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Afghans get into an army truck Tuesday 9 Feb. 2010, after being evacuated from the avalanche which struck the Salang Pass, some 100 kms north of Kabul, Afghanistan

Afghan Officials Fear 64 Killed in Avalanches

Rescuers have already recovered 24 bodies from the Salang Pass, but they fear that more than 40 others still trapped have already died

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Activists shout slogans as they burn an effigy of the genetically modified BT brinjal, or eggplant, during a farmers protest rally against the commercial use of the GM crop, in Bhubaneshwar, India, 16 Jan 2010

India Refuses Permission for First Genetically Modified Food Crop

Decision follows heated controversy over what would have been world's first genetically modified vegetable

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa at his official residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 27 Jan 2010 (photograph released by the Sri Lankan President's office

Sri Lanka's President Dissolves Parliament

Spokesman says election commission will decide when to hold the election for new parliament

An aerial view of a village in the Irrawaddy Delta, Burma, damaged by Cyclone Nargis, 22 May 2008

UN Report on Burma's Recovery From 2008 Cyclone Points to Progress in Key Areas

But communities in Irrawaddy Delta still struggle to sustain livelihoods and rebuild homes lost in storm

Afghan farmer and American soldier

NATO Warns Afghan Civilians: 'Keep Your Heads Down'

Coalition forces have been urging residents to leave town of Marjah, Helmand province, before impending NATO offensive

Anoma Fonsjavascript:selectMediaPlacement('image');eka, wife of Sarath Fonseka, arrives to address the media at her residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 09 Feb. 2010

Sri Lanka Opposition Outraged by Ex-General's Arrest

Sarath Fonseka's wife calls arrest 'an abduction,' saying soldiers refused his request to surrender to police

Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram speaks as West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, right, looks on after a meeting with chief ministers of some of the eastern Indian states whi

India says Progress Made in Tackling Maoist Rebels

Maoists, who have entrenched themselves in several parts of country, are biggest internal security threat confronting India

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (R) meets with senior Chinese Communist Party envoy Wang Jiarui, unseen, in Pyongyang, N. Korea, 08 Feb 2010

North Korean Leader Pledges Commitment to Nuclear-Free Peninsula

Kim Jong Il dispatches his own senior nuclear negotiator to Beijing

China map

China Imprisons Activist Who Investigated Earthquake Deaths

Tan Zuoren was charged because of comments he made about the pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989

Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate and former army chief Sarath Fonseka addresses reporters in Colombo, 08 Feb 2010

Losing Presidential Election Candidate Arrested in Sri Lanka

Former General Fonseka's supporters say he was forcibly taken away by heavily armed troops while meeting with opposition leaders

A displaced family flees ahead of an anti-Taliban offensive in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province, arriving in the town of Lashkar Gah from nearby Marjah, 08 Feb 2010

Thousands Flee Ahead of NATO Offensive in Southern Afghanistan

Coalition and Afghan troops preparing to take back Taliban stronghold in Helmand Province, now major opium trafficking hub

A vehicle carrying Indian Army rescue team is on its way to Gulmarg, via Tangmarg, northwest of Srinagar, 08 Feb 2010

Kashmir Avalanche Buries India Army Soldiers

At least 17 soldiers have been killed after avalanche swept over camp of Army's High Altitude Warfare Training School at Khilanmarg

India Predicting Strong Economic Growth

The latest forecast of 7.2 percent growth for the fiscal year that ends in March indicates that economic recovery is on track

Missing Lawyer Case Tests Thailand Human Rights

In 2004, Somchai Neelapaichit was abducted from the streets of Bangkok, bundled into a car and driven away

A former street kid works in the fields at The Learning Farm

Indonesian Street Kids Find Rescue in Organic Farming

Private charity teaches former street kids how to grow 'green,' giving them a chance to succeed in rural communities