Article archive for category "South Asia"
Saturday 05 July 2008
- 22 killed in rain-hit Uttar Pradesh, India flood toll tops 280
- Sixteen Afghan civilians reported killed in airstrike (2nd Roundup)
- NEWS ANALYSIS: Political turmoil in India over nuclear deal with US
- Parliamentarian, militant commander killed in Afghanistan (Roundup)
- Pakistan militant commander ready for talks
- Lawmaker, militants killed in Afghanistan (2nd Lead)
- Afghan parliamentarian assassinated (1st Lead)
- Afghan parliamentarian assassinated in southern province
Friday 04 July 2008
- Ten Afghan police officers killed, weapons smugglers nabbed (Roundup)
- Ten Afghan police killed, weapon smugglers nabbed Adds: More police casualties in Ghazni (1st Lead)
- Six Hindu worshippers killed in stampede in eastern India
- Singh's leftist allies issue deadline on US nuke deal
- Roadside bomb kills girl in south-western Pakistan
- Truckers in India call off strike after talks
- Eight Afghan police killed, weapon smugglers nabbed
- Chance encounters bring Gandhi's voice to the world 00000400597556 (Feature)
Thursday 03 July 2008
- Pakistan's prime minister to meet with Bush in US
- 25 Taliban, two Afghan soldiers reported dead in latest violence
- Britain to double its assistance to Pakistan
- Two killed as shut-down over Hindu shrine land disrupts India
- Six New Zealand soldiers escape Afghan drug charges
Wednesday 02 July 2008
- Bangladeshis protest over fresh xenophobic attack in South Africa
- Bush acknowledges tough fight in Afghanistan
- Sixteen killed in bus accident in northern India
- US envoy lauds Pakistan for striking militants in Khyber district
- 11 rebels, Indian army officer killed in Kashmir (Roundup)
- Six injured in Afghanistan as troop toll hits record (Roundup)
- Foreign troop death toll hits record in Afghanistan
- 50 injured in Hindu protests over shrine land in Indian Kashmir
- Journalists in Sri Lanka hold protest near President's House
- Monsoon-driven rains make thousands homeless in Bangladesh
- Eight including seven rebels killed in India Kashmir
- NATO commander: ISAF needs more equipment rather than more troops
- More than 4 million truckers go on strike in India
Tuesday 01 July 2008
- Rare Mahatma Gandhi recording quietly surfaces in Washington
- Bhutto's widower says West supported military not Pakistani people
- Sri Lankan helicopter hit by suspected rebel fire in country's east
- Dozens of Taliban, 8 others including child killed in Afghanistan
- Land transfer to Hindu shrine revoked in Kashmir, protests continue
- Nepalese police detain Tibetans trying to cross into China
- Freed Indian prisoner falls short of crossing Pakistan border
- Militants free 59 security personnel seized in north-west Pakistan
- International migration office bombed in eastern Nepal
Monday 30 June 2008
- In photos: 'German Bundeswehr takes over Quick Reaction Force from Norway'
- In photos: 'German Bundeswehr takes over Quick Reaction Force from Norway'
- Search on for 31 policemen missing after Maoist attack in India
- Indian media fall for Nazi war criminal hoax
- Indian climate change plan focuses on solar energy, sustainability
- Ten civilians, dozens of Taliban dead in fresh Afghan violence
- Missile attack at militant centre kills 8 in Pakistan (Roundup)
- Indian premier backs nuclear deal with US despite left party threat
- Three killed, five missing as train derails on bridge in Sri Lanka
- Vigilantes kill eight in north-west Pakistan
- Missile attack kills at least eight in north-west Pakistan
Sunday 29 June 2008
- Peace deals scrapped as Pakistani troops strike Taliban (2nd Roundup)
- Sri Lankan government official killed in mine attack (Roundup)
- India holds first-ever nationwide gay pride parades
- 39 police feared drowned after Maoist attack in India (Roundup)
- At least 21 dead in Afghan attacks
- Pakistani troops clear out rebel stronghold in Khyber (Roundup)
- Germany takes over Quick Reaction Force in Afghanistan
- Six killed in market bombing in India's Assam state
- Over 50 police feared drowned after Maoist attack in India
- 41 rebels, two soldiers killed in fighting in northern Sri Lanka
- Government troops clear out rebel stronghold in north-west Pakistan
- Roadside blast kills one soldier in north-west Pakistan
Saturday 28 June 2008
- Pakistan strikes pro-Taliban militants in tribal region (Roundup)
- Bangladeshi parties to join local elections to end deadlock
- Pakistan strikes pro-Taliban militants in tribal region
- US military vehicle blown up in Afghanistan
- British soldier killed in Afghanistan
- Violent protests over land for shrine in Indian Kashmir
- Pentagon says Taliban has regrouped with resilience
Friday 27 June 2008
- Nepalese police detain 50 Tibetan exiles
- Quake rocks India's Andaman Islands
- 14 killed when bus falls into gorge in northern India
- Four coalition troops killed, five injured in Afghanistan (Roundup)
- Pro-Taliban militants publicly execute alleged US spies
- India, Pakistan to launch new round of peace talks next month
- Chevron blamed for destroying natural forest in Bangladesh
- Pakistan's ruling coalition sweeps by-elections
- Insurgent leader, coalition troops killed in Afghanistan (1st Lead)
- Indian military hero Sam Manekshaw dies at 94
- 24 rebel bodies recovered amid heavy fighting in northern Sri Lanka
- Three coalition soldiers, one interpreter killed in Afghanistan
Thursday 26 June 2008
- US calls on Nepal to release Tibetan activists
- Gates concerned about increase of attacks in Afghanistan
- Pakistan holds by-elections amid low turnout (Roundup)
- Taliban driven from two districts in eastern Afghanistan
- Militants kill three, torch resort hotel in Pakistan
- G8 urge Afghanistan to tackle corruption, pledge further aid (Extra)
- Afghanistan driving huge rise in opium production, UN says
- Three killed in Kashmir protests
- Sri Lankan troops recapture strategic area in north-west
- Buddhist monks tear-gassed in Sri Lanka's capital
- Top police officials sacked in Afghan province after jailbreak
- Pakistan rebuts Afghan charge of link in attempt on Karzai's life
- Peace talks set off Taliban surge in north-west Pakistan
- Nepalese prime minister resigns to pave way for new government
- General strike shuts down Nepalese capital
- Pakistan holds by-elections amid low turnout
Wednesday 25 June 2008
- Pakistani Taliban execute 24 rival tribesmen (Roundup)
- Deadlock persists on Indian nuke deal with US (Roundup)
- US embassy in Colombo closed after suspicious powder is detected
- Pakistan's top court postpones Sharif by-election (Roundup)
- Protests over shrine land spread in Indian Kashmir
- Indian government, allies to hold talks on US nuclear deal
- Toddler rescued after 22 hours in ravine in Nepal
- Taliban attacks on district capitals repelled; 22 militants killed
- Pakistan government files appeal against election ban on Sharif
- British soldier dies in Afghanistan
- Militants kill 22 pro-government tribesmen in north-west Pakistan
- Nepal to extend term of UN mission by another six months
Tuesday 24 June 2008
- Gunshots muffle Pashtu music in Pakistan's Swat valley
- Pakistani government to challenge Sharif election ban amid protests
- Taliban made 100 million dollars in drug profits, UN says
- Afghan policewoman, 16 militants killed in attacks
- Indian scientists strongly oppose US nuke deal
- Two killed in protests over shrine land in Indian Kashmir
- 19 killed in fresh violence in north-west Pakistan
- Nepal's ruling alliance on verge of split
- Police mutiny in western Nepal ends peacefully
Monday 23 June 2008
- Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif disqualified from by-elections (Roundup)
- Six civilians among over 60 killed in Afghan violence (3rd Roundup)
- Four Afghans killed in suicide attack on NATO forces (2nd Roundup)
- Pakistan's former premier disqualified from by-elections
- US military: More than 55 militants killed in Afghanistan (Roundup)
- Sectarian violence kills 18 in Pakistan, 17 police seized (Roundup)
- US military: More than 55 militants killed in Afghanistan (1st Lead)
- Malaysia frees Sri Lankan after 4-year detention
- Afghans protest killing of two civilians by US forces
- Indian fisherman electrocuted in Pakistan prison
- Eleven beheaded in sectarian violence in north-west Pakistan
- Militants seize 16 security personnel in north-west Pakistan
- Police mutiny in west Nepal over rations
Sunday 22 June 2008
- Four Afghan civilians killed in rocket attack on NATO bases
- Floods sparked by rising rivers trap thousands in Bangladesh
- Four rebels, one trooper killed in Kashmir gunbattles (Roundup)
- Three rebels, one trooper killed in Kashmir gunbattles
Saturday 21 June 2008
- Sectarian clashes kill over 20 in north-west Pakistan (Roundup)
- Sectarian clashes kill over 20 in north-west Pakistan (1st Lead)
- Sectarian clashes leave over 20 dead in north-west Pakistan (Urgent)
- Six foreign soldiers, several rebels killed in Afghanistan (Roundup)
- Bangladeshi political parties reject local elections
- Pakistan remembers slain Bhutto on 55th anniversary (Roundup)
- Pakistan remembers slain Bhutto on 55th anniversary
- More than 500 Tibetans arrested in anti-China demo in Nepal
- Six foreign soldiers, several rebels killed in Afghanistan (1st Lead)
- Five international soldiers killed, four wounded in Afghanistan
- Two dead, hundreds displaced by flooding
Friday 20 June 2008
- In photos: 'Afghanistan Kandahar Push'
- Nepal Maoists resign from government
- Pakistan rejects own scientist's link with nuclear bomb designs
- Bangladesh announces local elections on August 4
- Bangladesh announces local elections on August 4
- Death toll reaches 83 in Indian floods
- Pakistan coalition leaders stand divided on judges' issue
- Afghan suicide bomber kills five civilians, soldier (Roundup)
- Kidnapped French businessman freed by Afghan captors (Roundup)
- NATO claims success in clearing Taliban out of Kandahar
- Afghan suicide bomber kills five civilians, soldier (2nd Lead)
- At least 13 killed as bus falls into river in northern India
- Student protests against increased transport fares turn violent
- Kidnapped French businessman and associates freed by Afghan captors
- Four militants killed in Indian Kashmir
- Politician's son kidnapped in north-east India
- Suicide attack kills 10 civilian in Helmand province (1st Lead)
- Two foreign troops killed in southern Afghanistan
- Kidnapped French worker released in southern Afghanistan
Thursday 19 June 2008
- Slovak parliament approves more troops for Afghanistan
- Four Pakistani soldiers killed on border with India
- Islamic militants reorganizing party in Bangladesh
- Army say at least 57 rebels killed as Taliban flee Afghan villages (Roundup)
- Convoy attack kills seven in north-west Pakistan
- Army says 56 rebels killed as Taliban flee Afghan villages displaced people (1st Lead)
- Governor: Taliban flees villages, suffers hundreds of casualties
- Nepal parties agree on integration of former rebel fighters
Wednesday 18 June 2008
- In photos: 'Afghanistan Taliban Hunt'
- Italian police arrest over 30 Tamil Tiger suspects
- Six NATO soldiers, seven Afghans killed in latest violence (Roundup)
- Anti-Taliban operation kills 23 rebels, 2 Afghan soldiers (Roundup)
- Eight feared drowned in bus accident in Bangladesh
- Brown pays tribute to British troops killed in Afghanistan (Extra)
- Suicide bomber kills three Afghan civilians, wounds 10 others
- Anti-Taliban operation kills 23 rebels, two Afghan soldiers (2nd Lead)
- Anti-Taliban operation kills 23 rebels, 2 Afghan soldiers operation (1st Lead)
- Monsoon flooding affects 900,000 people in eastern India
- Four British soldiers killed by mine in Afghanistan death toll of British soldiers (Roundup)
- Four British soldiers killed by mine in Afghanistan
- Seven soldiers, 25 rebels killed in northern Sri Lanka
- Afghan, NATO Operation begins to retake Taliban-held villages
Tuesday 17 June 2008
- US urges Afghans, Pakistanis to cooperate on border security
- UN helicopter crash report blames pilot, UN of flouting rules
- Militants suspend peace deal in Pakistan's restive valley
- Afghan army says rebels in captured villages are foreigners southern district (Roundup)
- India deports over 100 Bangladeshi women
- Rights group says one in four Pakistani convicts faces execution
- NATO, Afghan forces preparing to storm Taliban-held villages
- Lizards, jackals and birds hold up flights from New Delhi
- Four Shiite Muslims shot dead in north-west Pakistan
Monday 16 June 2008
- One child among four killed in Pakistan mosque blast (Roundup)
- Explosion at Pakistan mosque kills four (1st Lead)
- Britain to step up troop levels in Afghanistan (Roundup)
- Militants capture Afghan villages, 37 rebels killed (Roundup)
- Fatalities feared in Pakistan mosque blast (Urgent)
- Afghan child, 37 militants killed in latest violence: officials
- Pakistan vents anger at Karzai over threat (Roundup)
- Romanian troops lead fight to secure Afghan highway
- Brown says Britain to step up troop levels in Afghanistan
- China detains six illegal migrants from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
- Suicide attacker kills 12 police in northern Sri Lanka (Roundup)
- Pakistan lodges formal protest over Karzai's threat
- 25 killed, 311,000 displaced in floods in north-eastern India
- Suicide attacker kills 12 police in northern Sri Lanka (1st Lead)
- 12 police killed, 20 injured in northern Sri Lanka suicide attack
Sunday 15 June 2008
- In photos: 'Afghanistan Prison Break Aftermath'
- Karzai vows to take war on Taliban to Pakistani soil (2nd Roundup)
- Ruling coalition member says Musharraf to be impeached
- Afghan police chief, several Taliban killed in southern Afghanistan
- Karzai vows to take war on Taliban to Pakistani soil (Roundup)
- Nepal's main royal palace turned into museum
- Karzai vows to take war on Taliban to Pakistani soil (1st Lead)
- Air force bombs rebel logistics camp in northern Sri Lanka
- Bus plunge kills 16 in India
- Afghan president vows to take war on Taliban to Pakistani soil
- US forces kill 15 Taliban during search for escaped prisoners
- Two killed in southern Nepal bombing
Saturday 14 June 2008
- In photos: 'Afghanistan Prison Break'
- Around 400 Taliban escape in attack on Afghan prison (Roundup)
- 14 killed in landslides in north-eastern India
- Militants fire grenades in heart of Kashmir capital (Roundup)
- Four US-led coalition soldiers killed in western Afghanistan
- Pakistan militants claim kidnapping 16 Iranian border guards
- Militants fire grenade in heart of Kashmir capital
- Massive hunt begins to capture hundreds of escaped Afghan prisoners
- Sharif: Musharraf can be hanged for violating constitution (Roundup)
Friday 13 June 2008
- Taliban militants free hundreds from Afghanistan prison (Roundup)
- Taliban militants free hundreds from Afghanistan prison
- Thousands march on Pakistan capital for judges' return (2nd Lead)
- Pakistan and US to jointly investigate border air raid (Roundup)
- ISAF helicopter damaged in attack on US convoy in Adds: ISAF soldier killed in Zabul province (Roundup)
- Lawyers' rally march on Pakistan capital for judges' return (1st Lead)
- Give Pakistan government time, Gates says (Roundup)
- Romanian soldier killed in Afghanistan
- NATO-Pakistan relationship "must develop more fully," Scheffer says
- Tibetan exiles protest outside UN office in Kathmandu
- Pakistan protests to NATO over border air raid
- Suicide bomber targets foreign military convoy in Afghanistan
- Pakistan tightens security as anti-Musharraf rally moves to capital
- Asian Development Bank pledges continued assistance for Afghanistan
Thursday 12 June 2008
- Anti-Musharraf lawyers begin march into Pakistani capital (Roundup)
- Conference raises 21.4 billion dollars for Afghanistan (Roundup)
- Dalit girl, mother stripped by "upper caste" Indian villagers
- Anti-Musharraf lawyers begin march into Islamabad
- US to give 10.2 billion dollars for Afghan reconstruction (4th Lead)
- Army called out to keep peace in India's Darjeeling region
- Taliban vow to avenge US attack that killed Pakistani troops (Roundup)
- Nine extremists were killed in gun battle in Bangladesh
- US to give 10.2 billion dollars for Afghan reconstruction (3rd Lead)
- Taliban vow to avenge US attack that killed 11 Pakistani soldiers
- Karzai appeals for aid at Afghanistan conference in Paris (2nd Lead)
- Karzai appeals for aid at Afghanistan conference in Paris (1st Lead)
- Crucial Afghanistan conference opens in Paris
- Jailed Bangladesh opposition leader leaves for treatment in US
Wednesday 11 June 2008
- US defends airstrike in Pakistan (Roundup)
- US regrets raid that killed Pakistani soldiers
- Pakistan freezes defence budget despite rising Islamic militancy
- Pakistan flays US for attack that killed 11 troops (2nd Roundup)
- Government under pressure as lawyers march through Pakistan (Roundup)
- Nepal's former king leaves palace (Roundup)
- Pakistani Taliban kill woman allegedly spying for the US
- Slovak government approves more troops for Afghanistan
- Rebels claim overrunning navy outpost, 14 killed (Roundup)
- US airstrikes kill 33 civilians, says Afghan lawmaker (Roundup)
- Government under pressure as lawyers march through central Pakistan
- Interim regime sets free top Bangladeshi leader (2nd Roundup)
- Nepal's former king says accusations against him are false
- Bangladesh releases opposition leader for medical treatment arrest (Roundup)
- US airstrikes kill 33 civilians, says Afghan lawmaker (1st Lead)
- Pakistan flays US for attack that killed 11 troops (Roundup)
- Amnesty says Afghan goals on security, human rights not fulfilled
- Bangladesh's ex-prime minister released to seek medical care abroad (1st Lead)
- 13 Pakistani troops killed in Afghan border clashes (2nd Lead)
- Bangladesh's ex-prime minister released to seek medical care abroad
- Family lynched in India for allegedly practicing witchcraft
- US airstrikes kill several Afghan civilians, say survivors
- Nepal's former king prepares to vacate main palace
- Three sailors, four rebels dead in clashes off north-west Sri Lanka
- 13 Pakistani troops killed in Afghan border attack (1st Lead)
- PREVIEW: Afghans look to Paris conference for boost - and money
- 13 Pakistani soldiers killed in Afghan border attack (Urgent)
Tuesday 10 June 2008
- Shutdown in India's famous Darjeeling region
- Rallies for judges' restoration gather pace in Pakistan
- Stalemate in talks to end tribe protests in India
Monday 09 June 2008
- Four police, several Taliban killed in Afghanistan (Roundup)
- Brown hails troops "sacrifice" as Afghan toll reaches 100 (Roundup)
- ANALYSIS: Britain in Afghanistan - disaster or "noble cause?"
- Militant attack threatens Pakistan peace deal (Roundup)
- Afghan president begins Dutch visit
- Lawyers launch nationwide anti-Musharraf protests (Roundup)
- 17 killed, 25 injured in road crash in western India
- Indian police arrest Muslim cleric suspected in Jaipur blasts
- Lush and lethal: Afghan 'Green Zone' is Taliban lifeline
- Pakistani lawyers launch nationwide anti-Musharraf protests
- Four police, several Taliban killed in Afghanistan
- Brown hails 'sacrifice and courage' of Afghan troops
- Militant attack leaves four police dead in Pakistan
- Japan mulls providing military assistance in Afghanistan
Sunday 08 June 2008
- Three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan
- Afghan journalist among 25 killed in latest violence (Roundup)
- Laura Bush on surprise visit to Afghanistan (Roundup)
- Thousands, including opposition activists, arrested in Bangladesh
- Musharraf asked to resign amid pledges to slash powers (Roundup)
- Suicide attack wounds three civilians in northern Afghanistan
- Pakistan governing party vows to slash Musharraf's authority
- More than 200 Tibetan exiles arrested in anti-China demonstrations
- Laura Bush arrives on visit to Afghanistan
Saturday 07 June 2008
- Musharraf denies nuclear scientist's claim of pressured confession
- Musharraf denies he plans to resign and leave Pakistan (Roundup)
- Musharraf denies he plans to resign and leave Pakistan
- More than 50 quizzed over Sri Lanka bomb blasts
- Dozens of militants killed in clashes in Afghanistan: US military
- Six labourers killed in gas leak in India's Gujarat state
- Three Sri Lankans dead in hotel blasts in Bangladesh
- Blast targeting police kills five in north-west Pakistan
Friday 06 June 2008
- 23 killed, 80 injured in two attacks on buses in Sri Lanka (Roundup)
- Three members of family, tribal elder killed in Afghanistan (1st Lead)
- 21 killed, 60 injured in Sri Lankan bus blast (Roundup)
- Two killed in petrochemical plant blast in India
- Pakistani police foil bomb plot near Islamabad
- 21 killed, 60 injured in Sri Lanka bus blast (3rd Lead)
- Two coalition soldier killed in helicopter crash
- 21 killed, 55 injured in Sri Lanka bus blast (1st Lead)
- 19 killed and 40 injured in Sri Lanka bus blast (Urgent)
- 21 killed, 55 injured in Sri Lanka bus blast (2nd Lead)
- 21 killed, 55 injured in Sri Lanka bus blast (1st Lead)
- 19 killed and 40 injured in Sri Lanka bus blast (Urgent)
Thursday 05 June 2008
- Indian security man killed in terrorist attack in Afghanistan
- Pakistan frees dozens of pro-Taliban militants under peace deal
- Web postings claim al-Qaeda behind Danish embassy bombing (Roundup)
- Death toll from Bangladesh hotel fire rises to two
- Two children die as rebels blow up bridge in Pakistan
- Internet postings claim al-Qaeda behind Danish embassy bombing
Wednesday 04 June 2008
- Saudi Arabia funds health centres in Pakistan
- 12 rebels killed in faction clashes in north-east India
- Suicide attacks target Afghan towns, several rebels killed (Roundup)
- 24 injured in blast on rail line in Sri Lanka (Roundup)
- Nepal government grants summer palace for deposed king
- Militants blow up video shops in north-west Pakistan
- US-led troops kill a dozen Taliban in south Afghanistan
- 17 injured in blast on rail line south of Colombo
Tuesday 03 June 2008
- Two NATO soldiers killed in eastern Afghanistan (2nd Roundup)
- Victims of Pakistan bombing commemorated (Roundup)
- Taliban abducts six Afghan police officers (Roundup)
- Pakistan probes militant link in Danish embassy bombing (Roundup)
- Foreign ministry staff commemorate victims of Pakistan bombing
- Women block rail tracks as quota protests continue in India
- Pakistan probes militant link in Danish embassy bombing
- Six civilians killed by mine in northern Sri Lanka
Monday 02 June 2008
- In photos: 'Pakistan Danish Embassy Blast'
- Danish government condemns Pakistan bombing (2nd Roundup)
- Nordic foreign ministers condemn embassy bombing in Pakistan
- Denmark soldiers on in Afghanistan after embassy blast
- Danish cartoonist deplores embassy bombing in Pakistan (Extra)
- Suicide car bombing on Danish mission in Pakistan kills six 0401365964 and others available (Roundup)
- Danish government condemns Pakistan bombing (Roundup)
- Sri Lanka flood toll: 11 dead, 165,000 displaced
- Suicide car bombing on Danish mission kills 8 in Pakistan (Roundup)
- Danish foreign minister condemns Pakistan bombing (1st Lead)
- Four militants killed in Kashmir gunbattles
- Report: India tops world murder count
- Danish foreign minister condemns Pakistan bombing
- Twin blasts in a Dhaka hotel leave 50 injured (1st Lead)
- Former king ready to leave main palace, for lesser palace
- Police says dozens of Taliban fighters killed in Afghanistan
- Three killed in car bombing in Pakistan's capital (1st Lead)
- Three killed in bombing in Pakistan's capital (Urgent)
- Bus rams passengers at Delhi airport, killing one tourist
- Explosion in Dhaka hotel injures nearly 50, cause undetermined
- Nepalese man survives flight in aircraft cargo container
Sunday 01 June 2008
- 400 arrested in crackdown by Bangladeshi security forces (Roundup)
- India apologizes for deporting Pakistani human rights activist
- Four Maoist rebels killed by police in eastern India
- Influential Islamic seminary issues fatwa against terrorism
- Bangladesh regime arrests 300 political opponents
- Afghan woman killed, five wounded in bomb blast in Kabul
Saturday 31 May 2008
- Over 100 rebels killed in Afghan operation (Roundup)
- Over 100 rebels killed in Afghan operation to retake Taliban town
- Pakistan abuzz with rumour of Musharraf's resignation
- Suicide attack wounds four foreign soldiers, four Afghan civilians
- Killer elephant "Osama" shot dead in eastern India
- District governor shot dead in southern Afghanistan
- India's Defence Minister Antony faints, admitted to hospital
- India refuses entry to Pakistani rights activist Ansar Burney
Friday 30 May 2008
- Pakistan requests UN to investigate Bhutto's murder
- Architect of Pakistan's N-programme regrets "forced" confession
- Insurgent leader killed, foreign forces attacked in Afghanistan (Roundup)
- Three killed in protests over quotas in India's Rajasthan
- Suicide bomber targets foreign forces in Khost province (2nd Lead)
- Poisonous gas kills seven in eastern India
- Taliban captured district in central Afghanistan (1st Lead)
- Nepal's government tells former king to leave palace
- ANALYSIS: Hurdles ahead after Nepal declares republic
- Coalition soldier killed, 20 militants arrested in Afghanistan
- Pakistani president quashes resignation rumours
Thursday 29 May 2008
- In photos: 'Nepal Republic Rally'
- Suicide attack kills 3 Afghans; 30 Taliban killed in clash (Roundup)
- Hunger - mother throws children into pond, then hangs herself
- Ethnic group protests spread across northern India (Roundup)
- Elephant kills four in northern India
- 37 killed as bus falls into river in southern India
- Suicide attack kills 3 Afghans, 30 Taliban killed in clash (2nd Lead)
- Hundreds gather outside palace calling on former king to leave (Roundup)
- 12 killed as jeep falls into ravine in northern Pakistan
- News report says Pakistan's Musharraf has decided to resign fall (Roundup)
- Ethnic group protestors block roads to Delhi
- News report says Pakistan's Musharraf has decided to resign
- Suicide attack against foreign forces kills 3 Afghans (1st Lead)
- Suicide attack against foreign forces in Kabul kills 3 civilians
- Seventy Bangladeshi workers flee alleged abuse by Malaysian boss
- Army claims 30 Taliban killed in south-western Afghanistan
- Nepal's royal flag lowered from palace
- BACKGROUND: Key dates in Nepal's monarchy
- Four civilians, 15 rebels killed in clashes in northern Sri Lanka
Wednesday 28 May 2008
- UN welcomes Nepal's new constituent assembly
- Gyanendra - the last king of Nepal
- Nepal abolishes monarchy, becomes a republic (Roundup)
- Nepal abolishes monarchy, becomes a republic (Urgent)
- Journalist hacked to death in northern Sri Lanka
- Nepal assembly begins historic meeting to abolish monarchy (Extra)
- Three blasts in Kathmandu as assembly prepares to meet
- NATO soldier killed, suicide attacks target Afghan cities (Roundup)
- Ethnic group protests spread to Indian capital
- Thousands rally in Kathmandu ahead of historic vote on monarchy (Roundup)
- Explosion kills eight militants on Pakistan-Afghan border (Roundup)
- Three killed as police open fire on demonstrators in western Nepal
- Two policemen, five civilians wounded in two Afghan suicide attacks
- Reports: Nepal king in talks ahead of vote on fate of monarchy (Extra)
- 26 in hospital after gas leak at Tata plant in India
- Fourteen Afghans killed, 59 injured in traffic accident
- Explosion on Pakistan-Afghan border kills six Islamic militants
- Thousands rally in Kathmandu ahead of historic vote on monarchy
- China earthquake delays 500 million dollars in aid to Pakistan
Tuesday 27 May 2008
- Latest blasts, clashes kill 22 people in Afghanistan (2nd Roundup)
- Roadside blasts kill 13 Afghans, several Taliban killed (Roundup)
- Maoist rebels kill politician in India's eastern state
- Blast hits Kathmandu bus stop as new assembly sworn in (Roundup)
- Roadside blasts kill 13 Afghans, several Taliban killed (2nd Lead)
- Dutch couple re-arrested in alleged Sri Lankan illegal adoption
- PREVIEW: Nepal's monarchy faces vote to end dynasty
- Nepal minister asks king to leave palace ahead of vote
- Roadside bomb blast kills eight Afghan civilians (1st Lead)
- Soldier dies in accident in south-eastern Afghanistan
- 19 killed in storms in northern India
- Nepal's main political parties agree on formation of new government
- Blackberry rejects Indian government request to spy on messages
- ANALYSIS: Pakistan's peace deals with militants risk ire of US, NATO
- Estonians ready for battle in Afghanistan's 'Hell Land'
Monday 26 May 2008
- Senior US official meets Maoist leader in Nepal
- Nine killed in bomb on passenger train in Sri Lanka (Roundup)
- EU to send more trainers, Italy to change caveats (Roundup)
- NATO soldier, four Afghans, two police killed in attacks (Roundup)
- NATO soldier, four Afghans, two police killed in attacks (Roundup)
- Blast in Nepalese capital ahead of move on monarchy
- Former army chief arrested in Bangladesh for jet fraud
- EU to send more trainers to Afghanistan, Italy to change caveats
- Seven killed in bomb on passenger train in Sri Lanka (1st Lead)
- Bomb explodes inside passenger train in Sri Lanka
- India's Rajasthan tense as protest death toll mounts to 37
- NATO soldier killed, two wounded in blast in southern Afghanistan
- Nepal's government bans demonstrations around royal palace
- Five killed in sectarian violence in north-west Pakistan
Sunday 25 May 2008
- Two foreign soldiers, dozen Taliban killed in Afghanistan (Roundup)
- India's Bharatiya Janata Party win key election
- Seven farm workers killed in thunderstorms in Bangladesh
- Suicide attack against NATO troops in southern Afghanistan wounds 5
- Rain-related incidents claim 10 lives in north-west Pakistan
- Nepalese man, 75, becomes oldest to reach Everest summit
- Two international soldiers killed in Afghanistan
- India's Rajasthan tense as protest death toll reaches 35
Saturday 24 May 2008
- Two policemen among four killed in fresh Pakistani violence (Roundup)
- Pakistan's ruling party moves to cut Musharraf's powers (Roundup)
- Three Afghan children, several Taliban killed in attacks (Roundup)
- 10 more killed in quota protests in India's Rajasthan (2nd Roundup)
- Pakistan' ruling party approves to cut Musharraf's powers
- Army out in India's Rajasthan to control quota protests (Roundup)
- Nepal PM formally asks the Maoists to form new government
- Army out in villages in India's Rajasthan to control quota protests
- Five Taliban killed, four police wounded in southern Afghanistan
- Bomb attacks kill two policemen, civilian in north-west Pakistan
- Three Afghan children killed, four NATO soldiers wounded in blasts
- US writer sought for illegal possession of Nepalese artefacts
Friday 23 May 2008
- Sixteen civilians killed in mine blast in northern Sri Lanka
- Five killed in protests over ethnic quotas in India
- Tensions mount between Pakistan's ruling party and Musharraf
- India successfully tests nuclear-capable Prithvi missile (Roundup)
- Indian government announces relief for Gujarat riot victims
- Pakistan frees 96 Indian fishermen
- Afghan soldiers, child killed in suicide attack
- India successfully tests nuclear-capable Prithvi missile
- Suicide attack kills Afghan soldiers; militants arrested in Khost
- Veteran Swiss mountaineer dies on Everest
Thursday 22 May 2008
- Neighbours express condolences to Lithuania over soldier's death
- Afghan army soldier killed by bicycle bomb (Roundup)
- Sherpa guide scales Mount Everest for record 18th time
- ISAF soldier, two Afghans killed in anti-US protest (Roundup)
- US general: Afghan army to lead "virtually all" missions in 2009
- Two killed as Afghans protest US soldier's Koran desecration
- Villagers hold a bonfire of toy guns in north-eastern India
- Bangladesh government, opposition start dialogue on polls
- Taliban attacks against NATO bases kill, wound 4 Afghan children
- Toxic liquor death toll rises to 168 in India
- Indian police arrest Jaipur blast suspect
Wednesday 21 May 2008
- US sceptical of Pakistani truce with militants
- Pakistan signs peace accord with militants in Swat valley (Roundup)
- Pakistan, India focus on counter-terrorism to reach peace (Roundup)
- Two NATO soldiers, 14 Taliban killed in Afghanistan (Roundup)
- Nepali high-altitude guide, six others atop Everest
- 14 Taliban, foreign fighters, killed in Afghanistan (2nd Lead)
- Tainted liquor death toll surpasses 150 in India
- Indian foreign minister discusses peace with Musharraf
- Six Afghan police killed, five injured in traffic accident
- Militant attack, sectarian violence kills five in Pakistan
- 18 killed as bus falls into ditch in northern India (Roundup)
- Two NATO soldiers, Afghan translator killed in explosion (1st Lead)
- NATO soldier, Afghan translator killed in explosion
- 15 killed as bus falls into a ditch in northern India
- Bangladesh flags at half-mast for Myanmar, China dead
- Anti-Maoist strike shuts down Nepalese capital
Tuesday 20 May 2008
- Sri Lankan troops launch counterattack in the north (Roundup)
- Pakistan and India agree to carry forward peace process (2nd Roundup)
- Pakistan and India agree to carry forward peace process (Roundup)
- Five Afghan civilians, 2 NATO soldiers killed in violence (Roundup)
- Bangladesh starts probe into graft charges against Muslim cleric
- Pakistan, India agree to carry forward peace process
- Two NATO soldiers, police official killed in Afghanistan
- Tainted liquor claims more than 100 lives in India
- Death toll in Nepal bus accident rises to 35
- Seven injured in attack on Pakistani troops
- Sri Lankan troops launch counter-attack in the north
Monday 19 May 2008
- Blast outside mosque kills three in north-west Pakistan (Roundup)
- Suicide attack wounds 4 Afghan soldiers, 10 Taliban killed
- Indian soldier killed as Pakistani troops open fire near border
- Twenty killed, dozens missing in Nepal bus accident (Roundup)
- Ismaili leader Aga Khan begins four-day visit to Bangladesh
- 51 die after drinking tainted liquor in India
- Pro-Taliban militants claim responsibility for Pakistan blast
- Thirteen killed, dozens missing in Nepal bus accident
- Eighteen killed in poll violence in eastern India
- 10 soldiers and 40 rebels killed in north-western Sri Lanka
Sunday 18 May 2008
- Suicide attack near army base kills 13 in Pakistan (2nd Roundup)
- Blast near army base kills 11 in north-west Pakistan (Roundup)
- Suicide attack kills four Afghan civilians, wounds eight (Extra)
- At least six killed in blast near Pakistan Army base (1st Lead)
- At least four killed in blast near Pakistan Army base (Urgent)
- Foreign soldier among nine killed in Afghan violence (Roundup)
- Abducted Indian, Nepalese workers released in Afghanistan (Roundup)
- Sixteen die after drinking poisonous liquor in India
- Five killed in poll violence in eastern India
- Pakistan vows to continue fight against terrorism
- Taliban says it shot down NATO helicopter - no-one injured
- Abducted Indian, Nepalese workers released in Afghanistan (1st Lead)
- 12 workers killed in wall collapse near Delhi
- Abducted Indian, Nepalese workers released in western Afghanistan
Saturday 17 May 2008
- Four civilians, over 15 Taliban killed in Afghan violence (Roundup)
- Pakistani envoy to Afghanistan recovered from tribal region (Roundup)
- Four civilians, over 15 Taliban killed in Afghan violence (2nd Lead)
- Four civilians, several Taliban killed in Afghan violence (1st Lead)
- Six militants killed in Kashmir gun battle
- Politician, seven others killed in bomb blast in India
- Pakistani envoy to Afghanistan released from tribal region (1st Lead)