Asia

Commuters brave the pollution in Huai'an, Jiangsu province, China

China sets ambitious target on emissions

Beijing announces it will cut rate of carbon output growth by 40 per cent

Inside Asia

Forget gold and silver, invest in garlic

Friday, 27 November 2009

Thanks to a belief in its flu-repellent powers, garlic traders are on course to get stinking rich this year.

Merkel under fire as general resigns over Kunduz massacre

Friday, 27 November 2009

Commanding officer and ex-defence minister stand down as video reveals Germany covered up civilian deaths

Arroyo's ally to be charged over massacre

Friday, 27 November 2009

Suspect accused of killing political rivals in Philippines hands himself over to police

Powering India: Feeding an insatiable need

Friday, 27 November 2009

Like most countries, India's electricity is distributed to its population via a large, centralised grid system. Through the construction of thermal power plants and large hydroelectric dams, the Government has added 150MW of installed generating capacity to this grid in the 62 years since Independence, yet such priority is given to feeding the insatiable demands of the cities that 78 million people in India are still living without an electricity connection.

Shadow of the gunmen still haunts Mumbai

Thursday, 26 November 2009

It is a year ago that terror came to the Indian city. Andrew Buncombe meets the victims – and suspects – whose lives were forever changed.

Philippines declares state of emergency after 46 are killed in election bloodbath

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

A dozen journalists are killed in one of the country's worst episodes of political violence

Hopes raised for extra Afghanistan troops

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

The deployment of 500 extra British troops to Afghanistan came a step closer today when Gordon Brown declared himself "optimistic" of securing 5,000 reinforcements from other allies.

Slaughter of the innocents (200,000 of them)

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Animal welfare protesters fail to halt ancient but 'barbaric' Nepali ritual

Report flays top Indian politicians for clashes

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

An Indian government investigation released yesterday reportedly implicates dozens of Hindu nationalist politicians – including a former prime minister – in the 1992 demolition of a mosque which sparked deadly communal riots.

Corruption investigation targets Afghan ministers

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Three Afghan cabinet ministers and 12 former ministers are under investigation for alleged corruption, the attorney-general's office said yesterday, announcing cases that could signal whether the government is serious about fighting graft in its ranks.

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