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West Bengal to cull poultry over bird flu (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 01:20 AM CST

Reuters - Hundreds of veterinary workers in West Bengal will begin killing up to 15,000 chickens and ducks on Tuesday as authorities tried to contain the latest outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus.

Govt may further cut fuel prices on lower crude (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 02:08 AM CST

Reuters - India could further cut retail prices of petrol and diesel if crude oil prices continue to fall, Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told parliament on Tuesday.

Pakistan won't let foreigners question suspects (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 01:57 PM CST

Reuters - Pakistan will not allow foreign investigators to interrogate Islamist militants detained over last month's attacks in Mumbai, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Monday.

Govt, RBI policy biased for growth - Chidambaram (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 12:39 AM CST

Reuters - The policies of the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are biased towards growth, Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told parliament on Tuesday.

Tendulkar guides India to record breaking win (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 05:35 AM CST

Reuters - Sachin Tendulkar stroked his 41st test century to help India record the fourth-highest successful run chase in test cricket and beat England by six wickets in a sensational match on Monday.

Iraqi shoe-thrower captures Mideast rage at Bush (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 07:39 AM CST

Reuters - The hurling of shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush on his farewell visit to Iraq strikes many in the Middle East as a fittingly furious comment on what they see as his calamitous legacy in the region.

Sikhs take turban rights case to United Nations (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 03:46 PM CST

Reuters - A Sikh rights group asked a U.N. human rights committee on Monday to declare that France violated a student's rights by expelling him for wearing a turban and to recommend repealing the law that led to it.

U.S.'s Kerry urges Pakistan to control spy agency (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 07:27 AM CST

Reuters - The Pakistan military's powerful spy agency must be tightly controlled and not allowed to act independently, U.S. Senator John Kerry said on Monday after meeting Indian leaders to discuss the deadly Mumbai attacks.

"Slumdog" seen as a tribute to Mumbai's spirit (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 06:03 AM CST

Reuters - At its core, "Slumdog Millionaire" is the heart-rending story of a street child, but at another level the Golden Globe-nominated film also celebrates life in Mumbai, a city coming to terms with last month's deadly attacks.

Tests prove new bird flu cases in West Bengal (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 11:23 PM CST

Reuters - Laboratory tests on dead birds have proven a new outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus in West Bengal, a state government official said on Monday.

India asks Dhaka to bring militants to justice (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 08:22 AM CST

Reuters - India urged Bangladesh on Monday to stop militants using its territory to launch attacks against Indian targets and to bring members of a banned Islamist group to justice.