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India's popular yoga teacher Swami Ramdev speaks at Ramlila grounds where veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare is fasting, in New Delhi, August 24, 2011.

Indian Leaders Seek Influence by Taking 'Yatras'

Sociologist say yatras, or road trips, are deeply rooted in Indian history

Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan (L) poses with China's State Councilor Dai Bingguo at the Government Guest House in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 6, 2011.

Chinese Warnings Foreshadow Tension With India Over Sea Oil

As India engages with Vietnam in oil exploration deals in South China Sea, China asserts its sovereignty, makes lots of noise

A Taiwan air force F-16 fighter jet scrambles from one section of a highway during the Hanguang air force drill in Madou, Tainan city, south of Taiwan, April 12, 2011.

China Condemns Proposed US-Taiwan Arms Sale

Obama administration plans $5 billion upgrade of Taiwan's F-16 fighter fleet, but no new planes to be sold

Palestinians take part in a candle light rally outside the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, to show support for the Palestinian bid for full United Nations membership, September 15, 2011.

Analysts: Palestinian UN Bid Likely to Fail

US makes clear it will veto any attempt at Palestinian statehood through Security Council

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks at Council on Foreign Relations(CFR) in New York on July 26 in New York (file photo)

IMF: World Economy Entering 'Dangerous New Phase'

Organization says US economy struggling to overcome 'sluggish' growth due to government debt crisis, weaknesses in housing market

Egypt's late President Anwar el-Sadat

Spies Probe the Mental State of Foreign Leaders Pt II

The CIA maintains a special unit to look for clues as to the mental stability, as well as the physical health, of world leaders

Spies Track Physical Illnesses of Foreign Leaders

There may be no secret more closely guarded than the health of the country’s leader

US-Gadhafi Relationship Never Fully Developed Before Uprising

Rapprochement began in 2003 and had started to show some signs of promise

A man welds a wheel used for packing medicine inside a factory in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. India's factory sector expanded at its slowest pace in more than two years in August as export orders shrank amid weakening global demand, September 2,

Interest Rate Hikes Take Toll on Indian Economy

Economists warn interest rate hikes would stunt economic growth