| Australia to tour India after bombings (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2008 01:58 AM CDT  Reuters - Australia will go ahead with their four-test tour of India after a security review following a series of bombings in New Delhi, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Tuesday.
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| U.N. assembly opens door to enlarged Security Council (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2008 11:34 PM CDT  Reuters - The U.N. General Assembly opened the door on Monday to expanding the Security Council by calling for full-scale negotiations on adding new members to the United Nations' most powerful body.
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| India concerned about Pakistan support for militants (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2008 10:42 AM CDT  Reuters - The defence minister said on Monday he was seriously concerned about support for militants from Pakistan after a string of bomb attacks in the nation's capital killed 22 people at the weekend.
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| Pakistan spy agency must be reformed - U.S. official (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2008 06:44 PM CDT  Reuters - The Pakistani military's powerful and controversial spy agency needs reform but there is no indication this is happening yet, the top U.S. diplomat for South Asia said on Monday.
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| Lehman files for bankruptcy, plans to sell units (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2008 06:09 PM CDT  Reuters - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc filed for bankruptcy protection after trying to finance too many risky assets with too little capital, becoming the largest U.S. bankruptcy and the highest-profile casualty of the global credit crisis.
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| Nepal's Maoist PM says needs China, but India crucial (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2008 11:15 AM CDT  Reuters - Nepal wants to develop relations with neighbouring China, but its "age-old" ties with India remain crucial, the Nepali Maoist prime minister said on Monday.
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| Army abuses fuel revolt in Manipur - report (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2008 09:01 AM CDT  Reuters - Abuse of a controversial security law by government forces is fuelling a bloody rebellion in Manipur, a human rights group said on Monday.
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| Indian soldiers among eight killed in Kashmir (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2008 07:19 AM CDT  Reuters - Four Indian soldiers and three Muslim militants were killed in gun battles across Kashmir on Monday, police said.
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| Australians still waiting on advice over India tour (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2008 06:18 AM CDT  Reuters - Australia's cricketers are still waiting to learn whether they will proceed with their planned tour of India following a series of bombings that killed at least 20 people in New Delhi at the weekend.
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| GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, oil drop as Wall St damage spreads (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2008 02:03 AM CDT  Reuters - Asian stocks dropped, with markets in Japan and Hong Kong down 5 to 6 percent, and government debt prices climbed on Tuesday, on investor fears that trouble at American International Group will spread globally so soon after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy.
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| U.S. says funds for F-16s to Pakistan is tough sell (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2008 05:32 PM CDT  Reuters - The Bush administration expects an uphill battle with Congress for permission to use counterterrorism funds to upgrade Pakistan's F-16 fighters, the State Department's top diplomat for South Asia said on Monday.
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| Global stocks plunge, investors seek safe havens (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2008 12:37 PM CDT  Reuters - Global stocks tumbled, led by financial shares, and oil fell sharply on Monday as Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy filing caused investors to bail out of risky assets and flock to safe havens such as government bonds, gold and the Swiss franc.
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| Govt names New Delhi bomb suspects as anger rises (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2008 08:44 AM CDT  Reuters - Police said on Monday they were closing in on several Muslim suspects after bombs killed 21 people in New Delhi at the weekend, but anger and frustration grew over their failure to prevent recent attacks.
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