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India sets dates for April-May general election (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 01:37 PM PST

Reuters - India will hold a general election between April 16 and May 13, election officials said on Monday, kicking off a mammoth process in which 714 million people will be able to cast their votes.

India win toss, bat first v New Zealand (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 06:00 PM PST

Reuters - India won the toss and elected to bat first in their opening one-day international against New Zealand at Napier on Tuesday.

Pakistan's Zardari faces growing turmoil - rival (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 12:25 PM PST

Reuters - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will see growing turmoil unless he takes steps to bolster democracy as opposition coalesces around a demand for an independent judiciary, his main rival said on Monday.

Mallya happy for Mercedes to help Honda (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 12:48 PM PST

Reuters - Mercedes have been given a special dispensation to supply engines to the former Honda Formula One team this season, Force India owner Vijay Mallya said on Monday.

Pakistan's women struggle for recognition (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 04:25 PM PST

Reuters - At an age when most women in Pakistan are settling down to married life, Qanita Jalil is preparing for what could be her last shot at making her name as a cricketer in her conservative homeland.

Among Tibet exiles, a new "living Buddha" emerges (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 09:57 AM PST

Reuters - He is a "living Buddha" with an iPod, the 23-year-old possible successor to the Dalai Lama who may bridge the gap between Tibet's elder leaders and both an alienated Tibetan youth and a suspicious China.

Reliance creates biggest refining ops (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 04:24 AM PST

Reuters - Reliance Industries, India's largest listed firm, said it is to absorb its 70 percent-owned Reliance Petroleum unit through a share offer, creating the world's largest refining complex.

Kashmir moves to save endangered snow leopards (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:17 AM PST

Reuters - Authorities in Kashmir have launched a special project to save endangered snow leopards, and plan to spend nearly half a million dollars to train people and buy equipment to curb poaching and habitat loss.

Star of "Smile Pinki", India's other Oscar, back home (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:23 AM PST

Reuters - She's not as famous as the child actors of "Slumdog Millionaire", but Pinki Sonkar is a legend in the village that once ostracised her, thanks to cleft-lip surgery and another Oscar-winning film.

FACTBOX - Likely scenarios after India's general election (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:25 AM PST

FACTBOX - Economic, regulatory issues at stake in Indian election (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 05:08 AM PST

Reuters - India will hold a general election between April 16 and May 13.

FACTBOX - Karmapa Lama emerges as a Tibetan leader (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 10:01 AM PST

Reuters - Here are some facts about the Karmapa Lama, touted by many Tibetans as a possible successor to the Dalai Lama. The Karmapa Lama is the third highest ranking Lama and lives in Dharamsala, the base of many Tibetan exiles.

FACTBOX - Indian election: numbers, symbols & records (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 04:38 AM PST

Reuters - India will hold a general election between April 16 and May 13.

Charities target India's newly rich in global slump (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 01:30 AM PST

Reuters - As charities around the world grapple with scarce funding amid the global economic meltdown, aid agencies in India are targeting what has until now been an untapped resource: the middle class.

India eases ban on China toys, wants safety stamp (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 01:05 AM PST

Reuters - India on Monday relaxed a ban on the import of toys from China to allow shipments certified by global safety agencies, weeks after the government had imposed wide-ranging curbs for six months citing public safety.

Terminally ill Jade Goody taken to hospital (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:53 AM PST

Reuters - Terminally ill reality television star Jade Goody has been transferred to hospital as her condition worsens.

Reverence for Dalai Lama defies Chinese rule (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 09:12 PM PST

Reuters - Years of Chinese government denunciations and decades in exile have not loosened the Dalai Lama's influence over Tibetans in his homeland, where his banned image remains treasured.