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Ford India apologizes over Berlusconi bondage ad
The Indian unit of Ford Motor Co. has apologized for advertisements decried as demeaning to women, including one depicting Italy's former Prime ...
2 Italian marines return to India to face trial
Two Italian marines returned to India on Friday to face trial in the killing of a pair of Indian fishermen, ending a diplomatic rift that had soured ...
Court lifts gag order on India gang rape trial
A court ruled Friday that Indian media will now be allowed to cover the trial of four men accused in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman on a ...
Italy to return 2 marine murder suspects to India
Italy said it would return two marines to India by Friday to face murder charges in the shooting deaths of two fishermen, reversing a decision that ...
India court upholds actor Sanjay Dutt's conviction
India's Supreme Court upheld the weapons conviction of Bollywood leading man Sanjay Dutt and ordered him to report to prison within four weeks in a ...
Italian marines sought by India are questioned
A military prosecutor in Rome questioned two Italian marines on Wednesday who India is insisting must return to face trial in the deaths of two Indian ...
India cuts key interest rate to 7.5 percent
India's central bank lowered its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point Tuesday as it tries to revive stalled growth in Asia's third-largest ...
Bus falls off bridge in India, killing at least 37
A bus packed with passengers crashed through a guard rail and fell off a bridge in western India early Tuesday, killing at least 37 people and ...
India extends ban on departure of Italian envoy
India's Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely extended its order barring the Italian ambassador from leaving the country and rejected his explanation ...
Indian police say 5 admit to raping Swiss tourist
Five men have been arrested and have confessed to raping a Swiss woman who was attacked in central India while on a cycling vacation with her husband, ...
Swiss tourist gang-raped in central India
A Swiss woman who was on a cycling trip in central India with her husband has been gang-raped by eight men, police said Saturday. The attack comes ...
Indian court demands Italy answer for marine flap
India's Supreme Court barred Italy's ambassador from leaving the country Thursday and demanded that he explain why his country is refusing to return ...
Rape defendant's death casts shadow on model jail
India's Tihar Jail is a land of bakeries and carpentry shops, where inmates compete in music contests, take classes and perform intensive Buddhist ...
UN urges peaceful resolution in Italy-India spat
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Wednesday for a peaceful resolution to a dispute between Italy and India over the fate of two Italian ...
US business bemoans India trade 'protectionism'
American businesses complained to lawmakers Wednesday about Indian trade protectionism, contending that tariff and regulatory barriers are shutting ...
Spielberg mingles with Bollywood stars in India
Movie director Steven Spielberg says he chooses his work based on emotion, not business. The multiple Oscar-winning American director told Indian ...
India agency files case against air force ex-chief
India's top investigative agency filed a criminal case on Wednesday against a former air force chief and 11 other people on charges of cheating and ...
Indian PM demands Italy return marines for trial
India's prime minister demanded Wednesday that Italy return two marines accused of killing a pair of fishermen last year or face unspecified ...
ADB: In Asia, wealth buys access to clean water
Ninety-one percent of people living in Asia have improved access to clean water, a remarkable achievement over the last two decades in the world's ...
Body of dead Indian rape defendant given to family
The body of a man who died in a New Delhi jail while in the midst of a high-profile rape trial was released to his family Tuesday after a post-mortem ...