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The black widow of the web
Kanae Kijima is accused of meeting men online – and then killing them. David McNeill reports from Tokyo
Inside Asia
Google set to pull out of China over censorship
Monday, 22 March 2010
Decision highlights US concern at communist state's online activities
Mongolian drought turns Beijing orange
Monday, 22 March 2010
Beijing was shrouded in orange dust over the weekend after a sandstorm that has spread over 313,000 square miles blew into the Chinese capital.
How the West poisoned Bangladesh
Sunday, 21 March 2010
Andrew Buncombe: A UN project aimed to help millions - but it brought them water contaminated with arsenic.
Thai protesters target "hearts and minds" of Bangkok
Saturday, 20 March 2010
Tens of thousands of opposition activists pressed ahead with anti-government protests on Friday, preparing for a new drive to win over Bangkok's politically powerful middle classes.
India's 'modern-day Nero' to be grilled over Muslim bloodbath
Friday, 19 March 2010
Narendra Modi, tipped as a future prime minister, is called to appear before tribunal investigating 2002 Gujarat massacre
Two face Goa court over Scarlett Keeling murder
Friday, 19 March 2010
The 15-year-old was on a six-month holiday to India with her family when her semi-naked body was found on the beach in February 2008.
North Korean blamed for currency crash is executed
Friday, 19 March 2010
Finance chief shot by firing squad after botched revaluation scheme
Kidnap boy heading back to UK with father
Thursday, 18 March 2010
After a reunion in Islamabad, they are on a plane back to Manchester
China's Shenyang Zoo closed after tigers starve to death
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Employee accuses bosses of making drink from bones of endangered animal
Five arrested over kidnap of British boy Sahil Saeed in Pakistan
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Suspects detained in Spain, France and Pakistan after ransom is handed over
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