Sanjay Kapoor, Bharti Airtel chief executive for India and South Asia speaks during a news conference in New Delhi March 11, 2010. Bharti Airtel, which is in talks to buy the African assets of Kuwaiti telecoms Zain, said last week it had elevated Kapoor as its chief executive for India...

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Indian Climate-action Network-South Asia (CANSA) members and activists stand in front of a world map with placards during a campaign in New Delhi on August 28, 2009, ahead of the forthcoming UN Climate Summit. South Asian ministers will gather in Nepal next week for talks on the threat...

Robert Blake (C), U.S. assistant secretary for South Asia, introduces his team members to President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav (R) at his office in Kathmandu June 12, 2009.

Robert Blake (L), U.S. assistant secretary for South Asia, shakes hands with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal at his office in Kathmandu June 12, 2009.

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An Indian nurse cares for a child, who succesfully underwent pediatric cardiac surgery, in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at South Asia's first exclusive children's heart hospital in Hyderabad on October 27, 2009. Nearly 152 000 children are born with cardiac conditions in India every year.

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Ten-month old B. Lakshmi, who successfully underwent pediatric cardiac surgery, is cared for by her mother at South Asia's first exclusive children's heart hospital in Hyderabad on October 27, 2009. Nearly 152 000 children are born with cardiac conditions in India every year.

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Hyderabad Diocese Archbishop Marampudi Joji blesses the N. Sri Lakshmi, 8, who successfully underwent pediatric cardiac surgery, on his visit to South Asia's first exclusive children's heart hospital in Hyderabad on October 27, 2009. Nearly 152 000 children are born with cardiac...

Former U.S. Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns smiles during a business meeting themed "India and the Crisis in South Asia" organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi August 18, 2009.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake gestures during a media conference in Colombo December 9, 2009. Blake, the U.S. diplomat responsible for South Asia, on Wednesday welcomed the progress in the reconciliation process following the end of Sri Lanka's quarter-century war with...

A Kashmiri girl refugee carries a stone to helps her father to build a wall in the Neelum Valley near Kamsar camp, some 10 km (6 miles) north of the earthquake-devastated city of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir February 15, 2006. Winter weather has made life more difficult...

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A child walks down a shanty area in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Nov, 12, 2009. Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because of insufficient nutrition, with South Asia accounting for 83 million hungry children under five, according to a new report published...

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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives for a press conference in Mumbai on October 11, 2009. India hinted that a suicide attack on its embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul last week was staged by Pakistani militants who oppose its support of President Hamid Karzai's government. ...

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Nepalese Muslims wait to offer the early morning Eid al-Fitr prayer at Kashmiri Mosque in Kathmandu on September 21, 2009. Muslims across South Asia have started the three-day celebrations of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

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Nepalese Muslims hug and greet each other at a mosque after offering the early morning Eid al-Fitr prayer in Kathmandu on September 21, 2009. Muslims across South Asia have started the three-day celebrations of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

An Afghan woman holds her child outside a hospital to receive vaccination for polio in a UNICEF-organised countrywide campaign, in the central province of Ghor, September 13, 2009. Once at the heart of the medieval Ghorid empire stretching between present-day Iran and South Asia, Ghor...

Afghan policemen keep watch during a campaign of polio vaccination organized by UNICEF, in the central province of Ghor September 13, 2009. Once at the heart of the medieval Ghorid empire stretching between present-day Iran and South Asia, Ghor is now an obscure place, with no proper...

Aftab, an Afghan girl, waits to receive vaccination for polio in a UNICEF-organised countrywide campaign, in the central province of Ghor September 13, 2009. Once at the heart of the medieval Ghorid empire stretching between present-day Iran and South Asia, Ghor is now an obscure place,...

Parizad, an Afghan mother, sits in her house after her one-month-old baby received vaccination for polio in a UNICEF-organised countrywide campaign, in the central province of Ghor September 13, 2009. Once at the heart of the mediaeval Ghorid empire stretching between present-day Iran...

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Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal (3rd R) lights a traditional lamp during the opening ceremony of the Regional Climate Change Conference in Kathmandu on August 31, 2009. Global warming could have catastrophic consequences for people living in South Asia, Nepal's prime minister...

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Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal (3rd L) poses with students as they hold a banner on climate change during the opening ceremony of the Regional Climate Change Conference in Kathmandu on August 31, 2009. Global warming could have catastrophic consequences for people living in...

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Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal delivers his speech during the opening ceremony of the Regional Climate Change Conference in Kathmandu on August 31, 2009. Global warming could have catastrophic consequences for people living in South Asia, Nepal's prime minister said here...

Heavy monsoon clouds drift over New Delhi July 29, 2009. South Asia is suffering from unusually erratic annual monsoon rains this year, with India seeing the driest June in 83 years and a wetter than usual July, and conditions across the region varying from floods to drought.

Men toss dough while cooking puri, a traditional fried flat bread, at a morning market in Karachi July 26, 2009. Puri, which is a popular dish in South Asia, is consumed mostly at breakfast.

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In this handout picture released by UNICEF on June 2, 2009, An Indian child is weighed on a scales at an undisclosed location in the eastern Indian state of Bihar on April 29, 2009. The global financial crisis combined with a spike in fuel and food prices has left 100 million more...

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A boy eats Indian bread distributed for free by a community kitchen outside a restaurant in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. More than 100 million people have joined the ranks of the hungry in South Asia due to fallout from the global financial crisis, bringing the number of the...