http://www.mail.com/in-en/locations/8320-south-asia.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/locations/8320-south-asia.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2097286-chinas-li-seeks-stronger-economic-ties-with-india.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told Indian business leaders Tuesday that developing stronger economic ties between their two nations would have huge benefits for both sides. Li spoke a day after holding meetings with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during which the two leaders played down a recent border dispute and stressed the aim of f... Tue, 21 May 2013 09:16:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2097286-chinas-li-seeks-stronger-economic-ties-with-india.html 2013-05-21T09:16:27Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097280-pakistans-presumptive-pm-calls-taliban-talks.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army. Nawaz Sharif said "terrorism" was one of the most serious problems plaguing the country and any offer by the Pakistani Taliban to ... Mon, 20 May 2013 19:11:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097280-pakistans-presumptive-pm-calls-taliban-talks.html 2013-05-20T19:11:56Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2098162-cannes-rolls-red-carpet-indian-movies.html CANNES, France (AP) — Indian cinema is being feted in Cannes on its 100th birthday. But amid the celebrations, the B-word — "Bollywood" — remains controversial. The French film festival has rolled out the red carpet for Indian cinema this year, with events including a gala dinner and screening Sunday of "Bombay Talkies," a portmanteau movie with four dire... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:34:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2098162-cannes-rolls-red-carpet-indian-movies.html 2013-05-20T16:34:58Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097840-us-pakistan-curbing-explosive-fertilizers.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan, said a top U.S. military officer Monday. Brig. Gen. Robert P. Walters Jr., deputy director of the U.S. military's Joint IED Defeat Organization, spo... Mon, 20 May 2013 14:58:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097840-us-pakistan-curbing-explosive-fertilizers.html 2013-05-20T14:58:29Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095896-chinese-premier-visits-india-to-boost-ties.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties. Premier Li Keqiang met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the two leaders emphasized that efforts sh... Sun, 19 May 2013 17:49:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095896-chinese-premier-visits-india-to-boost-ties.html 2013-05-19T17:49:16Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095976-karzai-seeks-indian-military-aid-amid-pakistan-row.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said. The comments follow a weekend report by the Times of India that said Afghanistan's ambassador to India had said the country... Sun, 19 May 2013 14:39:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095976-karzai-seeks-indian-military-aid-amid-pakistan-row.html 2013-05-19T14:39:01Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095920-pakistan-repeats-vote-karachi-despite-killing.html KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan held a repeat election on Sunday in an upscale area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging, despite the shooting death of a senior member of former cricket star Imran Khan's party. Khan blamed Zahra Shahid's killing late Saturday night in Karachi on the Muttahida Quami Movement, ... Sun, 19 May 2013 10:19:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095920-pakistan-repeats-vote-karachi-despite-killing.html 2013-05-19T10:19:22Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2095486-member-pakistani-cricket-stars-party-killed.html KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Police say gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a senior member of a leading Pakistani political party. Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz says Zohra Shahid was gunned down outside her home in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. Shahid was the vice president of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehr... Sat, 18 May 2013 20:58:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2095486-member-pakistani-cricket-stars-party-killed.html 2013-05-18T20:58:34Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2092744-bombs-mosques-northwest-pakistan-kill-15.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Bombs that exploded outside two mosques in a village in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 15 people Friday, underlining the challenge of militant violence facing a new government set to take power under the leadership of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The blasts at the two Sunni Muslim mosques also wounded 70 people, sai... Fri, 17 May 2013 16:38:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2092744-bombs-mosques-northwest-pakistan-kill-15.html 2013-05-17T16:38:01Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2092526-indian-circuses-struggle-to-adapt-court-bans.html MUMBAI, India (AP) — In the early morning heat and dust, daily practice at the Rambo Circus is in full swing. A trapeze creaks as two performers perfect their throws. A Colombian daredevil shouts to his colleagues scrambling atop a giant set of spinning wheels called the Ring of Death. Looking on with worry is circus manager John Matthew. For 38 years, he... Fri, 17 May 2013 09:05:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2092526-indian-circuses-struggle-to-adapt-court-bans.html 2013-05-17T09:05:57Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089454-bangladesh-myanmar-relieved-cyclone-fizzles.html COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had told more than 1 million people to leave vulnerable coastal areas in preparation for a far worse storm. Cyclone Mahasan lost power as it shed huge amounts of rain and then veer... Fri, 17 May 2013 02:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089454-bangladesh-myanmar-relieved-cyclone-fizzles.html 2013-05-17T02:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089928-claims-pakistan-vote-rigging-affect-8-seats.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan says it will conduct a recount or re-do the vote for eight national assembly seats following allegations of vote rigging in the recent election. Pakistan election commission official Khurshid Alam said Thursday there are three other seats where the voting remains to be done, either because a candidate was killed in the run-up to ... Thu, 16 May 2013 11:40:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089928-claims-pakistan-vote-rigging-affect-8-seats.html 2013-05-16T11:40:47Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089302-nepal-plane-crash-injures-21-including-8-japanese.html KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A plane crashed while trying to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal early Thursday, and all 21 people on board, including eight Japanese tourists, survived with injuries, police said. Four of the injured were in critical condition, police officer Bhim Bahadur Chand said. The state-owned Nepal Airlines plane was carrying ei... Thu, 16 May 2013 08:45:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089302-nepal-plane-crash-injures-21-including-8-japanese.html 2013-05-16T08:45:26Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089430-gosnell-case-fuels-bitter-us-abortion-debate.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — One of the last people seated in the witness box at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's murder trial was a character witness for a co-defendant, and had nothing to do with Gosnell's abortion clinic. But the woman happened to be six months pregnant, and nearly waddled to the stand. If the jury had any doubts about the second- or third-trimester aborti... Thu, 16 May 2013 06:32:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089430-gosnell-case-fuels-bitter-us-abortion-debate.html 2013-05-16T06:32:15Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2086530-rain-cyclone-falls-myanmar-minority-stay.html SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar's western coast, the order to evacuate ahead of the storm was met with widespread refusal. Tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya people live in the plastic-roofed tents and huts made of reeds, and they dist... Thu, 16 May 2013 04:38:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2086530-rain-cyclone-falls-myanmar-minority-stay.html 2013-05-16T04:38:49Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2086832-arctic-open-council-to-china-india-skorea.html KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — Arctic states agreed Wednesday to let nations that are located nowhere near the Earth's north to become observers to their diplomatic council, boosting rising economic powers China, India and South Korea, which are seeking to mine the region for its untapped energy and other natural resources. The European Union also was tentatively ... Thu, 16 May 2013 02:13:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2086832-arctic-open-council-to-china-india-skorea.html 2013-05-16T02:13:24Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2087742-sharifs-win-sparks-hope-pakistan-india-ties.html WAGAH, Pakistan (AP) — Over a decade ago, the man now set to become Pakistan's next prime minister stood at this border crossing with archenemy India to inaugurate a "friendship" bus service connecting the two countries as cheering supporters waved flags and tossed rose petals. There is widespread hope on both sides of the border that Nawaz Sharif will ta... Wed, 15 May 2013 17:05:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2087742-sharifs-win-sparks-hope-pakistan-india-ties.html 2013-05-15T17:05:13Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2087122-ioc-to-chart-indias-return-to-olympic-fold.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC will issue a "roadmap" for India's return to the Olympic fold after both sides reached agreement Wednesday on the terms for lifting the country's suspension. The Indian Olympic Association was suspended by the world body in December for failing to comply with the Olympic Charter in its elections, a major embarrassment ... Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2087122-ioc-to-chart-indias-return-to-olympic-fold.html 2013-05-15T14:00:57Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2086956-battles-pakistan-tribal-area-displace-thousands.html PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — A new offensive by the Pakistani military against militants in a northwestern tribal area has displaced thousands of people in the past week, an official said Wednesday. For years, Pakistan has been battling militant groups such as the Taliban in the tribal regions bordering Afghanistan. Civilians are often caught in the middle... Wed, 15 May 2013 12:55:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2086956-battles-pakistan-tribal-area-displace-thousands.html 2013-05-15T12:55:56Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2084358-boats-carrying-fleeing-rohingya-minority-capsize.html SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of members of the displaced Rohingya minority group into the sea. Eight bodies were found and more than 50 people were missing and feared dead, the United Nations said. More than 100 people were aboard the boat when it set sail late... Wed, 15 May 2013 05:24:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2084358-boats-carrying-fleeing-rohingya-minority-capsize.html 2013-05-15T05:24:12Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2083766-bollywood-star-bachchan-hopes-hollywood-roles.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood's biggest star, Amitabh Bachchan, is willing to explore more Hollywood movies now that he's done his first. Bachchan says he has never been offered Hollywood films before the 3-D extravaganza "The Great Gatsby," which opens the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday. The 71-year-old said that at his age, it is difficult to expect tha... Wed, 15 May 2013 01:37:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2083766-bollywood-star-bachchan-hopes-hollywood-roles.html 2013-05-15T01:37:21Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083736-bangladesh-honors-dead-building-collapse.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died in the structure's collapse last month, the worst tragedy in the history of the global garment industry. The Islamic prayer service was held a day after the army ended a nearl... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:59:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083736-bangladesh-honors-dead-building-collapse.html 2013-05-14T20:59:32Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083756-pakistan-vote-count-big-sharif-win.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — The vote count from last weekend's nationwide elections in Pakistan on Tuesday indicates a big win for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party. Figures released by the country's election commission, based on 254 of the 269 races where the counting has been completed, show Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N party will likely get a majori... Tue, 14 May 2013 19:58:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083756-pakistan-vote-count-big-sharif-win.html 2013-05-14T19:58:33Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2084042-india-announces-low-cost-rotavirus-vaccine.html NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian government announced Tuesday the development of a new low-cost vaccine proven effective against a diarrhea-causing virus that is one of the leading causes of childhood deaths across the developing world. The Indian manufacturer of the new rotavirus vaccine pledged to sell it for $1 a dose, a significant discount from the cost o... Tue, 14 May 2013 13:23:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2084042-india-announces-low-cost-rotavirus-vaccine.html 2013-05-14T13:23:08Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2083896-afghanistan-pakistan-govt-offers-opportunity.html BERLIN (AP) — A senior Afghan official says the prospect of a strong new government after last weekend's elections in Pakistan represents a good opportunity to improve cooperation between the two neighbors, which have long had uneasy relations. Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin spoke at the opening Tuesday of a meeting of the International Contact Group... Tue, 14 May 2013 09:44:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2083896-afghanistan-pakistan-govt-offers-opportunity.html 2013-05-14T09:44:37Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2082222-drug-manufacturer-agrees-to-500-penalty.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A subsidiary of India's largest pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay a record $500 million in fines and penalties for selling adulterated drugs and lying to federal regulators in a case that is part of an ongoing crackdown on the quality of generic drugs flowing into the U.S. Federal prosecutors say the guilty plea by Ranbaxy USA Inc... Tue, 14 May 2013 03:33:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2082222-drug-manufacturer-agrees-to-500-penalty.html 2013-05-14T03:33:52Z