India, Dec. 9 -- Sunday, December 8 was South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) Charter Day. On this day in 1985, seven South Asian countries - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, and Sri Lanka - convened in Dhaka and signed a charter to establish Saarc to promote peace, and development in one of the world's poorest and least integrated regions, which has historically been marred by conflicts....