Asia

Tajori prepares food. Her husband, Gul Saeed, was one of six policemen shot dead by the Taliban

The Taliban are being routed, but at a terrible price

The IoS Christmas Appeal: The West applauded the crackdown by Pakistan's army, but many have lost everything.

Inside Asia

Bhopal: The victims are still being born

Sunday, 29 November 2009

Twenty-five years on, the world's worst industrial accident continues to kill and blight many lives. And still there's been no trial

Afghanistan: The hokey-cokey strategy

Sunday, 29 November 2009

On eve of Obama's surge, Brown aims to convince voters he has a plan for withdrawal.

First civil lawsuit starts in China milk scandal

Saturday, 28 November 2009

A court is hearing the country's first civil lawsuit by a man whose child was sickened in China's vast tainted milk scandal, state media reported today.

Thirty dead as Bangladesh ferry capsizes at dock

Saturday, 28 November 2009

Ferry taking people home to religious festival was carrying three times its maximum number of passengers.

China sets ambitious target on emissions

Friday, 27 November 2009

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

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.