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Indian gang-rape victim dies in Singapore

An Indian student whose savage gang-rape on a bus in New Delhi sparked mass protests across the country died on Saturday in a Singapore hospital after suffering severe organ failure.

Indian gang-rape victim dies in Singapore
Indian gang-rape student 'fighting for her life': hospital

An Indian student who was brutally gang-raped on a bus in New Delhi was "fighting for her life" after suffering a significant brain injury.

Indian gang-rape student 'fighting for her life': hospital
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India set to clear IKEA retail plan: minister

India is on track to approve a bid by Swedish furniture giant IKEA to open its trademark blue-and-yellow stores in the country as it seeks big new markets for its flat-pack products.

India set to clear IKEA retail plan: minister
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China and emerging powers to pay more for UN

China, Brazil, India and other emerging powers agreed to major increases in their United Nations payments as the global body hammered out a new budget deal this week to avoid its own fiscal cliff.

China and emerging powers to pay more for UN
'Lost tribe' members migrate from India to Israel

Fifty members of an Indian community believed to be descendants of one of the lost tribes of Israel arrived on Monday in the Jewish state, completing their immigration.

'Lost tribe' members migrate from India to Israel
Putin in India with eyes on arms, trade deals

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in New Delhi on Monday to tighten defence ties and boost trade with India, a traditional ally and one of Russia's top clients for arms sales.

Putin in India with eyes on arms, trade deals
Indian PM appeals for calm, vows to protect women

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged calm and vowed to protect women as police on Monday struggled to quell increasing outrage over sex crimes following the gang-rape of a student.

Indian PM appeals for calm, vows to protect women
Police clash with Delhi gang-rape protesters

Indian police on Saturday baton-charged, tear-gassed and fired water cannon at demonstrators who were demanding better safety for women following the brutal gang-rape of a student last weekend.

Police clash with Delhi gang-rape protesters
Ex-Beatle's widow lauds Ravi Shankar at US memorial

Former Beatle George Harrison's widow Olivia joined hundreds of fans and family of Ravi Shankar on Thursday at an open-air memorial to the Indian sitar legend near his California home.

Ex-Beatle's widow lauds Ravi Shankar at US memorial
Earthlings head to nearest bunker, or bar, at 'world's end'

Diehard doomsayers will be scurrying to the nearest shelter in fear of a Mayan prophecy of the world's end Friday, but many more from Delhi to Sydney will ring in the date by partying like there's no tomorrow.

Earthlings head to nearest bunker, or bar, at 'world's end'
India condemns N. Korea rocket launch, tests own missile

India condemned North Korea's long-range rocket launch on Wednesday even as it tested one of its own ballistic weapons, which were developed when India was a nuclear pariah itself.

India condemns N. Korea rocket launch, tests own missile
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Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar dies, aged 92

Legendary Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar, a major influence on Western musicians ranging from The Beatles to Yehudi Menuhin, has died at the age of 92.

Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar dies, aged 92
Airport handover 'seamless': Maldives government

The Maldivian government on Saturday described as "seamless" the retaking of the country's international airport from an Indian developer following a bitter row that triggered a spat with its neighbour.

Airport handover 'seamless': Maldives government
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India warns Maldives over airport deal row

India warned its neighbour the Maldives on Monday that it might freeze annual aid worth $25 million amid anger over an attempt to kick out the Indian firm managing the main airport in the country.

India warns Maldives over airport deal row
Press freedom makes Britain attractive: mayor of London

Britain would be moving in the opposite direction to many countries if it introduced tougher regulation of the media, Mayor of London Boris Johnson has said during a visit to India.

Press freedom makes Britain attractive: mayor of London
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India counters China map claims in a tit-for-tat move

India is stamping its map on visas given to Chinese visitors, an Indian official said Saturday, after China began issuing passports showing disputed territories as its own.

India counters China map claims in a tit-for-tat move
Indian govt and opposition face off as parliament opens

India's shaky government and the opposition locked horns on Thursday as parliament re-opened for a crucial session that will see a recent string of pro-market reforms being hotly contested.

Indian govt and opposition face off as parliament opens
Mumbai attacks gunman Kasab executed

The sole surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks was executed on Wednesday, nearly four years after 166 people were killed in a three-day rampage through India's financial capital.

Mumbai attacks gunman Kasab executed
New law to ban India's 'untouchable' toilet cleaners

With both hands holding the basket of human excrement on her head, widowed grandmother Kela walks through a stream of sewage, up a mound of waste and then dumps the filth while cursing.

New law to ban India's 'untouchable' toilet cleaners
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Record number back UN vote against death penalty

A record 110 countries on Monday backed a resolution voted every two years at a UN General Assembly committee calling for the abolition of the death penalty.

Record number back UN vote against death penalty