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French troops will resume training Afghan soldiers on Saturday but Paris will pull out most of its troops by the end of 2013, President Nicolas Sarkozy says.
Chinese security forces have shot and killed a young Tibetan in Sichuan province, campaign groups say, the third killing this week.
The Philippines confirms that it is discussing ways to "maximise" defence ties with the US amid territorial disputes in the region.
India are slipping towards a 4-0 series whitewash - and an eighth consecutive Test defeat - as Australia close in on victory in Adelaide.
Indigenous leaders in Australia condemn "disrespect" shown to PM Julia Gillard, who lost a shoe while running from protesters in Canberra on Thursday.
One of Sri Lanka's most controversial diplomats, former army Maj Gen Shavendra Silva, is appointed to a senior post at the UN, officials say.
The Japanese government admits failing to keep records of key meetings dealing with the country's nuclear crisis last year.
The Pakistani Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, says he wants to see BBC World News back on cable television in his country after the recent ban.
A group of soldiers who staged a failed mutiny in Papua New Guinea are seeking a pardon, Australian reports say, amid an ongoing power struggle.
Attackers fire rocket-propelled grenades at the Pakistani Military Academy in Abbottabad, near the compound where Osama Bin Laden was killed.
At least six Pakistanis were shot dead and two others wounded by Iranian security forces after they crossed the border, Pakistani officials say.
Police investigate amid outcry after a severely battered toddler is admitted to hospital in the India capital, Delhi.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani gives a wide ranging interview to the BBC's Nik Gowing at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Lahore's Dr Akram has said many Pakistani hospitals are forced to buy the cheapest drugs - as the death toll from a batch of faulty drugs in the city rises.
A state of emergency has been declared in Fiji after heavy floods kill at least six and leave thousands homeless.
Mary Kom will make her Olympics debut in London this summer, representing India in boxing.
A Pakistani man who lost his bookstore in the economic downturn now rides a rickshaw through the streets selling his books.
More than 100 people have now died in Lahore after taking contaminated heart medicine, Pakistan officials have said.
Afghan soldiers are being trained to conduct night raids in Afghanistan instead of Nato forces.
The Executive Director of Global Programs at Women for Women International, Karen Sherman, discusses new laws in Pakistan aimed at the protection of women from domestic violence, forced marriages and even acid attacks
A school boy in the Indian capital, Delhi, claims to have invented a device that can help women ward off potential attacks.
A special tartan commissioned to mark the arrival of two pandas in the UK is unveiled at Edinburgh Zoo.
South Korea charges Chinese man with attempted arson for hurling Molotov cocktails at the Japanese embassy in Seoul.
Residents in a city in southern China empty supermarket shelves of bottled water in panic buying sparked by toxic cadmium in a nearby river.
China confirms that a Tibetan was shot dead by security forces in Sichuan province, in the second day of unrest this week.
Police in the Indian city of Calcutta arrest two top doctors of a private hospital which caught fire last month, killing 90 people.
Layers in Pune refuse to defend bus driver who went berserk on Wednesday morning, killing nine people and injuring 30 others.
A commissioner for a body monitoring the London 2012 Olympics resigns over its links with Dow Chemical.
Fiji declares a state of disaster over flooding and landslides that have killed at least six people and displaced thousands.
Economy grew at a slower pace in the fourth quarter of 2011
US President Barack Obama announces a new trade enforcement unit to investigate unfair practices in countries such as China.
Officials in Nepal say they are at a loss to know what to do with luxury vehicles handed back to the state by the deposed king and former ministers.
A woman in northern Afghanistan gives birth to sextuplets, despite being unaware she was carrying more than one child.
Gunmen on motorcycles shoot dead three lawyers and wound another in an apparent sectarian attack in Pakistan's biggest city, Karachi.
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An overview of Tibet, including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media
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