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At least nine people are killed in a car bomb attack on police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.

In Australia thousands of people living in the state of Queensland have been ordered to abandon their homes because of rising floodwaters.

Nearly a million migratory birds visit Kashmir's wetlands every year, but this time the severe winter has made it nearly impossible for them to find food.

England face a mammoth task to avoid a series whitewash after Azhar Ali's composed 157 keeps Pakistan in control of the third Test in Dubai.

Three Tibetans set fire to themselves in south-west China in an anti-Beijing protest, reports say, meaning 19 people have now self-immolated in a year.

India batsman Yuvraj Singh is undergoing treatment for cancer in the United States his physiotherapist confirms.

City of hope in the heart of the Taliban's spiritual homeland

The number of civilians killed and injured in the Afghan conflict has risen for the fifth year in a row, a UN report reveals.

Flooding in the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales has forced thousands of families from their homes.

Australia's Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd warns Europe faces an "early grave" if it continues to ignore Asia's rise.

Searching for witches on a tropical island

Seven England players and Ireland batsman Kevin O'Brien fail to attract bids at the Indian Premier League auction.

The number of civilians killed and injured in the Afghan conflict has risen for the fifth year in a row, a UN report reveals.

India's most populous state battles to boost poll turnouts

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit China next week to discuss the future of Canada's oil products.

George Esper, who reported on the fall of Saigon for the Associated Press during the last days of the Vietnam war, dies at the age of 79.

A zoo in Kazakhstan, where overnight temperatures have dipped to nearly -40C, is giving monkeys a wine concoction as a remedy against flu.

Thousands of former Maoist fighters in Nepal begin the process of demobilisation, five years after they ended their armed revolt.

India's film community pays tribute to Bollywood director and producer Raj Kanwar, who has died in Singapore at the age of 50.

England's batsmen again fail to support their bowlers as 16 wickets fall on day one of the third Test against Pakistan in Dubai.