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Officer's lucky escape in Taleban attack

Lieutenant David Robertson was hit in the chest by the missile in the chest but survived after it bounced back off him

British couple among those missing in earthquake

David and Diane Atkins, from Hampshire, were among 19 Brits travelling to the Wolong nature reserve when the earth shook

At least 60 killed in seven Jaipur bomb blasts

Indian cities on terror alert after succession of bomb his tourist destination's shopping district injuring more than 150

China bloggers cook up quake conspiracies

Did Chinese authorities ignore the 'earthquake omens'? The bloggers say they did

EU man on mission to bring Burma cyclone aid

The international community makes a new appeal to the military junta to allow in disaster relief experts

Dujiangyan, the city reduced to rubble

A conurbation of 600,000 is the focal point for rescuers, with thousands believed to have been buried alive by quake

British panda-watchers missing in Sichuan

19 Britons on trip to Chinese panda reserve have been missing since yesterday's massive quake, Kuoni Travel says

China quake: 18,000 buried in rubble, toll rises

Death toll from Sichuan quake at 12,000 as relief workers struggle to reach epicentre; 19 British tourists are missing

Pakistan plunges into fresh political crisis

Government future in doubt after Nawaz Sharif said he was pulling his ministers out of the coalition over the judges stand-off

China death toll mounts as landslides hinder rescue

Almost 10,000 confirmed to have died but tens of thousands more are feared to have been been killed in one town alone

Burma accused of 'crime' against its people

Disaster relief agencies say that by keeping its borders closed to aid the junta is guilty of humanitarian crimes

Olympic pressure helps foster caring response

Response of China’s rulers to earthquake highlights lessons learnt from mishandling of several crises in past few years

Fencing instructor helps to foil old age

Sport helps elderly residents of a Catholic home to keep fit and active

Shallow depth of the epicentre caused such violence

The earthquake measured at magnitude 7.8 and could be felt in Bangkok, Hong Kong and in Shanghai, more than 930 miles away

Sichuan quake recalls China's most deadly

Massive quake in Sichuan province recalls 1976 temblor near Beijing in which 250,000 were killed

Sharif deals blow to Pakistan civilian rule

Former PM says his party will quit coalition just three months after Pakistan's fragile civilian government was formed

At least 8,600 dead in China quake

Massive earthquake measuring 7.8 hits southwest China, flattening homes and buildings, killing 8,533 in one province

900 students 'buried' in China earthquake

Students buried after collapse of school building in Sichuan province after major earthquake kills at least 107

Quake shakes cities from Beijing to Bangkok

Centre of the earthquake hits south west China with magnitude of 7.8, as news of casualties begins to emerge

US aid flight finally takes off on Burma mission

The first American aid flight heads to Burma from Thailand nine days after devastation wrought by Cyclone Nargis