News: Asia

The BBC's Sandeep Sahu in the eastern Indian state of Orissa reports on the unusual arrival of a bridegroom at a wedding.

Dozens of medical students stranded in China after buying fake air tickets are being flown home, officials from Air India say.

Mohammad Asif tests positive for a banned substance during an Indian Premier League game, organisers claim.

Migrant workers riot for three days in a Chinese town, in a fresh sign of rumbling social unrest.

A British hedge fund whose request to up its stake in a Japanese utility was rejected by the Japanese government has said it will accept the decision.

England express their disappointment at the proposed itinerary for the tour of India.

Australia's Olive Riley - said to be the world's oldest internet blogger - dies at the age of 108.

The Australian version of reality TV series Big Brother is axed, seven years after it began on Network Ten.

The biggest shareholder in Australia's second-largest airline is to offload its stake in the carrier to reduce exposure to the ailing industry.

More than 100 insurgents breach a US outpost in north-eastern Afghanistan, killing nine US soldiers, military officials say.

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South Korea says it will recall its ambassador to Japan amid a new flare-up of tensions over disputed islands.

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A proposal to allow China to import elephant ivory legally is among the issues to be discussed at a UN meeting in Geneva.

Seven senior policemen taken hostage by junior officers in Nepal are released, officials say.

A leading ruling-party politician in Seoul suggests parliament should spearhead attempts to engage the North in dialogue.

At least six Afghan security guards are killed in a roadside bombing in the southern province of Helmand, police say.

Left parties in India are set to launch a country-wide campaign against the controversial India-US nuclear deal.

Australian scientists say they have made a discovery that could be a major breakthrough in the fight against malaria.

Australian scientists say they have made a discovery that could be a major breakthrough in the fight against malaria.