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Anti-Maoist Nepali group trains suicide bombers
A band of former soldiers, ex-police personnel and victims of Maoist guerrillas have united in Nepal to form a Hindu army with suicide bombers to fight Islamic and Christian zealots as well as communists.
Pakistan builds reactor
Several reports suggest that Pakistan appears to be building a third plutonium production reactor at its Khushab nuclear site in Punjab. This reactor is being built in order to make more powerful atomic bombs in future.
Islamic groups make a point
A group of Pakistani clerics led by a pro-Taliban hard-liner announced that it would confer a title upon al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in response to the UK’s decision to grant knighthood to Salman Rushdie. Pakistan condemned the knighthood for Rushdie, who has been accused of insulting Islam...
Indian airlines industry growing
India has an expanding economy. With the rising incomes and a large population of young people eager to travel, airlines are taking aggressive strategies to attract them for higher revenue.
A tough time for the US Army in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a mountainous, landlocked country in central Asia. Historically, it was a land that never bowed its head to foreign forces. The US invaded Afghan land in 2001 but as of now, could not manage the insurgency though a US minded government is already in place.
Complex yet intimate relation between India and Nepal
The India-Nepal relations have always been both intimate as well as a complex one. Both economic and political reasons tie these two countries with China’s increasing shadow over it.
India finds its backward regions
Indian government is now all set to implement its ambitious Rs.50 billion project to help develop India's backward regions and erase regional imbalances.
Pakistan erects anti-Taliban fence on Afghan border
Pakistan has fenced a part of its 2,500 km (1,500 mile) long and porous border with Afghanistan to prevent incursions by militants, the army said on Thursday, despite opposition from Kabul.
Pakistan Supreme Court Suspends Inquiry Into Dismissal of Chief Justice
Pakistan's Supreme Court has suspended a judicial inquiry into allegations that the country's former chief justice abused his office. President Pervez Musharraf dismissed the top judge in March, sparking massive protests around the country.
Indian farmers seek relief from their debt the hard way
India is considered as a fast moving economy with good potentials in human development. Despite this economic achievement, desperate farmers in some region of the country are committing suicide with the hope of getting relief from their amorous debt and ill-fated life.
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