India awaits go-ahead on first GM crop despite scientists' warnings | India will decide tomorrow whether to approve its first genetically modified (GM) food crop. It is a move that supporters argue will help to avert a global food crisis but which critics say is being... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)The Times
Snow in higher reaches lowers temperature in north India New Delhi: Heavy snowfall in the higher reaches lowered the temperature in parts of north India today even as the Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the third day and intermittent rai... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)Zeenews
Karachi grinds to a halt after fatal blasts | By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI, Pakistan - Business in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, ground to a halt at the weekend after at least 33 people were killed and over 100 injured in two explo... (photo: AP / K.M. Chaudary)Asia Times BombingBusinessKarachiPakistanPhotos
SC lens on airport cigarette sale New Delhi, Feb. 8: The Supreme Court will decide whether international cigarette brands can be sold in duty-free outlets at the departure lounges of Indian airports without the statutory pictorial war... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)The Telegraph India AirportsCigarettesDelhiPhotosSmoking
US, Karzai split over Taliban talks | By Gareth Porter | KABUL - On the surface, it would seem unlikely that Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who presides over a politically feeble government and is highly de... (photo: AP / Ahmad Masood, Pool)Asia Times AfghanistanPhotosPoliticsTalibanUS
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