Pakistan PM wins time in legal wrangle over president

Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Monday won a few more weeks' breathing space in a long-running legal wrangle over the reopening of graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.

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Police quell protest over Indian coal scandal

Indian PM’s reputation has been sullied by a string of scandals during his administration:

Hundreds of Indian protesters angry at a controversial allocation of coal fields were baton charged by police and sprayed with tear gas during a demonstration in the capital New Delhi Sunday.

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Iran primes NAM summit amid high security

Iran on Monday was deploying formidable security around a Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting preparing for a summit later this week that Tehran is determined to use to bolster its international status.

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