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An Indian marriage agency launches "Angry Brides", where a woman throws things at future husbands seeking exaggerated dowry. In Bangladesh at least 325 women were tortured and killed by their husbands or their families in 2011. In India more than 8 thousand cases in 2010.

The meeting of the Indian Bishops' Conference will be held from 1 to 8 February in Bangalore (Karnataka). More than 160 bishops from around the country will attend. Among the issues violence committed against Christians by Hindu and Muslim extremists.

More details emerge on the Uyghur asylum seekers deported to China by Cambodia.

Two Uyghur men in Pakistan say they were wrongfully placed on a No-Fly list.

A heavy metal spill in southwestern China has residents scrambling for safe drinking water.

Protests spread among Tibetans challenging rule by Beijing.

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Mahmoud Salem, a moderate Muslim and a member of the Free Egyptians Party, filed a suit against Yasser al-Bourhami, a Salafist cleric, accusing him of inciting hatred against Copts. He is also against any outrageous and violent use of Islam. So far, the authorities have ignored other suits filed by members of moderate Islamic parties.

The country’s Chinese community celebrates the Lunar New Year. Activities and festivals will be held over the next two weeks. In 1967, General Suharto had banned the event. President Gus Dur unbanned it 2000. Thousands of Catholics take part in Mass in Jakarta.

Three peaceful demonstrations end in bloodshed this week. Scared by growing unrest, Beijing reacts with an iron fist and a disinformation campaign to convince the world that the Dalai Lama is to blame. A Buddhist source tells AsiaNews that some “6,000 Buddhists left Tibet for India” to hear their religious leader, showing they “unconcerned about consequences”.

The Bilateral Commission met at Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A joint communiqué said, “substantive progress was made on issues of significance” in “an open, friendly and constructive atmosphere”.

The outgoing bishop of Faisalabad is back to the city where he did his seminary studies and was first priest. On Wednesday, Benedict XVI named him archbishop of Pakistan’s southern metropolis. Speaking about his new posting, the prelate describes the demographic explosion and bursts of violence in this “multiethnic and multicultural” city.

The journey towards unity has borne "quite a few good fruit", but runs "the risk of a false irenicism and an indifference," that is of becoming, a search for "rules for a praxis capable of improving the world" . Structure of revelation in fundamental dialogues and we can not ignore the great moral questions about human life, family, sexuality, bioethics, freedom, justice and peace.

The government proposes abortion "only" for unwanted pregnancies. The Bishops' Conference "categorically" and "firmly" opposes any attempt to "legalize murder, in all its forms."

A survey indicates that the quality of education in the country is constantly declining. For Prof Hoàng Tuy, “Shortcomings in and harm to education have accumulated and reached an extreme level. We can no longer tolerate them. Now a total overhaul of education is the first order of business.”

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For the first time in its history, the Episcopal Conference launches a survey aimed at all young people throughout the country's 15 dioceses. The results are surprising: young people "really understand Catholic teaching" and faith "helps them to improve the understanding of the world and their problems."

Two Uyghurs deported by Cambodia to China are slapped with life sentences in a secret trial.

The shooting occurs as protesters prevent a Tibetan from being held for putting up anti-China posters.