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Japan whale hunting: Commercial whaling to restart in JulyJapan whale hunting: Commercial whaling to restart in July
Image copyrightAFP/Getty ImagesImage caption Japan will be free to hunt whales like the minke for commercial purposes from July onwards

Japan says it is to restart commercial whaling in July in a move that is likely to draw international criticism.

It said it would withdraw from the International Whaling

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Finding God in the anguish of violenceFinding God in the anguish of violence
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As violence has intensified in Indian-administered Kashmir, people have been flocking to the region's fabled Sufi shrines in search of solace. Sameer Yasir speaks to photographer Azan Shah, who has been documenting the anguish of the devotees.

Bakhti Begam is a regular at Khanqah-e-Moula, a Muslim Sufi shrine located on the

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The Thai cave rescue: What happened nextThe Thai cave rescue: What happened next

Throughout this week, we will be looking back at some of the TheIndianSubcontinent website's most-read stories of the year and asking: what happened after the news moved on

Today, the TheIndianSubcontinent's South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head returns to Mae Sai in northern Thailand, where members of the Wild Boars football team were

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Thai cave rescue: The Cave film shares behind-the-scenes shotsThai cave rescue: The Cave film shares behind-the-scenes shots
Image copyrightFredrik Divall/De Warrenne PicturesImage caption Cave rescue diver Erik Brown is playing himself

The dramatic Thai cave rescue unfolded like a film. It involved a desperate search, selfless volunteers, an audacious rescue, and 12 boys and one man determined to survive against the odds.

Several

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Bringing 'Asia's zebras' back to the steppeBringing 'Asia's zebras' back to the steppe
Image copyrightPetra Kaczensky/NINA

"Do you see them" the radio crackled in the old Russian 4x4.

The driver tried to steer away from pits and ravines that he could barely see in the dark. The lights of another car flashed in the distance. After a prolonged silence came the answer. "No."

The two drivers navigating around a national park in the dead

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China birth rate: Mothers, your country needs you!China birth rate: Mothers, your country needs you!
Image copyrightVictor Fraile RodriguezImage caption China is now trying hard to encourage women to have more children

When China ended its one-child policy three years ago, there was hope couples would have a second child to help slow the pace of an ageing society. But the move isn't working, reports

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