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Indian PM Manmohan Singh speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. Photo: 23 November 2009
Indian PM holds talks with Obama
Indian PM Manmohan Singh is given first state reception of Barack Obama's presidency.
'We can strengthen recovery'
South Asian lobbyists in the US
Clinton's diplomatic test in India

Demonstrators on the Babri mosque Ayodhya report blames India's BJP
An Indian report blames leading Hindu nationalist politicians for playing a role in the demolition in 1992 of the Ayodhya mosque.

US soldiers in Afghanistan - 2009 US Afghan decision 'within days'
The US president will announce his decision on whether to deploy more US troops to Afghanistan "within days", aides say.

FEATURES, NEWS, ANALYSIS
Devotee at Nepal animal sacrifice festival Bloody festival
Protests as Nepal stages huge animal sacrifice event
Protest in Pakistan Paralysed state
Ahmed Rashid on conspiracy theories sweeping Pakistan
table setting Mardell's America
Obama set to lay on the style for visiting Indian PM

MORE FROM SOUTH ASIA
Ayodhya report put to parliament
Bangladesh arrests terror suspect
Clashes at Australia refugee camp
Indian PM Singh begins US visit
Seven killed in NE India blasts
Sri Lanka camps 'to be opened'
Mumbai suspects arrested in Italy
Second twin out of coma
US sets Afghan corruption marker
Mumbai gunmen bodies unburied
Pakistan drone attack kills eight
BUSINESS
Reliance to expand oil business
Air India losses more than $1bn

FEATURES
Kabul capital
India's record breaking cricketers
West seeks new beginnings
Soviet lessons from Afghanistan
Karzai's vows 'new season'
Views from Afghanistan

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Varanasi ghat Last chance
Can the Ganges be saved from death by pollution?
Aasif Mandvi at the UK premiere of Today's Special, in London 16 October 2009 Hello Hollywood
South Asian stars find success on US silver screen
Abandoned bride's wedding bracelets Abandoned brides
The women deserted in India by UK husbands
OTHER TOP STORIES
Sri Lanka general 'seeks top job'
Pakistan clash 'kills civilians'
Tamil Tigers convicted in France
India launches ballistic missile
Seven soldiers die in Afghanistan
Reliance bids for LyondellBasell
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The remains of caterpillars which were killed by the parasitic fungus Cordyceps sinensis 'Caterpillar fungus' smugglers held in Kashmir

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Manmohan Singh and Barack Obama Indian PM Manmohan Singh in US


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