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Pakistan cracks down on Lashkar, JuD (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:10 AM CST Reuters - Pakistan shut offices and arrested scores of activists of an Islamic charity as international pressure mounted for firm action against militants blamed for the Mumbai attacks, officials said on Friday.

Mumbai lawyers pray but won't represent suspect (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 04:06 AM CST Reuters - Lawyers in Mumbai are refusing to take on the case of the lone surviving gunman from last month's attacks in India's financial hub, citing moral and ethical concerns, legal officials said on Friday.

Swann double strike leaves India in a spin (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:31 AM CST Reuters - England's debutant off spinner Graeme Swann grabbed two wickets in his first over in test cricket to leave India struggling on the second day of the first test on Friday.

SCENARIOS - Assessing risks of India, Pakistan confrontation (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:41 AM CST Reuters - Since militants slaughtered 179 people in an assault on Mumbai, India has withstood internal pressure to unleash a military attack on Pakistani territory, while Pakistan has begun bending to external pressure to break up jihadi groups friendly with its spy agency.

Mumbai residents in human chain protest over attacks (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:27 AM CST Reuters - Thousands of Mumbai residents formed a human chain snaking through the city on Friday near sites attacked by Islamist gunmen last month, in the latest demonstration against the assault and failure of the government to stop it.

World Bank to lend India infrastructure, aid funds (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:49 AM CST Reuters - The World Bank said on Friday it will lend India $14 billion by 2012 to help the country overhaul its creaking infrastructure and increase living standards in its poor states.

Bullets in the Husains? Art lovers await Taj report (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 09:30 PM CST Reuters - While insurers assess the full extent of the damage to the luxury Taj Mahal Hotel after the recent militant attacks in Mumbai, art lovers are fretting about the fate of one of India's finest repertoires of art.

U.S. auto bailout crashes; stocks, dollar fall (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:06 AM CST Reuters - U.S. talks on a $14 billion rescue package for America's top auto makers collapsed, renewing fears for a global economy already facing its deepest crisis in decades and sending investors fleeing from risky assets.

Pakistan vows to comply with U.N. curbs after Mumbai (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 07:17 PM CST Reuters - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Thursday Pakistan would comply with a U.N. Security Council decision to put on a terrorist list the founder of a militant group blamed for the attacks on Mumbai, as well as the Islamic charity he now heads.

Hindu violence book lands writer in trouble (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 10:29 AM CST Reuters - Police have arrested a man for writing a book blaming Hindus for deadly anti-Christian violence in the country's east earlier this year, saying the provocative work could reignite communal tensions.

Toxic drink kills 8 from tiny island tribe in Andaman and Nicobar islands (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 09:16 AM CST Reuters - The government of India's remote Andaman and Nicobar islands has ordered a probe into the deaths of eight members of the tiny Onge tribe who drank a chemical they mistook for alcohol, officials said on Thursday.

Pakistan acts against one of India's most-wanted (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 11:50 PM CST Reuters - Pakistan put the founder of a militant group blamed for the Mumbai attacks under house arrest on Thursday, responding to intense pressure to wipe out what India called "the epicentre of terrorism".

Prior, Anderson rally England in India test (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 01:15 AM CST Reuters - Wicketkeeper Matt Prior struck a gutsy 39 not out and joined nightwatchman James Anderson to help England reach 294 for eight at lunch on the second day of the first test on Friday.

Pakistan puts charity under monitoring after Mumbai (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 08:27 AM CST Reuters - Pakistan has put an Islamist charity regarded as a front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba group blamed by India and U.S. for Mumbai attacks under monitoring, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

Strauss hits century before India fight back (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 09:39 AM CST Reuters - England opener Andrew Strauss struck his 13th test century before left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan helped India fight back on the first day of the first test on Thursday.

Just A Minute With: British Director Danny Boyle (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2008 09:19 AM CST Reuters - British director Danny Boyle had never been to India before he traveled there to film "Slumdog Millionaire" -- his new movie that tells the story of a street kid who rises from the slums of Mumbai.

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