis

Burma jails comedian for 45 years

Saturday, 22 November 2008

Rap star also imprisoned as ruling junta cracks down on popular dissidents

Bolly good: The vivid posters that take Mumbai's movies to the masses

Saturday, 22 November 2008

The area of South Delhi known as Hauz Khas village is a window-shopper's delight, a haven of quiet but expensive arts and antiques shops, restaurants and galleries.

Actors on the set of The White Rock, about the murder of 680 Afghan refugees by Iranians

Making movies the Afghan way

Thursday, 20 November 2008

Robert Fisk: Cinema was banned under the Taliban, but film-makers are once again at work inside Afghanistan.

Taliban issue threat over US strikes

Thursday, 20 November 2008

Andrew Buncombe: Warlord threatens to pull out of a ceasefire agreement with the Pakistan government if US missile strikes are not halted.

A revolutionary reworking for Marx's 'Kapital'

Thursday, 20 November 2008

Treatise on capitalism to be turned into manga comic 140 years after publication

Shareholders approve RBS bail-out plan

Thursday, 20 November 2008

Shareholders in Royal Bank of Scotland approved a £20 billion bail-out plan today which could put nearly 60 per cent of the company in public hands.

Japanese schoolgirl joins the big hitters

Wednesday, 19 November 2008

Japan's all-male professional baseball league is set to have its first female player after a 16-year-old high school student was drafted by a minor league team.

A North Korean soldier stands guard in the village of Panmunjom, on the world's most heavily fortified border

The curious case of the disappearing despot

Wednesday, 19 November 2008

Mystery of leader's health undermines North Korea

Three years after the accident Mrs Ahirwar gave birth to a son, Jagdish, who suffers from severe diabetes and stunted development. Though he is 21, Jagdish looks like he is six or seven

The cursed children of Bhopal

Wednesday, 19 November 2008

A girl born deaf. A young man with severe diabetes. They were not even alive when a deadly cloud of chemicals escaped from the Union Carbide plant. But, as Andrew Buncombe discovered, the suffering goes on.

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Columnist Comments

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Andrew Grice: The Chancellor must consider tax hikes.

Despite the weight on his shoulders, the Chancellor remains remarkably calm.

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Howard Jacobson: The lesson of Hitler's deformity.

So Hitler actually did have only one ball. I call that a pity for history.

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Deborah Orr: Praising the public on pointless decisions.

People power, as it pertains to television anyway, is proving to be a tricky beast.

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