The Indian government has presented Pakistan with a list of 20 fugitives it wants extradited as relations between the two nations deteriorate over the Mumbai terror attacks. Will peace talks between the two countries, a process which started in 2004, be able to continue? What will the attacks and subsequent accusations mean for relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours?

Ban-Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, has said governments are delivering on their promises to increase universal access to HIV prevention and treatment but stressed the need to avoid complacency. How well is the world doing in the battle against HIV/Aids? With Asia facing growing HIV infection rates and Aids still the number one killer in Africa, what more needs to be done?

Speaking at the Apec summit, George Bush has defended free-market ideology, despite widespread claims it was behind the global economic crisis. Has the current financial turmoil discredited the ideology or is it being used as a scapegoat? What should replace it? Is the world's economic stage shifting, as Bush suggests, from west to east?