Manhad Narula, one of the organisers of the literary prize, said the winning novel "unearthed... a rare, unfiltered, inside view into a lesser known world that exists within South Asia".

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And Coke has watched a well-funded bottler that was to be its gateway to central Asia wither amid charges of misappropriated funds, tax dodges and cozy inside deals.

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Knuff said that Equinix has nearly 700 network connections inside its data centers, so a financial firm that wants to connect to South America or Asia or Europe has a choice of network providers.

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They have so far concentrated exclusively on fighting inside Afghanistan, and many analysts consider their activities central to the army's perceived security interests in South Asia.

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