• General David Petraeus, the US military commander in Afghanistan, has warned that the lives of American troops will be endangered if evangelical Christians in Florida go ahead with plans to burn the Koran on Saturday's ninth anniversary of September 11.
  • The top US commander in Afghanistan warns troops' lives will be in danger if a Florida church goes ahead with its plan to burn copies of the Koran.
  • NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China is seeking to expand its influence in South Asia at India's expense, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned in rare public criticism of his country's main rival for regional resources and geopolitical clout.
  • Afghanistan's central bank follows its promise to back Kabul Bank by freezing the assets of leading investors.
  • Kyrgyzstan's acting president said on Tuesday that she reserved the right to cancel elections next month and declare a state of emergency if there was a renewed outbreak of violence in the Central Asian republic.
  • A curfew is imposed in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, after four civilians were shot dead on Monday.
  • A 24-hour nationwide strike called by trade unions causes major disruption in parts of India.
  • Two independent lawmakers said they will support Prime Minister Julia Gillard, ending weeks of political impasse.
  • A district governor from Baghlan Province was assassinated by Taliban insurgents Monday night along the Kunduz-Baghlan highway in the north of Afghanistan, officials said.
  • The British novelist Colin Cotterill, who lives on a Thai beach, stands apart from his books’ setting, the Communist Laos of the 1970s.
  • Should Islamabad surrender some sovereignty to save the country?
  • Dr. Lin also all but built the mental health system from the ground up in his native Taiwan, later helping governments in other developing nations to do the same.
  • The government found that as many as 200 commercial pilots may have falsified their résumés in 2008 and 2009, according to news reports.
  • The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck South Island last week caused $1.4 billion in damage and will hinder the country’s economic recovery, Prime Minister John Key said Monday.
  • The annual exodus, called “mudik,” at the end of Ramadan is a chance for city dwellers with rural roots to reconnect with their families — and to show off their success.
  • The Japanese conductor Seiji Osawa has been in ill health, which limited his participation at the Saito Kinen Festival in Matsumoto.
  • China is poised to sign a $2bn (£1.3bn) deal to build a railway line in Iran in the first step of a wider plan to tie the Middle East and Central Asia to Beijing.
  • With salaries down more than 12 percent over the past decade, young Japanese in an uncertain job market are increasingly making ends meet by working second or even third jobs.
  • A British merchant navy officer was stabbed to death by the boyfriend of a woman he flew to the Philippines to propose to, according to reports.
  • North Korea is preparing to hold its biggest political convention in 30 years, amid speculation Kim Jong-il's successor will make his public debut.
  • Workers’ Party delegates from across North Korea were converging in Pyongyang on Monday, as children and soldiers rehearsed a celebration for their country’s biggest political gathering in 30 years.
  • As officials race against time to get stadia and other facilities ready in Delhi for the Commonwealth Games, Shilpa Kannan takes a look at the allegations of mismanagement and corruption and the people affected.

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