James Bennett is an ABC journalist who has covered several Tours de Frances and the ASADA/Essendon story from Melbourne. He's currently on secondment with ABC Rural in Canberra.
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| UpdatedAn ambitious Indian Government plan to rehouse residents of Mumbai's biggest and oldest slum hits a snag, as many residents do not have the documents authorities demand and are fearful of what might happen if they are forthcoming.
Topics: poverty, human-interest, housing, india, asia
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| UpdatedTwo months since India's two biggest banknotes were invalidated overnight to fight graft things are slowly returning to normal, but change has come at a cost to one of Asia's fastest-growing economies.
Topics: currency, community-and-society, world-politics, india, asia
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Hundreds of thousands of Afghans who previously fled violence to Pakistan are returning home to uncertain futures after being told they are no longer welcome by their neighbour.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, community-and-society, immigration, refugees, terrorism, afghanistan, pakistan
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More than one month after India announced a withdrawal of most of the currency from the country's economy, people are questioning if the disruption could cause more harm than good.
Topics: currency, community-and-society, world-politics, banking, india
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There are fears in India that a move to cut corruption by replacing the country's major banknotes could spread wider and last longer than first thought, with warnings economic growth and food production will suffer.
Topics: currency, markets, farm-labour, money-and-monetary-policy, india
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| UpdatedProsecutors at the International Criminal Court have concluded American soldiers and CIA officers likely committed war crimes in Afghanistan.
Topics: crime, unrest-conflict-and-war, afghanistan
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The Indian Government's corruption crackdown is causing immense hardship for the countries poorest, after it abruptly scrapped the 500 and 1000 rupee notes.
Topics: corruption, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, india
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| UpdatedIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces that 500 and 1,000 rupee banknotes will be withdrawn from circulation as part of a crackdown on rampant corruption and counterfeit currency.
Topics: corruption, money-and-monetary-policy, india, asia
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| UpdatedThe Governor of Uruzgan pleads for Australian forces to return to the Afghan province, as Afghan soldiers surrender and join the Taliban.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, defence-forces, army, afghanistan, australia
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There are only a handful of people still alive who remember a time before India and Pakistan became bitter rivals. James Bennett found one of them while doing a story about cricket bats in northern Punjab.
Topics: history, 20th-century, community-and-society, colonialism, india, pakistan
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| UpdatedControversy brews in India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi weighs in on the so-called "triple talaq" law, which allows Muslim men to divorce their wives simply by saying the phrase three times.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, islam, marriage, divorce, world-politics, india
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As the United Nations reveals Afghanistan is estimated to boost opium production by more than 40 per cent this year, an expert warns it will only bolster the Taliban further.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, afghanistan
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The persistence of India's outlawed dowry system and the availability of illegal gender-testing has resulted in millions more boys than girls, making it very difficult for many men to get married.
Topics: community-and-society, family-and-children, marriage, women, india
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India's military has taken the rare step of publicly crossing the two countries' de-facto border to strike at what it says were suspected terrorist camps in Pakistan.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, territorial-disputes, world-politics, jammu-and-kashmir, pakistan, india
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Veterinarian Dr Manoj Kumar usually treats camels, but this week the north-Indian vet instead finds himself nursing one half of Australia's coat of arms.
Topics: animals, offbeat, veterinary-medicine, india
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Google says a high-speed public wi-fi will spark a data revolution in India as companies look to woo the estimated 300 million Indians who will start using the internet over the next four years.
Topics: telecommunications, internet-technology, industry, business-economics-and-finance, india
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The deaths of 17 Indian soldiers near Pakistan's border raises fears simmering conflict between the two nuclear-armed rivals is again escalating.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, india, pakistan, jammu-and-kashmir
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| UpdatedAt least 28 people who were praying at a mosque in north-western Paklistan are killed in a suicide bombing.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, pakistan
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| UpdatedSuicide bomber strikes as more than 100 mourners crowd into a hospital to accompany the body of a prominent lawyer killed earlier in the day.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, crime, pakistan
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| UpdatedTwo Australians are among 300 passengers and crew who survived a fiery plane crash in Dubai, but one firefighter dies tackling the inferno.
Topics: air-and-space, community-and-society, united-arab-emirates, india
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| UpdatedSeveral men in India accused of gang-raping the same young woman for a second time are alleged to have done so as payback for their low-caste victim filing charges against them over the original assault.
Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, india, asia
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| UpdatedBangladesh authorities investigating this month's deadly terror attack at a Dhaka cafe are now exploring potential foreign links, including one man who had been living in Australia.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, bangladesh, asia, australia
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| UpdatedThe drenching monsoon downpours are essential to life in India, bringing with them an end to the dry heat and much-needed rainfall for farmers.
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| UpdatedArmed militants kill 20 people, most of them foreigners, after taking them hostage in a Bangladesh cafe, with many of the victims hacked to death before police stormed the building, officials say.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, crime, police, bangladesh
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| UpdatedFar-right Hindu nationalists celebrate the likely Republican candidate's 70th birthday, saying if he is elected he is likely to tackle Islamic State in India.
Topics: world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, us-elections, india