Asia
UN diplomat accused of plot to discredit Karzai
American denies claim and highlights the West's failure to confront fraud in Afghan elections
Inside Asia
Zardari vows to fight for role in Pakistan's future
Friday, 18 December 2009
Pakistan's beleaguered President Asif Ali Zardari yesterday vowed that he was ready to fight his opponents even as he faced repeated calls to step down.
New crisis for Pakistan as Zardari faces corruption charges
Thursday, 17 December 2009
President faces calls to quit as Supreme Court throws out amnesty
Suu Kyi urges rejuvenation of her party at rare meeting
Thursday, 17 December 2009
The detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday called for the reorganisation and rejuvenation of her ageing political party, triggering speculation that it might be considering taking part in next year's controversial election.
The most traumatised place in the world
Thursday, 17 December 2009
Andrew Buncombe: Independent Appeal charity helping families living with violence in Kashmir
Goa MP says rape after midnight 'not a crime'
Thursday, 17 December 2009
An Indian politician has sparked outrage after he suggested that cases when a woman was raped after staying out past midnight should be treated differently to other sexual attacks.
Binge-drinking deaths shame China
Thursday, 17 December 2009
A senior Chinese police officer who tried to have a subordinate registered as a "martyr" after he was killed by a drinking binge has been suspended by a disciplinary committee.
Andrew Buncombe: Irish peace forum to investigate the conduct of Sri Lanka's war
Thursday, 17 December 2009
I was in Sri Lanka last week working on a couple of stories and was amazed how both the mood and the landscape had changed.
Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
A suicide bomber has killed two British soldiers who were on a “hearts on a mind” mission to meet members of the local community in Helmand.
Eight die in Kabul suicide attack
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
A devastating suicide bomb tore through Kabul's diplomatic quarter yesterday, killing eight people and injuring dozens of others in what appeared to be an assassination attempt on a former vice-president in Hamid Karzai's government.
Afghanistan is the only game in town
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Kim Sengupta: Despite calls that defence strategy should not be too Afghancentric, the message is clear.
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