Reuters - India and Pakistan held their first official talks since the 2008 Mumbai attacks on Thursday, a meeting that is unlikely to lead to an immediate breakthrough but may help thaw relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

SHAH ALAM, Feb 23 (Bernama) -- Selangor police may have plugged an
international cocaine pipeline into the country, with the arrest of an Iranian
businessman last Sunday.

AP - China is telling schools to sever all ties with the international relief agency Oxfam and bar its campus recruitment efforts, accusing the group's Hong Kong branch of having a hidden political agenda.

Reuters - The Maoists have offered a 72-day ceasefire if New Delhi calls off an offensive against them, media reports said on Tuesday, but the government said it would wait for a formal offer before it responded.

AFP - A furious Chinese woman has launched a public campaign against her ex-husband, a local government official, accusing him of corruption in revenge for his alleged infidelities, state media said Tuesday.

AFP - Toyota battled Tuesday to seize back the initiative over a worldwide rash of safety recalls as the Japanese automaker, heading into a showdown in Congress, grappled with US criminal subpoenas.