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Sat, 17 May 2008 06:44:50 GMT

•	Pakistan Afghan ambassador freed
	Pakistan's envoy to Afghanistan, abducted by suspected Taleban militants in February, is released.

•	Suicide bomb in Sri Lanka capital
	At least 10 people are killed in a suicide attack in the heart of Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, the army says.

•	US aid 'failing to reach target'
	The US Congress provides billions of dollars for Pakistan and Afghanistan but much of the money never gets there.

•	Pakistan 'protests' at US strike
	Pakistan says it has protested over a missile attack in its tribal areas that was carried out by the US.

•	India sends doctors to Burma
	A team of 50 Indian medical personnel is going to Burma to help cyclone victims, at the military regime's request.

•	India issues new suspect sketches
	Police in India issue three more sketches of men whom they want to question for the attacks in the city of Jaipur.

•	Feuding rebels die in India clash
	At least 12 separatists are killed in factional fighting in India's north-eastern state of Nagaland, police say.

•	Taleban free Pakistan troops
	Pro-Taleban militants release six more Pakistani soldiers as part of peace moves with the new government.

•	More die in Uttar Pradesh storm
	Officials in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh say the number of people killed in a storm on Wednesday has risen to 128.

•	Harbhajan banned from five ODIs
	Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh is banned for five one-day internationals for slapping his team-mate Sree Santh.

•	India & Aussies to tour Pakistan
	India, Sri Lanka and Australia will all tour Pakistan next year, according to the Pakistan Cricket Board.

•	More corruption charges in B'desh
	A court in Bangladesh orders the arrest of six former cabinet ministers, on corruption charges.

•	Police charges in Karachi burning
	Pakistani police say they are seeking to bring charges against a mob after three thieves were set alight in broad daylight in central Karachi.

•	Pakistan battles power shortages
	Pakistan is switching to daylight saving next month to help reduce the effects of power shortages.

•	Uttar Pradesh storm toll rises
	The official death toll in Wednesday's storm in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh rises to 94.

•	Indian workers abducted in Sudan
	The UN withdraws non-essential staff from Sudan's town of Abyei after government and ex-rebels clash.

•	Sharif clear to stand in election
	Pakistani electoral authorities dismiss objections to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif contesting a parliamentary by-election next month.

•	India issues blast suspect sketch
	Police in India issue a photofit of a man whom they want to question in connection with deadly blasts in Jaipur.

•	'Fourteen killed' by Assam rebels
	Separatist rebels in India's troubled north-eastern state of Assam say that they have killed 14 people in two separate attacks.

•	Missile 'strikes Pakistan house'
	About 12 people die in a suspected missile strike on a house in north-west Pakistan, local residents say.

•	Rivals row over Kashmir ceasefire
	India says Pakistani troops fired across Kashmir's Line of Control in a what would be a rare breach of a ceasefire.

•	Afghan police hit by bomb attack
	At least five policeman and two civilians are killed by a female suicide attacker in western Afghanistan.

•	Pakistan in Taleban prisoner swap
	Pakistan's army swaps prisoners with the Taleban and cuts troop numbers in a tribal area near Afghanistan.

•	Curfew imposed after India blasts
	A curfew is imposed in the historic old city in Jaipur in western India after a series of bombings killed 63 people.

•	Balochistan 'troop numbers cut'
	Pakistani troops backed by helicopter gunships kill at least 21 tribal rebels in Balochistan, officials say.

•	Zardari plays down Pakistan rift
	The leader of the Pakistan People's Party Asif Zardari plays down a rift between his faction and its major ally.

•	Parliament attack appeal rejected
	India's Supreme Court rejects a fresh appeal by a man convicted of involvement in the 2001 parliament attack.

•	Train crash at Bangladesh station
	At least eight people are killed and others injured in a train crash in eastern Bangladesh, officials say.

•	Ferry sinks in Bangladesh storm
	At least 40 people are killed after a ferry sinks during a storm in northern Bangladesh, officials say.

•	Taleban 'down US helicopter'
	A US military helicopter makes an emergency landing in Afghanistan amid reports militants shot it down.

•	Government in turmoil in Pakistan
	Ministers from one of Pakistan's main parties, the PML-N, resign, just months after elections.

•	Bharti African talks 'continue'
	Indian mobile firm Bharti Telecom is in talks about buying South Africa's MTN, reports say.

•	Battle over new Bangalore airport
	A row breaks out over Bangalore's new international airport, as it gets ready to open on 23 May.

•	Cyclone haunts Bangladesh
	Cyclone Nargis missed Bangladesh before hitting Burma, but it still brought back terrible memories, writes the BBC's Mark Dummett

•	Profile: Binayak Sen
	A profile of India's jailed human rights activist Binayak Sen.

•	Jaipur blast aftermath
	Blast debris is cleared away and the injured are treated in hospital, as Jaipur tries to come to terms with the bomb attacks.

•	Free haircuts for India students
	The government in the northern Indian state of Jharkhand decides to hire barbers to give students free haircuts.

•	How serious is Pakistan split?
	The BBC's Shoaib Hasan in Islamabad examines the resignations in the Pakistan cabinet.

•	Life on an Indian levee
	Hundreds of families displaced by floods in India's Bihar state are living on a levee for the past 25 years, Amarnath Tewary reports

•	Ex-Tamil Tigers eye power
	BBC's Roland Buerk reports on former Tamil Tiger rebels' bid to win the provincial elections in eastern Sri Lanka

•	What to do with Pakistan's judges
	The BBC's Barbara Plett looks at why Pakistan's new government is finding it so difficult to restore judges sacked last year.

•	Pakistani judges saga
	The BBC's Ilyas Khan looks at the implications of the Pakistani government's decision to restore ousted judges.

•	Giant wrestler finds fame in India
	A giant Indian wrestler who has taken the US by storm finds his popularity soaring in his homeland, reports Shantanu Guha Ray.

•	India's growing strides in space
	Science journalist Pallava Bagla on the strides made by India's booming space programme.

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