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India says still seeking extraditions from Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jan 2009 04:26 AM CST Reuters - India wants the Mumbai attack planners to be extradited to India, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday, despite reports that New Delhi had no problems with their being tried in Pakistan.

U.S. nuclear firms try to break liability logjam with India (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jan 2009 02:54 AM CST Reuters - Top U.S. firms have lobbied hard in India this week for a share in the country's lucrative nuclear market, but there was little progress on key policy issues such as accident liability protection for suppliers.

SCENARIOS - Assessing risks of India, Pakistan confrontation (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jan 2009 02:16 AM CST Reuters - Tension between nuclear-armed Pakistan and India has been running high since militants killed 179 people in an assault on Mumbai in late November.

Govt to seek vote-on-account in Feb (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jan 2009 04:05 AM CST Reuters - The parliament will begin in February its final session before national elections, when the government will seek approval for spending for the next few months, the Parliamentary Affairs Minister said on Friday.

Orissa temple purified after low caste minister visit (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jan 2009 12:50 AM CST Reuters - Hindu priests in Orissa are under investigation for conducting a purification ritual soon after a minister belonging to a lower caste visited a famous temple, officials said on Friday.

China calls Dalai Lama "saboteur" of Tibet development (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jan 2009 01:02 AM CST Reuters - China has again lashed out at the Dalai Lama, accusing the exiled Buddhist leader of "sabotage" to slow the development of Tibet that China sees as key to creating support for its rule there.

Would Slumdog be hot with an Indian director? - Bachchan (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 10:18 AM CST Reuters - Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan has said British filmmaker Danny Boyle's hard-hitting "Slumdog Millionaire" tale of life in a Mumbai slum is being lauded because it has a Westerner at the helm.

UK foreign minister urges "war on terror" rethink (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 09:01 AM CST Reuters - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband called on Thursday for a rethink of the strategy against terrorism, saying the notion of a "war on terror" was misleading and mistaken in present times.

Pakistan says 124 held in wake of Mumbai attack (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 12:07 PM CST Reuters - Pakistan said on Thursday security forces had closed five training camps run by Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group blamed for the Mumbai attack, and arrested 124 of its leaders and those of a related charity.

Mayawati tones down birthday celebrations (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 11:05 AM CST Reuters - Mayawati, one of India's rising political stars and chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, turned 53 on Thursday but criticism from political parties put a dampener on her usually lavish birthday parties and gifts.

India still seeking extraditions from Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jan 2009 03:47 AM CST Reuters - India has not given up the demand for the extradition of the Mumbai attack planners, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday, despite reports that New Delhi had no problems with their being tried in Pakistan.

Govt expands Satyam board, but no bailout plan (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 09:52 AM CST Reuters - The government on Thursday appointed three new members to the board of embattled Satyam Computer Services, but said it was not considering bailing out the fraud-hit outsourcing firm.

Roses, posters, prayers for jailed Satyam chief (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 08:12 AM CST Reuters - Contemplating his fate from a prison cell, his reputation shattered, Ramalinga Raju, the founder of India's Satyam Computer Services, can still rely on supporters to whom he will always be a hero.

Widening disparity in India's health battle - U.N. (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jan 2009 07:09 AM CST Reuters - India's fight to lower maternal and child mortality rates is failing due to growing social inequalities and shortages in primary healthcare facilities despite an economic boom, the United Nations said on Thursday.

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