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Bihar deploys police as flood victims protest (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2008 03:27 AM CDT

Reuters - Hundreds of police were deployed in flood-hit Bihar on Monday, a day after soldiers opened fire on angry villagers demanding food and relief, wounding at least a dozen people.

Indian shares fall to lowest in 1-½ yrs (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2008 03:48 AM CDT

Reuters - Indian shares fell more than 4 percent to their lowest in 1-½ years on Monday afternoon, with banks sliding as a global credit crisis spread to European financial firms and investors questioned the effectiveness of a U.S. government bailout plan.

Indian male chants a new style mantra (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2008 12:49 AM CDT

Reuters - The big moustache, silk shirt and gold accessories-look that survived for decades is now being replaced by a haute couture hero: India's men are taking their fashion cues from the global scene.

Rickshaw gets the Mini treatment in Beijing (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2008 03:58 AM CDT

Reuters - Fancy car or expensive rickshaw? British car brand Mini has given the ubiquitous Asian mode of transport a luxurious twist, fusing a bicycle with the back of one of its cars.

U.S. bailout vote nears as crisis hits Europe banks (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 11:00 PM CDT

Reuters - U.S. lawmakers prepared to vote on Monday on a $700 billion government fund to buy bad debt as the global financial crisis kept markets on tenterhooks by forcing European authorities to rescue troubled banks.

Move over priests - Nepal state names "living goddess" (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 11:42 PM CDT

Reuters - Nepal's new Maoist-led government has appointed a 6-year-old girl as a "living goddess" in a town near Kathmandu, for the first time snapping the link between the ancient ritual and the ousted monarchy.

Alonso wins in Singapore, Hamilton third (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 11:02 AM CDT

Reuters - Renault's double world champion Fernando Alonso won his first race in more than a year on Sunday while Lewis Hamilton extended his championship lead to seven points after a sensational Singapore Grand Prix.

Chelsea, Valencia and Lazio go top (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2008 12:53 AM CDT

Reuters - Chelsea, Valencia and Lazio shook things up in England, Spain and Italy by climbing to the top of their respective leagues.

World mourns "king of cool" Paul Newman (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 08:41 AM CDT

Reuters - Images of U.S. actor Paul Newman, who died late on Friday, adorned newspaper front pages around the world on Sunday, his piercing blue eyes vying for attention alongside headlines of the financial crisis.

Indian shares extend fall to 4 pct on day (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Sep 2008 03:01 AM CDT

Reuters - Indian shares extended their fall to more than 4 percent on Monday afternoon as investors questioned the effectiveness of a U.S. government bailout plan, while troubles in European financial firms weighed.

Italy aims to expand G8 to include China, India, Brazil (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 04:05 AM CDT

Reuters - Italy will champion the expansion of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations to include countries such as China, India and Brazil when it assumes the G8 presidency next year, its economy minister said.

U.S. bailout deal vote, market verdict awaited (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 01:48 PM CDT

Reuters - U.S. lawmakers pushed to finalize a deal to create a $700 billion government fund to buy bad debt and halt the financial crisis, but the Senate is unlikely to vote on it before Wednesday, sources said.

Govt deploys more police in Orissa after religious clashes (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 01:12 PM CDT

Reuters - The government deployed hundreds more police in Orissa on Friday after one person was killed and several injured in fresh clashes between Hindus and Christians triggered by religious conversions.