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Seven-day curfew relaxed briefly in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India - A seven-day-old curfew was briefly lifted in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir's main city of Srinagar on Saturday, prompting panic buying by residents to stock up on food.
Paklistan suspends militant operations for Ramadan
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan announced on Saturday a suspension of military operations against Islamist militants for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, but a senior official said security forces would respond if attacked.
Indian tycoon K.K. Birla dies at the age of 90
KOLKATA, India - Indian tycoon Krishna Kumar Birla, whose family empire spanned industries from sugar to newspapers, died Saturday at the age of 90, an aide said.
Still can't resume work at India's Nano plant: Tata
MUMBAI - Conditions are still not favourable to resume work at a plant in eastern India which will make the Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car, Tata Motors TAMO.BO said in a statement on Saturday.
High waters, heavy rain hamper Indian flood relief
PATNA, India - Indian authorities, hampered by heavy rain and damaged roads, were struggling on Saturday to get aid to millions of displaced villagers in the eastern state of Bihar, hit by the worst flooding in 50 years.
Afghanistan will free son of Pakistani scientist ‘soon'
KABUL - The young son of Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui will be returned to his family "soon" by Afghanistan after he was arrested with her more than a month ago, Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta said Saturday.
Frank film looks at daily life in troubled Kashmir
VENICE - A new film set in Indian Kashmir seeks to go beyond stereotypes of the troubled region as either the idyllic backdrop to Bollywood movies or the subject of news reports and documentaries into the violence.
Bomb in Afghan capital, clashes kill dozen rebels: officials
KABUL - A suicide car bomb exploded near international troops in the Afghan capital on Saturday, leaving one wounded, while soldiers killed more than a dozen militants in clashes elsewhere, authorities said.
Suspected Maoist attack kills 12 in India
RANCHI, India - A suspected Maoist attack in eastern India killed 12 security officers on Saturday after the vehicle they were travelling in exploded.
Missile strike kills five near Afghan border
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - At least five people were killed when a missile fired from Afghanistan hit a suspected hideout Saturday in Pakistan's South Waziristan, a known hub of Al-Qaeda, an official told AFP.
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