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Page last updated at 10:59 GMT, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 11:59 UK

Protesters burn an effigy of President Musharraf
Musharraf cancels visit to China
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf cancels a visit to China as his enemies in government discuss possible impeachment.
Q&A: Pakistan's judges
Spies challenge government
PM meets a sceptical US

A protester in Jammu on 5 August 2008 Indian PM in urgent Kashmir talks
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calls an all-party meeting to discuss worsening tensions in Indian-administered Kashmir.

The Japanese baby born to a surrogate Indian mother India-Japan baby in legal wrangle
The future of a Japanese baby born to a surrogate Indian mother is uncertain after her parents divorce.

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Aafia Siddiqui (FBI handout) Mysterious case
Al-Qaeda suspect who went missing for five years
Ahmed Rashid Fall into chaos
Ahmed Rashid on militancy in South Asia
Computer in madrassa Audio slideshow
IT and journalism on the curriculum at Indian madrassa

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Awami League wins B'desh election
K2 survivor: Climbers all dead
Indian student group ban unlawful
Food shortages warning for Nepal
Briton opposes Indian rapist bail
Pakistan clashes take heavy toll
India court in key abortion order
Murdoch plans expansion in India
Three killed in Kashmir protests
India announces more Afghan aid
Bangladesh holds peaceful polls
Pilgrims return to India shrine
Al-Qaeda confirms fighter's death
Pakistan to probe bombing

BUSINESS
Quake relief links aid Inmarsat
Material costs dent Tata Motors

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Max Vijay Insuring India
Foreign insurance firms could get greater access
Parents of missing children in Delhi 'No faith'
Parents of missing children in India allege police apathy
Vultures in Nepal Vulture 'eatery'
Where the food is rotten and the clientele flocks to it
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K2 survivor 'taken to hospital'
UN warning on India child health
'Al-Qaeda' woman appears in court
Taleban 'burn Pakistan schools'
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