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26 July 2013 Last updated at 12:53 ET

Deadly bombings in Pakistan marketInjured man at Parachinar hospital

At least 39 people have been killed by bombs at a market in the northwestern Pakistani town of Parachinar, reports say.

Schoolchildren eat their free Mid-Day meal, distributed by a government-run primary school at Brahimpur village in Chapra district of Bihar state on July 19, 2013Teachers boycott meals after deaths

Tens of thousands of Indian teachers boycott free school lunches in protest at the arrest of a head of a school where 23 children died of poisoning.

File photo: Japanese Coast Guard vessels, Japanese fishing boats, and a Chinese surveillance ship in the East China Sea near the disputed islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, 26 May 2013Japan 'needs marines and drones'

Japan says it needs marines and surveillance drones, plus better missile defence capabilities, amid concerns over China and North Korea.

Soutik Biswas, Delhi correspondent Article written by Soutik Biswas Soutik Biswas Delhi correspondent

Is India winning the war on poverty?

14:16 UK time, Wednesday, 24 July 2013

The number of Indians living in extreme poverty has fallen sharply in seven years according to the latest figures, Soutik Biswas reports.

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