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Rice to visit India, Kazakhstan this weekend (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 12:01 AM CDT

Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit India this weekend, officials said on Thursday, celebrating a foreign policy victory on a nuclear trade pact while encouraging India to buy American technology.

Next U.S. leader must revamp Pakistan policy - study (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 11:58 PM CDT

Reuters - The next U.S. president must revamp policy toward Pakistan, mixing deft diplomacy, security support and economic aid to help Islamabad defeat a grave threat from extremists, an experts' report said on Thursday.

Australia's McGain ruled out of India tests with injury (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 03:47 AM CDT

Reuters - Australia leg spinner Bryce McGain has been ruled out of the four-test series in India with a shoulder injury and will return home, Cricket Australia (CA) said in a statement on Friday.

India bans smoking in public, tobacco firms fume (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 10:15 PM CDT

Reuters - India banned smoking in public places on Thursday in an attempt to fight tobacco use blamed, directly or indirectly, for a fifth of all deaths in the world's third-largest consumer.

Two Indian lifters handed life bans for doping (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 03:42 AM CDT

Reuters - India's weightlifting federation has handed out life bans to two lifters after both were found guilty of second doping offences, a senior official said on Friday.

Congress hails historic nuclear deal (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 12:24 PM CDT

Reuters - The ruling Congress party on Thursday hailed U.S. approval of a historic nuclear trade deal which will unleash billions of dollars of investment and draw the world's biggest democracy closer to the West.

Pakistan PM eyes nuclear deal after India-U.S. pact (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 03:53 AM CDT

Reuters - India's landmark nuclear trade agreement with the United States should open the way for a similar deal for Pakistan, the country's prime minister said on Thursday.

Kumble urges Indian media to criticise responsibly (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 07:48 AM CDT

Reuters - Test captain Anil Kumble has urged national media to be more responsible in their criticism of senior players following reports that the cricket board has drawn up an exit plan for him and four fellow veterans.

Labour, land woes may dog Indian nuclear power (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 05:26 AM CDT

Reuters - A U.S. civilian nuclear deal with India opens the taps to the country's fuel-starved reactors, paving the way for them to double output, but building new capacity looks tricky.

U.S. grapples with power dive amid financial crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 12:40 PM CDT

Reuters - It may too soon to write off U.S. economic clout as Germany's finance minister did last month, but experts say a power realignment is taking place in any event with U.S. credibility and popularity at a low.

Crisis spreads; bailout focus on U.S. House (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 01:21 PM CDT

Reuters - Shockwaves from the global credit crisis spread on Thursday, hitting industry and jobs worldwide and putting pressure on the U.S. Congress to finish up a $700 billion bailout of the U.S. financial sector.

RBI asks banks to disclose troubled exposure (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 12:41 AM CDT

Reuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), concerned over the crisis in overseas markets, has asked commercial banks to provide data on their exposure to "troubled financial entities", two newspapers said on Thursday.

U.N. aid enters Sri Lanka war zone, Tiger HQ hit (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 11:39 AM CDT

Reuters - A U.N. convoy carrying food for 200,000 people trapped by fighting entered Sri Lanka's war zone on Thursday, and the air force bombed the headquarters of the Tamil Tiger rebels.

Blasts kill two, wound 100 in Agartala (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 02:26 PM CDT

Reuters - At least two people were killed and about 100 wounded when four bombs exploded in Agartala on Wednesday, police said.

Rescue crews find wreckage of Fossett's plane (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 10:08 AM CDT

Reuters - Rescue crews have found the wreckage of a small plane that appears to be the one piloted by adventurer Steve Fossett when he disappeared in September 2007, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday.

Axon drops Infosys bid in favour of HCL (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 02:51 AM CDT

Reuters - British software firm Axon Group Plc is dropping its recommendation of a takeover bid from India's Infosys Technologies in favour of a higher offer from HCL Technologies, Axon said on Thursday.

ANALYSTS VIEW - U.S.-India nuclear deal (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 12:15 AM CDT

Reuters - The U.S. Congress on Wednesday approved a deal ending a three-decade ban on U.S. nuclear trade with India, unleashing billions of dollars of investment and drawing the world's second most populous country closer to the West.

U.S. Senate approves $700 bln financial bailout (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 08:52 PM CDT

Reuters - The U.S. Senate approved a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry on Wednesday that political and financial leaders called crucial to averting economic catastrophe.

Q+A - The U.S. India civil nuclear pact (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2008 08:07 PM CDT

Reuters - The U.S. Congress on Wednesday approved a landmark deal ending the three-decade ban on U.S. nuclear trade with India, handing a victory to President George W. Bush on one of his top foreign policy priorities.