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India blocks more than 800 sites in web porn crackdown
Sudden blanket ban on websites considered a ‘social nuisance’ is met with anger online and triggers debate on censorship and freedom.
Nepal: Buried alive by poverty
Prime minister Sushil Koirala has said earthquake fatalities could more than double to 10 000, another blow to one of Asia's poorest countries.
More terror attacks inevitable in volatile region
News analysis: US interest in the Afghanistan region is now waning, but various extremist factions will remain.
Outmoded: The Gandhi dwindling
Election surveys show the supremacy of India's greatest political dynasty is at an end.
Britain and India talk business
Ten years after massacre, influential Indian politician meets with British high commissioner
Deep economic reform is needed
India's rapid progress may be halted if high public expenditure is not brought into check, writes Jason Burke.
Will ‘Midnight’s Children’ see the light of day in India?
A new film adaptation of 'Midnight's Children', Salman Rushdie's novel about India after independence, might not be shown in his native land.
India: The dark reality
The path to prosperity in India is not as straight and smooth as many would like to believe.
Toulouse murders a wake-up call
French security has been sanguine about the Muslim fundamentalist threat but last week's shooting may change things.
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The mayor, her relatives and their friends keep landing lucrative tenders and using state resources. Yet Lindiwe Makhalema has failed to declare the list of her relationships with people and companies benefiting from the municipality
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