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Uproar in India Over Quota for Female Lawmakers (Mar 10)
A plan to reserve a third of the seats in India’s legislatures for women plunged Parliament into chaos.




Angered by U.S. Security, Pakistanis Return as Heroes (Mar 10)
A U.S. tour arranged by the State Department to improve ties to Pakistani legislators ended in a public relations fiasco when the group refused to submit to extra airport screening.




Gates Visits Former Taliban Village (Mar 10)
Robert M. Gates’s visit to the village of Now Zad — and his first walk through a market during wartime in Iraq or Afghanistan — would have been unimaginable even three months ago.




Editor Is Fired After Criticizing Chinese Registration System (Mar 9)
Zhang Hong’s dismissal is a fresh warning that journalists who challenge government policy too directly can face retribution.




China and India to Join Copenhagen Climate Change Accord (Mar 10)
The countries are the last two major economies to join the agreement reached in December, which calls for limiting the rise in global temperatures.




Japan Says It Allowed U.S. Nuclear Ships to Port (Mar 9)
The agreements were made public in the United States years ago, but until recently the Japanese government had denied their existence.




Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks (Mar 9)
The Maldives will make its territorial waters into a shark sanctuary, a government official said Tuesday.




Junta Says Election Law Is Complete in Myanmar (Mar 9)
If held, the elections would be the country’s first in two decades, but not date has been announced yet.




Pakistan Government Site Is Attacked (Mar 9)
An explosives-laden truck rammed into the gate of a house used by the Federal Investigation Agency in Lahore, killing at least 12 people.




Indonesia Forces Kill 3 Terror Suspects (Mar 9)
Indonesian counterterrorism forces stormed an Internet cafe and a nearby house on the outskirts of Jakarta on Tuesday.