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Indian carriers withdraw ticket transaction fee (Reuters) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 01:12 AM CST Reuters - Top airlines in India have withdrawn a transaction fee on air tickets effective Wednesday for tickets sold through call centres, websites or city offices.

Nepal assembly urged to adopt law on disappearance (Reuters) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 02:33 AM CST Reuters - Nepal's special assembly, dominated by Maoist former rebels, must adopt a bill to probe the disappearances of people gone missing during a deadly civil war, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.

Thai protesters storm airport control tower (Reuters) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 12:14 AM CST Reuters - Anti-government protesters stormed the control tower at Bangkok's main international airport on Wednesday, a day after they stormed the main terminal, forcing airlines to cancel flights, media reports said.

Indian IT firms unfazed by Obama's tax plans (Reuters) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 12:09 AM CST Reuters - Indian IT and IT-services companies seem undaunted by the potential impact from U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's proposal to repeal tax breaks for companies that outsource certain operations to offshore centers.

Easy credit comes back to haunt Indian consumers (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2008 06:26 PM CST Reuters - "Credit is a devil that dances in empty pockets," was the advice P.V. Rajiv's father gave him when the young salesman swiped his new credit card for the first time to buy an expensive watch he could hardly afford.

India markets crash dashes middle class dreams (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2008 10:06 PM CST Reuters - Sunil Kapadia would regularly borrow from banks to invest in India's stock markets, seeing them as a one-way ticket up the middle-class ladder as the economy hummed along at near double-digit growth rates.

Goal rush leads Bayern into knockout phase (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2008 06:04 PM CST Reuters - A burst of three goals in 14 second-half minutes powered Bayern Munich into the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday.

Pakistan, India hold talks on anti-terrorism efforts (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2008 06:20 AM CST Reuters - Pakistan and India discussed cooperation in efforts to fight terrorism on Tuesday as part of a wide-ranging dialogue aimed at resolving outstanding disputes between the nuclear-armed rivals.

India's GDP at 7-7.5 pct in Sept quarter (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2008 07:53 AM CST Reuters - India's economy is likely to have grown at an annual rate of between 7.0 and 7.5 percent in the July-September quarter and that should be roughly the rate of expansion for the current fiscal year as a whole, its chief statistician said.

Wipro sees growth to pick up in Q1 (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2008 11:40 AM CST Reuters - Wipro Ltd expects to see a pickup in growth in the first quarter as companies firm up their outsourcing plans, a top executive said.

Grenade attack on Kashmir poll rally kills one (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2008 07:32 AM CST Reuters - One person was killed and four others wounded in Kashmir on Tuesday when suspected separatist guerrillas threw a grenade at an election rally, police said.

Millions miss schooling in poorer countries - U.N. (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2008 09:41 AM CST Reuters - One child in eight in developing countries gets no primary schooling, according to a United Nations report, which made clear that the target of primary education for all the world's children by 2015 would not be met.

Pakistan can stop drone raids: air force chief (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2008 06:37 AM CST Reuters - Pakistan's air force is fully capable of stopping missile strikes by pilotless U.S. drones but it is up to the government to decide whether to do that, the air force chief said on Tuesday.

Seven Chhattisgarh policemen killed in mine by suspected Maoists (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2008 06:51 AM CST Reuters - Suspected Maoist rebels set off a landmine on Tuesday in Chhattisgarh, killing at least seven policemen, officials said.

Indian pair chasing pro dream get Pirates deal (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2008 05:20 AM CST Reuters - Two Indian youngsters chasing the American baseball dream have taken an important first step when the Pittsburgh Pirates signed them up as non-draft free agents.

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