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Challenge of the final frontier of football

Masterminds of English football believe there is a huge market to tap into for unearthing a top-class Indian footballer

India launches TV search for soccer prince

Winners of the Indian reality TV show will be offered football apprenticeships with English teams such as Liverpool

Predator attack kills al-Qaeda leaders

Usama al-Kini , the head of al-Qaeda in Pakistan, has been killed by a US missile strike in the South Waziristan tribal region

India grinding to a halt in wake of oil strikes

Nearly two thirds of petrol stations in Delhi have reported running out of fuel after a strike by 55,000 workers at oil companies

Head of al-Qaeda in Pakistan killed by US

Usama al-Kini, believed to be behind the Marriott Hotel bombing in Islamabad and his lieutentant have reportedly been killed

Anti-government editor shot dead in Sri Lanka

Lasantha Wickrematunga, whose newspaper had exposed government corruption, was shot in chest, head and abdomen

Why India must be patient with Pakistan

It is easy for India to criticise; the harder question is how to help its neighbour shut the door on radicalism

First Person: the 'internal enemy’ in Sri Lanka

In 2008, Keith Noyahr was driving home from work when he was dragged from his car and subjected to a six-hour assault

Tokyo set for gangster turf war fight

With many of their interests in property battered by the recession, gangs are scrambling more aggressively for profits

Sri Lanka newspaper editor shot

Lasantha Wickrematunga, the editor of an anti-government newspaper, was shot by two motorcyclists on his way to work

'Kill them': Mumbai terror call transcripts emerge

Gunmen were ordered to kill hostages by leaders, including Jewish victims because it would damage relations with Israel

Net tightens around China's richest man

The wife of Huang Guangyu, who disappeared in November amid allegations of insider trading has been detained in Beijing

China warned to expect social unrest

Government agency predicts poor job prospects for migrant workers and graduates will bring increased public conflict

China cracks down on freedom charter

Writers, artists and intellectuals who signed Charter 08 calling for political reforms are questioned by Chinese police

'Unpatriotic' Sri Lankan TV station destroyed

Privately owned Maharaja TV burnt down after government criticism of its coverage of military victory over Tamil Tigers

Indian PM points finger at Pakistan spy agency

Manmohan Singh says that the terrorists who killed 170 people in Mumbai attacks had links to the Pakistani state

The Cuba effect haunting the industry

Behind Toyota's move is the fear that the world may develop a taste for making endless repairs to their cars instead of replacing them with new models

Toyota factories face days of closure

The car giant's rare decision, designed to save jobs, is likely to be repeated across Japan's struggling industry

Japanese whaler drowns in Southern Ocean

Hajime Sharasaki is believed to have fallen overboard in freezing temperatures and a big sea while wearing only overalls

Air India: free of fat hostesses, by order of the court

Ruling backs carrier which fired staff after they failed to slim