Shelling from Pakistan creates panic
Three rockets fired from the Pakistani side exploded in the Indian territory causing panic in the border areas of Amristar in Punjab.

Government to Restructure Air India
Coming soon to a government near you!

India’s Doubling of Gold Import Tax to Spur Smuggling

India to Expedite Posco’s Iron Ore Mining License

Death toll in India's toxic brew tragedy hits 107
Moonshine ain't always all it's cracked up to be.

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Clear evidence Pakistan planned, launched 26/11: India

Indian, Pakistani PMs to meet in Egypt: officials

Pakistan considers anti-Taliban militias
As the Taliban insurgency in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province creeps southwards, police consider arming local defence forces, writes the BBC's Jill McGivering.
What could possibly go wrong?

Pakistani women face wave of burn attacks
More than 220 women mutilated, 40 of them died following attacks between April, June '09

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Taliban confirms capture of 'drunk' US soldier: SITE

UN: Rape, sexual violence growing in Afghanistan

Blast Kills at Least Two Dozen People in Afghanistan
KABUL, July 9 -- An explosion from a bomb hidden in a truck loaded with firewood killed at least two dozen people early Thursday, including 12 schoolchildren, in a village south of the Afghan capital, local and federal officials said.

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Metinvest-Ukraine delivered rails to Kazakhstan for railways repairs

4 billion KZT to be allocated for creation in Kazakhstan of laboratory network


UZBEKISTAN: Banned from meeting fellow-believers


Turkmenistan lauds Caspian reserves

Caspian gas producers affirm supplies for Nabucco

Turkmenistan: Ministry of Defense Buys Russian Tanks


Kyrgyzstan weighs opium as industry
As an election nears, a presidential candidate promotes the idea that the opium trade could bring cash to the impoverished Central Asian republic.

Russia seeks new military base in Kyrgyzstan: Source


Tajikistan: Medvedev to Visit in August

Large Armed Group Attacks Tajik Police Post