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  • Rights group accuses Pakistani military of abuse

    Amnesty International accused the Pakistani military on Thursday of carrying out widespread human rights abuses in the country's northwest tribal ... 

  • Pakistan extends refugee status for Afghans

    The Pakistani government says it has extended refugee status for over a million Afghans in the country by six months. The government said in a ... 

  • Ravi Shankar

    Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92

    The kids at first didn't seem to know how to respond as Ravi Shankar began his four-hour set on the final afternoon of the Monterey Pop Festival, in ... 

  • Report: Most Pakistani lawmakers do not file taxes

    The majority of Pakistani lawmakers do not file tax returns despite a legal requirement to do, a report said Wednesday, reinforcing concerns about the ... 

  • Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies

    Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar has died. He was 92. The prime minister's office confirmed his death and called him a "national treasure." Shankar ... 

  • Why efforts to stop factory fires have failed

    About a year and a half before a fire at a clothing factory in Bangladesh killed 112 people in November, executives from Wal-Mart, Gap and other big ... 

  • Crashes raise concern about Pakistani air force

    Over a dozen Pakistani air force planes have crashed in roughly the past 18 months, raising concerns about the health of an aging fleet that officials ... 

  • Pakistan: US drone strike kills al-Qaida commander

    A U.S. drone strike has killed an al-Qaida commander in Pakistan's northwest, the second member of the Islamic militant network killed in the area in ... 

  • Pakistan: US drone kills senior al-Qaida leader

    A U.S. drone strike has killed a senior al-Qaida leader in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials said, in ... 

  • Pakistan's largest city rocked by wave of violence

    Bodies are piling up in Pakistan's largest city as it suffers one of its most violent years in history, and concern is growing that the chaos is ... 

  • Karzai: Afghan spy chief bomber came from Pakistan

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that the recent assassination attempt on the country's intelligence chief was planned in Pakistan, but ... 

  • Bollywood wows Morocco, dreams of America

    For once, the storytellers, snake charmers and food stalls were gone from Marrakech's main square and in their place pulsed a crowd of thousands of ... 

  • Narendra Modi

    Polarizing Indian politician seeks another win

    For thousands of voters in this dusty little town, nothing is impossible for Narendra Modi, the man they believe has worked magic to reinvent the ... 

  • India's parliament permits foreign retailers entry

    India's parliament on Friday approved the government's plans to open up the country's massive retail sector to international big-box companies such ... 

  • APNewsBreak: Dhaka factory lost fire certification

    The factory where 112 garment workers died in a fire should have been shut down months ago. The fire department refused to renew the certification it ... 

  • US drone kills 3 suspected militants in Pakistan

    A U.S. drone fired a pair of missiles at a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region near the Afghan border Thursday, killing three suspected ... 

  • Jacques Rogge, Christophe De Kepper

    IOC suspends India over political interference

    The IOC suspended India's national Olympic committee on Tuesday because of government interference in its election process, a major embarrassment for ... 

  • Jacques Rogge

    Officials familiar with case: IOC suspends India

    The IOC suspended India's national Olympic committee on Tuesday because of government interference in its election process, two officials with ... 

  • Chinese co. to pay $2M for nuke export violations

    A company owned by the Chinese government has pleaded guilty for conspiring to violate nuclear export restrictions on Pakistan and agreed to pay $2 ... 

  • Gunman severely wounds Swedish woman in Pakistan

    A gunman on a motorcycle shot and severely wounded an elderly Swedish woman who worked at a church in eastern Pakistan on Monday, officials said. 

  • Princess Mette-Marit, Prince Haakon Magnus

    Norway's crown princess minded surrogate children

    When friends of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit couldn't travel to India to welcome their surrogate twins into the world, the royal stepped up, ... 

  • Bangladesh fire victims want old jobs back

    As 112 of her co-workers died in a garment-factory fire, Dipa Akter got out by jumping from the third floor through a hole made by breaking apart an ... 

  • Hillary Rodham Clinton

    Turkey's defense, Pakistan top Clinton's agenda

    Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in the Czech Republic for talks on energy policy in a country heavily dependent on Russian fuel. 

  • Pakistani Hindus protest destruction of temple

    Pakistani Hindus Sunday protested the destruction of a Hindu temple in the southern port city of Karachi. The temple was razed, along with some nearby ... 

  • The factory fire: Global commerce, local tragedy

    In the charred bones of the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory, the labels and logos — sewn and printed in scarlet and royal blue — beckon from the ashes. 

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