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The first train in the country travelled through the newly built station in the northern city ofMazar-i-Sharif, after a trail run from the border withUzbekistan. The Deputy Public Works Minsiter, Noor Gul Mangal told Dawn newspaper...

21 day old girl died in aWest Bengalhospital after a man, who was employed as a cleaner, drunkenly removed her oxygen mask. The incident took place on 17 December at theCalcuttaMedicalCollege, where the infant was born....

The Pakistani government plan to buy up to a million bales of cotton in a bid to stabilise cotton prices in the country. Prime Minister Syed Yousef Raza Gilani has asked the finance ministry to release...

93 people died during the cold wave that hit northern India. Many of the deaths took place in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana. Elderly people and the homeless were particularly hit. India’s Supreme...

Russia is adamant to ban a Hindu holy book from their country, claiming that the text promotes extremism. Indian MPs are outraged that the Bhagvad Gita could be banned from Russia. State prosecutors in Tomsk, Siberia...

Qatar has named an avenue in Doha after Libyan politician Omar Mukhtar who, for almost 20 years, led a resistance against Italian colonization of Libya in the 19th centaury. The ceremony at Al Dafna, Dohan’s new...

Toxic alcohol kills 143 villagers in India’s West Bengal state. Residents in 12 villages outside the city of Kolkata, east India, fell ill after consuming the dangerous drink. Ten people have been arrested in connection to...

Human rights groups have urged the government to tackle violence against children. The discussion on the matter was organized by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc). Participants said that the...

By William Walker. Protests began in the Chinese village of Wukan, Linfeng City at the end of September following a long-running land dispute between officials and residents, and have intensified to the point that Chinese search...

By William Walker. Time Magazine has unveiled its ‘person of the year’ as The Protester. Since 1927, the weekly publication has annually declared who it believes has made the biggest impact on the world over the...