Reuters - The first official talks between India and Pakistan since the Mumbai attacks offer a tiny step to stability in South Asia, but the recent bombing in Pune shows the nuclear rivals' ties may be as fragile as ever.

Reuters - India has delayed by two months the introduction of mobile number portability to end-May, the telecoms minister Andimuthu Raja said on Monday.

Reuters - Trade ministers are unlikely to gather in late March as proposed to decide whether a deal is possible this year in the World Trade Organisation's long-running Doha round, trade sources said on Thursday.

Reuters - Superstar golfer Tiger Woods set no date for his return to competition on Friday, keeping sponsors and fans in a waiting game as he apologised to his family and fans for cheating on his wife and said he was continuing to get treatment.

Reuters - A Pakistani air strike killed 30 militants in mountains on the Afghan border on Saturday, the military said, as one of NATO's biggest offensives against the Taliban continued in Afghanistan itself.