| High waters, heavy rain hamper Bihar flood relief (Reuters) Posted: 30 Aug 2008 03:20 AM CDT  Reuters - Indian authorities, hampered by heavy rain and damaged roads, struggled to provide aid to millions of displaced villagers in Bihar that has seen the worst flooding in 50 years.
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| Still can't resume work at Nano plant - Tata (Reuters) Posted: 30 Aug 2008 01:37 AM CDT  Reuters - Conditions are still not favourable to resume work at a plant in Singur which will make the Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car, Tata Motors said in a statement on Saturday.
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| Explosion rocks Sri Lanka capital Colombo, wounds 44 (Reuters) Posted: 30 Aug 2008 02:45 AM CDT Reuters - At least 44 people were wounded when a blast hit a busy commercial area in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, officials said. |
| Australian police clear doctor Haneef in terrorism case (Reuters) Posted: 30 Aug 2008 12:35 AM CDT  Reuters - Police in Australia have ended a long-running terrorism investigation into an Indian doctor, clearing him of any criminal offence in relation to a June 2007 attack on Britain's Glasgow airport.
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| Pakistan's Zardari, two others, in president race (Reuters) Posted: 30 Aug 2008 03:45 AM CDT  Reuters - Pakistan's presidential election next week will be a three-way tussle between the country's main parties after the Election Commission on Saturday issued a final list of candidates.
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| U.S. to make election history one way or another (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 11:22 PM CDT  Reuters - Come Jan. 20, 2009, history will be made in the United States: Either the first black president will be sworn into office or the first female vice president will take the oath.
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| Consolation victory for Sri Lanka over India (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:03 PM CDT  Reuters - Sri Lanka scored a convincing 112-run victory in the fifth and final one-dayer on Friday to leave India as 3-2 series winners.
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| U.S. seeks way out of India nuclear deal impasse (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 12:08 PM CDT  Reuters - The United States has told six nations its bid to lift a global ban on nuclear trade with India has stumbled over their objections and pressed them at a New Delhi meeting to give way, diplomats said on Friday.
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| Police detain top Kashmir separatist leader (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 06:29 AM CDT  Reuters - Police detained on Friday a prominent Kashmiri separatist leader who led some of the biggest protests in two decades against India's rule in the Himalayan region, police said.
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| Vatican warns of growing "Christianophobia" (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 10:54 PM CDT  Reuters - "Christianophobia" is a growing problem around the world and it must be fought with the same determination as anti-Semitism or Islamophobia, the Vatican said on Friday.
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| Bihar villagers desperate as floods spread (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 10:58 PM CDT  Reuters - A boat carrying dozens of flood victims overturned in Bihar, killing at least 20 people and raising to 85 the death toll while hunger and disease stalked the worst-ever floods in 50 years.
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| Protests halt work on Nano car plant in Singur (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 10:30 AM CDT  Reuters - Work at a plant in West Bengal that will make the Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car, stopped on Friday after thousands of employees failed to turn up for work following protests by farmers, officials said.
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| Hollywood asks: who needs Harry Potter? (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:53 PM CDT  Reuters - Boy wizard Harry Potter won't be whipping up his magic when the fall film season begins next week, but Hollywood is hoping momentum from summer hits like "The Dark Knight" and a wide mix of new movies will keep audiences happy into the holidays.
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| McCain's surprise No. 2: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 01:19 PM CDT  Reuters - Republican John McCain made a surprise choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate on Friday, adding a political unknown to the presidential ticket who could help him appeal to women voters.
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| Kamal Nath: hopeful of 8 pct growth in FY09 (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 08:09 AM CDT  Reuters - Trade Minister Kamal Nath said on Friday he expects the economy to expand in excess of 8 percent in the 2008/09 fiscal year, despite growth in the first quarter easing to its slowest pace in 3-½ years.
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| Mubarak and Thushara revive Sri Lanka (Reuters) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 10:15 AM CDT  Reuters - An unbroken seventh wicket partnership of 94 from 78 balls between Jehan Mubarak and Thilan Thushara set India a target of 228 to chase under lights in the fifth and final one-day international on Friday.
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