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Pakistan and India will ease visa restrictions for their citizens to boost business travel and trade across their border as part of their push for peace.
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Police in southwestern China opened fire on protesters in a Tibetan enclave during a clash Jan. 24, the second straight day of deadly protests in the area, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
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The Pakistan Taliban carried out its biggest strike against a government military base since 2009 in a mission to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden that left 10 government troops dead after a 16-hour battle in Karachi.
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Pakistani commandos ended a Taliban siege of a navy base in the country’s largest city after a 16- hour battle that the militants said was in part to avenge the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
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India and China, which have fought a war over their disputed border and compete for resources to feed Asia’s two fastest growing economies, will hold their highest level military talks in almost two years.
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Sri Lanka aims to create an Asian shipping hub capable of competing against Singapore and Dubai by pouring $3.4 billion into expanding ports with Chinese help, after the island’s container volumes surged to a record.
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The prime ministers of India and Pakistan will meet at a World Cup cricket match this week, the third time the sport will be used by leaders of the two nuclear rivals as a forum for smoothing ties.
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The U.S. repeated a call for China to respect human rights and particularly “the rights of Tibetans” after a ninth young Tibetan set herself on fire in protest at Chinese rule.
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India began to lock down its capital ahead of this weekend’s Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, deploying 100,000 police, roof-top snipers and helicopters amid warnings of terrorist threats.
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The oil tanker that India towed off a Mumbai beach this week after it had drifted undetected through coastal defenses underscored the country’s continued vulnerability three years after a seaborne terrorist attack.
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