| Tit-for-tat religious conversions haunt India (Reuters) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 02:07 AM CDT  Reuters - Siman Nayak's shaved head is a stark reminder of a fate suffered by many Christians in eastern India in a battle over forced conversions to Hinduism that has left thousands of refugees fearing for their lives.
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| Climate change could force millions from homes (Reuters) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 01:41 AM CDT  Reuters - Environmental damage such as desertification or flooding caused by climate change could force millions of peoples from their homes in the next few decades, experts said on Wednesday.
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| Bush signs India civil nuclear legislation (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 10:33 PM CDT  Reuters - President George W. Bush on Wednesday signed legislation that will allow the United States and India to open up nuclear trade, saying the two countries are "natural partners."
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| Wall Street panic rolling over consumers worldwide (Reuters) Posted: 09 Oct 2008 12:35 AM CDT  Reuters - A London businessman may have to put off his wedding. A Hong Kong housewife is too worried to make investments. A student in Slovenia sees an automobile loan fall out of reach. And a real estate agent in Chicago says she's just plain scared.
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| India to react swiftly if needed, economy strong (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 01:06 PM CDT  Reuters - India is watching the global financial crisis closely, will react swiftly to the needs of the market and will take steps to pump in cash if required, its finance minister said on Wednesday.
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| Indian politics makes climate a tough sell (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 04:47 AM CDT  Reuters - India's raucous democracy, endemic poverty and soaring economic ambition make targetting greenhouse gas emissions cuts a hard sell, even as global pressure mounts on the government to do more on climate change.
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| World central banks make historic joint rate cut (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 01:39 PM CDT  Reuters - Central banks around the world cut interest rates on Wednesday in their first broadly coordinated policy action in history, as fears of a deep recession banished recent worries over inflation.
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| Pakistan's ISI chief briefs parliament on security (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 10:11 AM CDT  Reuters - Pakistan's new military spy chief briefed lawmakers on the internal security threat, and conflict in tribal lands seen as al Qaeda and Taliban havens, in a rare closed door session of parliament on Wednesday.
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| Indian shares drag back losses to end 3.1 pct down (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 07:23 AM CDT  Reuters - India's main share index fell below 11,000 points on Wednesday for the first time since Aug. 2006 due to fears of a global recession, but recovered some losses to end 3.1 percent lower, helped by local institutional buying.
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| Chidambaram, Nath move to soothe rattled markets (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2008 06:49 AM CDT  Reuters - Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram and Trade Minister Kamal Nath tried to calm rattled markets on Wednesday, saying more cash could be provided to ease liquidity and stressing that Asia's third-largest economy remained strong and could withstand the global financial crisis.
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