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Canada PM visits India to boost trade, tourism, AS AP - Mon, Nov 16
MUMBAI, India (AP) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived in India on Monday on his first state visit, part of an effort to boost trade and tourism between the two countries.
Gunbattles, bomb blast kill 5 in India's Kashmir, AS AP - Mon, Nov 16
SRINAGAR, India (AP) Fierce gunbattles and a roadside bomb killed three Indian soldiers and two suspected Islamic insurgents early Monday in the troubled Himalayan Kashmir region.
Obama speech on Asia well-received in region, AS AP - Sat, Nov 14
TOKYO (AP) President Barack Obama's first big speech on Asia had a little something for just about everyone.
9 killed, 80 injured when train derails in India, 4th Ld-Writethru, AS AP - Sat, Nov 14
JAIPUR, India (AP) A speeding train derailed in western India, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 80. Fifteen cars of the New Delhi-bound train flew off the tracks Saturday and rolled onto their sides when the driver suddenly applied the brakes because of poor visibility in the region, said Vipin Kumar Pande, superintendent of police.
9 killed as speeding train derails in India, AS AP - Sat, Nov 14
JAIPUR, India (AP) A railway official says at least nine people have been killed when a speeding train derailed while traveling through western India.
Prepaid phone ban stirs anger in Indian Kashmir, AS AP - Fri, Nov 13
SRINAGAR, India (AP) A government ban on prepaid cell phones to prevent rebels from using them to clandestinely plan attacks has stirred resentment among Indian-controlled Kashmir's impoverished residents, who depend on prepaid connections for inexpensive communication.
India to move all zoo elephants to wildlife parks, AS AP - Fri, Nov 13
NEW DELHI (AP) All elephants living in Indian zoos and circuses will be moved to wildlife parks and game sanctuaries where the animals can graze more freely, officials said Friday.
Australian PM insists no uranium sales to India, AS AP - Thu, Nov 12
NEW DELHI (AP) Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd insisted Thursday that his country will not sell uranium to India because it has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
China cautions Obama over meeting Dalai Lama, AS AP - Thu, Nov 12
BEIJING (AP) On the eve of President Barack Obama's first visit to Asia, China floated a potentially provocative comparison, likening serfdom in Tibet to slavery in the U.S. an apparent attempt to gain support for its policies in the Himalayan region.
Dalai Lama ends public teaching in northeast India, AS AP - Wed, Nov 11
TAWANG, India (AP) The Dalai Lama exhorted thousands of his followers to maintain Buddhist culture as he closed a series of public teachings Wednesday in a northeastern Indian region near his homeland of Tibet in a visit that has drawn protests from China.
Most undernourished children live in South Asia, HFR, AS AP - Wed, Nov 11
NEW DELHI (AP) More than half of the world's chronically undernourished children under the age of 5 live in South Asia, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday.
Cyclone Phyan storms toward western India, AS AP - Wed, Nov 11
MUMBAI, India (AP) Cyclone Phyan roared toward India's western coast Wednesday as authorities sounded an alert and shut schools and offices in anticipation of its blustery arrival.
India bans dismantling of toxic US ship, AS AP - Tue, Nov 10
NEW DELHI (AP) The Indian government said Tuesday it will not allow a US-flagged ship to be dismantled at a shipyard in the western state of Gujarat after a team of experts found toxic and radioactive material on board the vessel.
India's dialogue offer splits Kashmir separatists, AS AP - Tue, Nov 10
SRINAGAR, India (AP) A major separatist leader in Indian-controlled Kashmir agreed Tuesday to take part in direct talks with New Delhi to settle a six-decades-long dispute over the Himalayan province.
China berates Dalai Lama visit to area near Tibet, 1st Ld-Writethru, AS AP - Tue, Nov 10
BEIJING (AP) China lashed out at the Dalai Lama's visit to a disputed border region in India on Tuesday, saying the trip to the area revealed the exiled Tibetan leader's separatist agenda.
Landslide triggered by rains kills 42 in India, 3rd Ld-Writethru, AS AP - Tue, Nov 10
NEW DELHI (AP) A landslide triggered by torrential seasonal rains swept through a hilly region in southern India, killing at least 42 people, an official said Tuesday.
Landslide kills 39 in southern India, AS AP - Tue, Nov 10
NEW DELHI (AP) An official says a landslide triggered by torrential seasonal rains in a hilly region in southern India has killed at least 39 people over the past two days.