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India interest rate unchanged on inflation fears
India's central bank left its key interest rate unchanged Monday due to inflation concerns, thwarting hopes of a rate cut to kick-start flagging ...
Indian man beheads daughter in rage over lifestyle
Police say a man upset over his daughter's lifestyle chopped her head off with a sword and then paraded it through his village before surrendering to ...
US shadow wars rely on drones, computers
After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile. Drone aircraft spy on ...
Accounting for natural wealth gains world traction
What is a sip of clean water worth? Is there economic value in the shade of a tree? And how much would you pay for a breath of fresh air? Putting a ...
Ex-Indian army major takes flight, kills family
At 6:15 a.m. last Saturday, Avtar Singh dialed 911 from his home in the Central Valley farming town 200 miles north of Los Angeles. He told police he ...
Bombings kill 33 in Pakistani tribal region
Two bombs killed 33 people in tribal areas of northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, officials and witnesses said, a reminder of the instability wracking ...
Government official says car bombing in Pakistan tribal region has killed 13, wounded 35@
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A Pakistani government official says the death toll from a bomb blast in a tribal area near the Afghan border has jumped to 13.
Afghan neighbors join forces to tackle problems
Afghanistan and regional heavyweights agreed Thursday to work together to fight terrorism and drug-trafficking and pursue economic development — a ...
Myanmar conflict spurs hatred for Asia's outcasts
They have been called ogres and animals, terrorists and much worse — when their existence is even acknowledged. Asia's more than 1 million ethnic ...
India: Pakistan firing kills 1 Indian in Kashmir
Pakistani forces killed one Indian soldier in firing across their disputed frontier in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, the Indian military said ...
Explosion in steel plant in south India kills 11
An explosion in a state-owned steel plant in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has killed at least 11 people, police said Thursday. At least ...
US drone strike kills 3 in Pakistan, officials say
Pakistani intelligence officials say a U.S. drone strike has killed three suspected militants in an attack on a building in a town close to the Afghan ...
Bin Laden's relatives get short prison sentence
A Pakistani court on Monday convicted Osama bin Laden's three widows and two of his daughters of illegally entering and living in the country and ...
Maldives president opens Parliament amid protests
The new president of the Maldives addressed lawmakers and opened Parliament amid vehement protests by the opposition on Monday, nearly six weeks after ...