| Raj Thackeray accepts Bachchan apology, calls off stir (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2008 04:30 AM CDT  Reuters - A boycott threat against actor Amitabh Bachchan and his family by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) was called off by its chief Raj Thackeray on Thursday, a day after Bachchan apologised for a remark that had irked the regional party.
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| Bangladesh frees ex-prime minister Khaleda (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2008 04:16 AM CDT  Reuters - Bangladesh's army-backed interim government released former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia on bail on Thursday after a year in prison on alleged graft charges, paving the way for a credible election to restore democracy.
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| India's "river of sorrow" brings biblical flood (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2008 12:56 AM CDT  Reuters - Most years, the Kosi river is a tranquil stream that flows gently into the Ganges. But every few years it becomes a raging torrent, wreaking disaster on everything in its path.
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| Top U.S. Democrat to try to pass India nuclear deal (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 10:49 PM CDT  Reuters - Top U.S. Senate Democrat Harry Reid will work to win approval this year of an accord to end a three-decade ban on nuclear trade with India, which President George W. Bush submitted to Congress on Wednesday.
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| Mallya reminds Force India who is boss (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2008 01:44 AM CDT  Reuters - Force India owner Vijay Mallya has reminded feuding factions inside his Formula One team that, even if he sees no need to bang heads together, he pays the bills and calls the shots.
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| Coal shortage delays Indian power projects - govt (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2008 12:56 AM CDT  Reuters - A shortage of coal has delayed power projects which will add more than 60,000 megawatts to India's generating capacity, Power Secretary Anil Razdan said on Thursday.
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| Chanderpaul bags ICC Player of the Year award (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 02:57 PM CDT  Reuters - West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul claimed the International Cricket Council (ICC) Player of the Year award on Wednesday.
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| Next U.S. president should focus more on Asia - study (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 06:19 PM CDT  Reuters - The next American administration must shift from a U.S. preoccupation with the Middle East to devote more attention to Asia and the rise of China and India, a major report said on Wednesday.
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| Girl kills self over "Big Bang" fear - family (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 11:18 AM CDT  Reuters - A teenage girl in Madhya Pradesh killed herself on Wednesday after being traumatised by media reports that a "Big Bang" experiment in Europe could bring about the end of the world, her father said.
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| Top Bollywood stars swept up in nativist politics (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2008 02:15 AM CDT  Reuters - A surge of nativism in India's most cosmopolitan city, Mumbai, is leading to an uneasy relationship with one of its best-known institutions -- Bollywood.
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| Land survey begins to end Nano deadlock (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 06:21 AM CDT  Reuters - Authorities in West Bengal began a survey on Wednesday to find excess land around a factory building the super-cheap Nano car as part of efforts to end protests by farmers unwilling to give up their farmlands.
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