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India Government wins vote to save nuclear deal

Victory over-shadowed by three MPs who waved wads of cash in the air saying they were offered a £1.1 million to abstain

'Etiquette classes' for Brits heading to India

Brits visiting India, with one of the world's most rapidly expanding economies, are to be given special cultural classes

British soldier killed in Afghanistan

Royal Engineer attached to 2 Para was fatally wounded by roadside device during firefight with insurgents last night

Analysis: King Singh finallly roars over nuclear deal

Victory in the crucial no-confidence vote saw Indian PM come of age, but bribery claims could taint him permanantly

Benazir Bhutto's bodyguard shot dead

Police believe that Khalid Shahenshar was targeted, as rumours fly that he was linked to Ms Bhutto's murder

Make or break vote looms for Indians

Today's confidence motion in the parliament in Delhi, over a controversial nuclear deal with the US, sits on a knife edge

62,000 'communities on the edge' of extinction

Kamiura is at the epicentre of rural Japan's population crisis - migration to towns and cities has robbed them of the young

India parliament launches nuclear debate

Jailed MPs are released to make up the numbers in a vote that could make or break the coalition Government

Two killed in rush-hour bus bombings

The attacks came three weeks before the opening of the Olympics, which the authorities say could be a target for terrorism

Thousands hurt by 'toxic gas from Chinese sofas'

The British cases have been linked to an estimated 100,000 sofas sold by Argos, World of Leather and Walmsley Furnishing

Bombay slum dwellers' £500m makeover

Architects promise that the project in the Santa Cruz district will take cues from developments cited as modern classics

Free trade: the sticky issue of bananas

On the eve of the world trade summit, negotiators have yet to reach agreement over imports of the fruit into Europe

Q&A: The Doha Round of World Trade Organisation

What is the point of the talks? | What would a deal look like? | What is the timeframe? | Why is the US election so important?

Off to Mongolia but you can call on my mobile

Hundreds of motorists in fancy dress set off from London in the Mongol Rally, one car had an imitation phone box on its roof

Families blame lax safety for airline crash

Families of the victims of the Phuket air disaster are joining a £125m lawsuit which could shed harsh light on budget airlines

Former para on why he quit after Afghanistan

Why a former para commander quit the army after Afghanistan

Children forced to perform lethal circus acts

Indian children as young as five are being sold to the circus and forced to perform dangerous and deadly acts

Beijing breathes clean air again

Cars are banished, factories close and the inhabitants of Beijing can breathe fresh air as the city is put on its best behaviour

Steelworks' move lets Beijing breathe

The Chinese capital is so keen to cut pollution in time for the Olympics that it has moved one of its plants 140 miles away

Gathering storm in tea gardens of Darjeeling

As a Gurkha separatist campaign is relaunched, the region’s most famous export is hit by a strike and the eviction of tourists