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Luxury cars, mobile phones buck slowing trend in India (Reuters) Posted: 12 Nov 2008 03:39 AM CST Reuters - Have money, will buy Mercedes and mobile phone. That seems to be the mantra in India, where sales of luxury cars and mobile subscriptions are bucking the overall trend of lower consumer demand and slowing economic growth.

India may cut fuel price if crude, currency stable (Reuters) Posted: 12 Nov 2008 03:02 AM CST Reuters - India may consider cutting fuel prices if global crude prices and the rupee stabilise, the oil minister, Murli Deora, said on Wednesday.

Venkatesh Prasad eyes more pace exploits (Reuters) Posted: 12 Nov 2008 03:54 AM CST Reuters - Indian fast bowlers need to maintain the momentum after a brilliant showing helped achieve their first test series win over Australia in seven years, bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad said on Wednesday.

Indian shares provisionally close down 2.9 pct (Reuters) Posted: 12 Nov 2008 04:17 AM CST Reuters - India's main stock index provisionally closed 2.94 percent lower on Wednesday.

DoCoMo enters Indian market with $2.7 bln Tata deal (Reuters) Posted: 12 Nov 2008 05:29 AM CST Reuters - NTT DoCoMo Inc will pay $2.7 billion for a 26 percent stake in Indian telecom Tata Teleservices, giving Japan's top mobile operator a foothold in the world's fastest-growing major mobile market.

Indian youngsters set record fifth-wicket stand (Reuters) Posted: 12 Nov 2008 03:00 AM CST Reuters - India's Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja have set a new world record for the highest fifth-wicket partnership in first-class cricket.

Bangladesh, Myanmar hold talks to defuse sea row (Reuters) Posted: 12 Nov 2008 04:38 AM CST Reuters - Bangladesh and Myanmar foreign ministers held talks in the Indian capital of New Delhi on Wednesday to solve a territorial dispute in the Bay of Bengal.

Nepal Maoists say to return property seized in war (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2008 11:28 PM CST Reuters - Nepal's former Maoist rebels have said they will return land and property they seized during a decade-long civil war as part of a peace deal that brought them into the political mainstream.

Jennifer Aniston on Angelina Jolie: 'really uncool' (Reuters) Posted: 12 Nov 2008 03:10 AM CST Reuters - In the three years since Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston ended their Hollywood marriage, Aniston has barely said a word about the break-up and the woman who stole Pitt's heart, Angelina Jolie.

Obama aides play down tensions with Bush (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2008 06:02 PM CST Reuters - Aides to President-elect Barack Obama distanced themselves on Tuesday from reports that President George W. Bush had pressed Obama to back a free trade deal with Colombia in exchange for help for the struggling automobile industry.

Commonwealth Games in trouble over village project (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2008 09:51 AM CST Reuters - New Delhi could lose the right to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games if organisers are forced to shift the athletes' village from its present location, a senior Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) official said on Tuesday.

Roger Moore dislikes the more violent James Bond (Reuters) Posted: 12 Nov 2008 03:20 AM CST Reuters - Movie audiences nowadays expect scenes of graphic violence in James Bond movies, unlike when Roger Moore played the super spy with a tongue-in-cheek humor, the actor believes.

Pietersen urges England to raise standards after Mumbai defeat (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2008 07:14 AM CST Reuters - England captain Kevin Pietersen urged his team to raise their standards ahead of the one-day series against India this week after they lost a warm-up match by 124 runs on Tuesday.

Philips develops "intelligent pill" (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2008 10:36 AM CST Reuters - Dutch group Philips has developed an "intelligent pill" that contains a microprocessor, battery, wireless radio, pump and a drug reservoir to release medication in a specific area in the body.

Maradona to visit Kolkata in December (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2008 10:14 AM CST Reuters - Argentina soccer great Diego Maradona will visit Kolkata on Dec. 6, a regional lawmaker organising the trip said on Tuesday.

Yash Chopra, Kazakh comedy win Asia-Pacific Screen Awards (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2008 04:58 AM CST Reuters - A Kazakh comedy about a family coping with the harsh life of sheep and goat herding on a barren landscape took top honours at the second annual Asia-Pacific Screen Awards on Tuesday.

Chidambaram asks firms to keep funds with govt-run banks (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2008 05:08 AM CST Reuters - Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has urged state-run firms to keep 60 percent of their surplus funds with government-owned banks, a senior official said on Tuesday.

India hope win over Australia just the start (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2008 04:53 AM CST Reuters - India's inspired 2-0 test series win over Australia has given the cricket-crazy country reason to believe it can once again challenge for top spot in the world rankings.

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