Instead, they got off the plane in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in South Asia, almost 7, 000 miles away.
Acid attacks happen around the world, but they are most prevalent in South Asia.
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She's talking about a deal some see as a fundamental change in South Asia's geopolitical landscape.
Asia is also home to the world's cheapest places to live, particularly in South Asia.
The Geneva meeting is aimed at preventing an escalation of nuclear tensions in South Asia.
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That is something that South Asia specialist Bruce Riedel has been forcefully advocating in recent months.
In Africa, South Asia and Central America most small farmers consume more food than they produce.
Pakistan and other parts of South Asia pack them off to labour in the Gulf.
Some regions, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, still rank high whichever index is used.
How many cities in South Asia are prepared to deal with major events like Hurricane Sandy?
But that does not mean all Deobandis, either in Britain or South Asia, support violence.
South Asia has seen many film stars and sportsmen trade their popularity for votes.
Madanpokhara is one of the first village based radio in Nepal and South Asia.
Tourism is coming to the previously isolated mountainous regions of Central and South Asia.
It set up shop in London in 1972, catering for immigrants from South Asia.
Some of the funds move through the hawallah banking system in South Asia and the Middle East.
Acid attacks are a problem throughout South Asia, with cases also reported in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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In one respect, the violent nature of Pakistani politics is part of a pattern in South Asia.
Experts believe South Asia's water problems are due more to a lack of planning than actual shortages.
Within a generation, South Asia's most effective and meritocratic civil service had overseen the transformation of Bhutan.
They were talking about people living in countries in Africa, south Asia, east Asia, and Latin America.
He is the editor of the South Asia Channel and the South Asia Daily, online publications of Foreign Policy magazine.
So far, all indications are of a normal monsoon over South Asia region this year, the official added.
In South Asia, for example, climate change is likely to bring more water to a perennially thirsty region.
But it was all leading to Delhi, to South Asia's largest, most complex and fascinating country - India.
Yet, sandwiched between India and China, two of the world's fastest-growing economies, this nation is South Asia's poorest.
But Dr Basu said the use of domesticated bees in this context was not widespread in South Asia.
They will give up the dream of resettling in South Asia and put down firmer roots in Britain.
And fifth and finally, we are building an international consensus to support peace and stability in South Asia.
Surat has managed that - and in doing so has become a yardstick for South Asia's city managers.
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