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Page last updated at 09:16 GMT, Saturday, 21 February 2009

Bagram air base, file pic
'No US rights' for Bagram inmates
Detainees being held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan cannot use US courts to challenge their detention, the US says.
'How Bagram destroyed me'
Report reveals Afghan abuses
Stung in a 'hornets' nest'

Aftermath in Dera Ismail Khan Pakistan funeral bomb 'kills 25'
At least 25 people are killed in a bomb explosion at a funeral procession in north-western Pakistan, police say.

Wreckage of plane shot down at Colombo's international airport - 20/2/2009 Tamil Tiger planes raid Colombo
Two planes from Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels attack the capital, killing two people and injuring 45, despite recent rebel losses.

FEATURES, NEWS, ANALYSIS
Arbakai tribal militiamen Role models?
Curbing the Afghan Taleban with the help of tribal militias
Civilian in Swat Swat diary
Schoolgirl studies again as peace deal is brokered
Gulzar Saifi Inches away
The story of India's polio battle vies for an Oscar

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Probe into India hepatitis deaths
Held militant 'sets off grenade'
US finds new Afghan supply route
Slumdog duo head for Oscars
Nato 'can't allow Afghan failure'
UN chief in S Lanka civilian plea
Anger at Swat journalist killing
US faces fresh Afghan obstacles
Pakistan 'may share on Mumbai'
Ferry sinks in south Bangladesh
Kyrgyz MPs vote to shut US base
Call to save India's Ganges river
India offers Sri Lanka evacuation
Swat peace rally reporter killed
Pakistan leaders mark first year

BUSINESS
Indian fiscal deficit set to rise
Tata Steel sees big profit fall

FEATURES
Afghan-Thai drug lessons
Maldives' extreme makeunder
Will Sharia law bring order?
Talking Shop: AR Rahman
Pinki hopes to smile at Oscars
Brothers' Everest record plan
Karachi tackles growing Taleban
Looking back at Kabul
House of horror

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India's struggle to seal its porous frontiers
Indian woman weaving cloth Helping hand
Indian women swapping poverty for business
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