MILITANTS ATTACK US BASE ON AFGHAN SUPPLY ROUTE
By RAHMAT GUL and RAHIM FAIEZ Smoke rises from NATO supply trucks following an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistan–Afghanistan border in Jalalabad province east of…
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INDIA CONVICTS YOUNGEST DELHI GANG RAPE DEFENDANT
By ASHOK SHARMA Delhi police officers escort a juvenile accused of rape, outside the Juvenile justice board in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. An Indian juvenile court on…
UN RIGHTS CHIEF MEETS SRI LANKAN WAR SURVIVORS
Family members of disappeared Tamil people holding pictures of their relatives protest during the visit of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Aug.…
AFGHAN LEADER IN PAKISTAN TO DISCUSS PEACE TALKS
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hand with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif prior to their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Afghanistan’s president urged…
LAST OF 5 SUSPECTS IN MUMBAI GANG RAPE ARRESTED
By KATY DAIGLE Police officials escort an accused, with the head covered with black cloth, in the gang rape of a photojournalist after producing him before a court in Mumbai,…
DREAMERS WORK TO CREATE HUGE NEW PARK IN DELHI
By RAVI NESSMAN In this Friday, June 7, 2013 photo, Indian laborers work to renovate the Neela Gumbad, or Blue Tomb, as part of a project for the creation of…
25 YEARS IN MAKING, HINDU ENCYCLOPEDIA IS COMPLETE
By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER This Aug. 21, 2013 photo provided by the University of South Carolina shows Dr. Meera Narasimhan, vice dean of the University of South Carolina School of…
PAKISTAN ACC– USES INDIAN TROOPS OF KILLING SOLDIER
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Supporters of Pakistani religious group Jamat-ud-Dawa burn Indian flags at a rally in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. The Pakistani military accused Indian troops on Wednesday…