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Lahore, Nov. 23 (ANI): Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Islamabad is "compiling hard evidence of India's involvement and interference in Balochistan and FATA."

Jakarta, Nov 23 (DPA) The death toll in the ferry accident in Indonesia rose to 27 Monday as rescue workers resumed their search for dozens of people missing after an overloaded ferry sank in bad weather off the island of Sumatra, officials said.

Islamabad, Nov 23 (IANS) Pakistan is likely to launch another full-fledged military operation against militants in Pakistan's Khyber tribal agency with over 1,000 security personnel deployed in Bara area of the region, local media reports said Monday.

The ongoing political deadlock in Nepal took a new turn on Saturday with the Maoists deciding to start the third phase of their agitation to restore ?civilian supremacy? from next month.

Over 1.3 lakh Tamil refugees living in camps in north Sri Lanka would be allowed more freedom of movement from next month.

Islamabad, Nov. 23 (ANI): The top leadership of the Pakistan People' Party has reportedly told its cabinet ministers, who were named in the Law Ministry's list of people having benefited from the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), to resign from their offices and face trial.

The emergence of non-traditional recruits from jihadi groups has left many Pakistan-watchers worried, with one saying that this may be something that ?would eventually blow up in our face.?

Beijing, Nov 23 (DPA) The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in north-eastern China has risen to 104, with four workers still trapped underground, state media said Monday.

Islamabad, Nov 23 (DPA) As the families of the hundreds of victims killed or injured in last year's terrorist attacks in the Indian financial hub of Mumbai wait for justice, the Pakistani Islamist groups believed to be behind the carnage are still alive and kicking.

Jakarta, Nov 22 (DPA) At least nine people were killed when a ferry carrying at least 242 people sank in bad weather off the Indonesian island of Sumatra Sunday, officials said.

Kathmandu, Nov 22 (IANS) Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas, who had laid a siege to parliament since the fall of their government in May, Sunday said they would lift the five-month blockade to allow the budget to be passed and rescue the government from bankruptcy.

Islamabad, Nov.22 (ANI): Pakistan's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has backed the idea of making Army's financial records public.

Islamabad, Nov 22 (DPA) The Pakistani armed forces said Sunday that troops killed five militants in the ongoing anti-Taliban offensive in the tribal region near the Afghan border.

Jakarta, Nov 22 (DPA) At least four people were killed when a ferry carrying 240 people sank in bad weather off the Indonesian island of Sumatra Sunday, officials said.

Kabul, Nov. 22 (ANI): Two ministers in Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's cabinet are facing arrests on theft and fraud charges, as investigators in the country's newly set-up anti-corruption force have gathered sufficient evidence against the two ministers.

Jakarta, Nov 22 (DPA) A ferry with 213 people on board sank off Indonesia's Riau islands Sunday after being battered by bad weather, killing at least one person, police said.

Dhaka, Nov 22 (IANS) Four of the five former army officers who were sentenced to death for killing Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will seek the presidential pardon, jail officials announced Sunday.

Dhaka, Nov 22 (IANS) Bangladesh is to begin Tuesday the trial of over 3,500 border guards who staged a mutiny in February killing 74 people. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has promised to fast-track the process.

Islamabad, Nov 22 (DPA) Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has accused India of supporting insurgents in Pakistan, including areas bordering Afghanistan.

Dhaka, Nov 22 (IANS) International human rights watchdog Amnesty International has urged Bangladesh not to execute five former army officers who have been sentenced to death for the killing of country's founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.