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India's cash crunch hits countryside, weddings in trouble 12 Nov 2016 - 09:45 am
500 and 1000 Indian rupee banknotes are kept in front of an image of the Hindu deities at a cash counter inside a bank in Jammu. Reuters/Mukesh Gupta
Macau ex-prosecutor faces nearly 2,000 charges 12 Nov 2016 - 09:31 am
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Taliban claims responsibility for explosion at NATO air base in Afghanistan 12 Nov 2016 - 09:22 am
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Casualties as explosion hits largest US base in Afghanistan: NATO 12 Nov 2016 - 09:14 am
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Taliban attack on German consulate in Afghanistan kills six 11 Nov 2016 - 11:14 am
Afghan security forces and NATO troops arrive at the site of explosion near the German consulate office in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan November 11, 2016. REUTERS/Anil Usyan
China’s Xi vows zero tolerance for separatist movements 11 Nov 2016 - 11:09 am
Chinese President Xi Jinping gives a speech at the Great Hall of the People marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen in Beijing on November 11, 2016. China's ruling party is marking the 150th birthday this week of the man who ended millen
13 dead in Indian garment factory fire: police 11 Nov 2016 - 11:01 am
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Factbox: The economics of India’s seasonal debt bondage trap 10 Nov 2016 - 05:38 pm
Here are key facts about the economics of seasonal debt bondage in India, where around 18 million people are trapped in some kind of slavery, according to the latest Global Slavery Index by Walk Free Foundation:
Agents of India’s “migration express” sell one-way ticket to debt bondage 10 Nov 2016 - 05:04 pm
File photo of rescued bonded labourer Srikrushna Rajhansiya recalling his days in bondage outside his home in Sargul village in Odisha. (REUTERS)
EU lawmakers back Uzbekistan trade deal opposed by anti-slavery activists 10 Nov 2016 - 04:47 pm
An Uzbek farmer tills a cotton field outside Tashkent, May 20, 2005 (AFP Photo/Denis Sinyakov)
Indians mob banks to deposit, exchange spiked currency 10 Nov 2016 - 03:24 pm
A worker fills diesel in a car as he holds 500 Indian rupee banknotes at a fuel station in Kolkata, India, November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
Deported from Pakistan, Kabul embraces Afghan Mona Lisa 10 Nov 2016 - 03:00 pm
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 09: Afghan president Ashraf Ghani welcomes Sharbat Gula and her children at presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on November 9, 2016. Haroon Sabawoon - Anadolu Agency
Indian banks call in police as people rush to ditch old banknotes 10 Nov 2016 - 02:59 pm
People stand in a queue to deposit 500 and 1000 Indian rupee banknotes inside a bank in the northern city of Kanpur, India, November 10, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Philippines, Malaysia agree to cooperate on tackling Abu Sayyaf kidnappings 10 Nov 2016 - 02:51 pm
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte and Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak shake hands after a welcome ceremony in Putrajaya, Malaysia November 10, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Indian PM heads to Japan to seal nuclear deal amid uncertainty over US policy 10 Nov 2016 - 11:26 am
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi reads a joint statement with his British counterpart Theresa May (unseen) at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, November 7, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
China jails 49 over giant explosions 09 Nov 2016 - 03:38 pm
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For China, Trump win creates uncertainty, opportunity 09 Nov 2016 - 02:48 pm
Republican president-elect Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech during his election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown in the early morning hours of November 9, 2016 in New York City.  Spencer Plat/AFP
Taliban call on Trump to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan 09 Nov 2016 - 02:13 pm
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