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Obama to offer troop increase, timetable for Afghan (Reuters)
Sri Lanka lets war refugees move freely (Reuters)
Tiger Woods gets traffic ticket for accident (Reuters)
GM CEO Henderson was dismissed by board - source (Reuters)
Couple denies "crashing" White House state dinner (Reuters)
Fellow Iraqi turns tables on Bush shoe-thrower (Reuters)
India tightens security at nuclear facilities (Reuters)
Economic recovery key to sustaining car sales (Reuters)
Dubai ruler plays up strength as Gulf markets fall (Reuters)
Major economies square off over global trade deal (Reuters)
Prices to drive rate policy - Rangarajan (Reuters)
Barca's Messi wins prestigious Ballon D'Or award (Reuters)
Sri Lanka bank on Murali to help square series (Reuters)
Bankers having more affairs in recession - website (Reuters)
GLOBAL MARKETS - Equities leap as Dubai fears wane (Reuters)
World economy has outgrown Doha Round, WTO meet told (Reuters)
Authorities stop work on road after China objects (Reuters)
Ben Kingsley woos Bollywood star for "Taj" dream (Reuters)
Dining Out: Top 5 restaurants in India (Reuters)
Reliance not selling gasoline to Iran - company source (Reuters)

Obama to offer troop increase, timetable for Afghan (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 04:28 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama will say on Tuesday he is sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan by next summer to speed the battle against the Taliban and plans to bring some soldiers home in 19 months.

Sri Lanka lets war refugees move freely (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 11:07 AM PST

Reuters - Sri Lanka's government on Tuesday let thousands of refugees temporarily leave camps where they have been held since the end of a 25-year war with the Tamil Tigers, the military said.

Tiger Woods gets traffic ticket for accident (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 01:30 PM PST

Reuters - Tiger Woods, the world's top golfer, was slapped with a traffic ticket for careless driving on Tuesday, four days after driving his Cadillac SUV into a fire hydrant and a tree outside his Florida home.

GM CEO Henderson was dismissed by board - source (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST

Reuters - General Motors Co's board of directors, citing a need to chart a new course, dismissed Chief Executive Fritz Henderson on Tuesday, a person with direct knowledge of the proceedings said.

Couple denies "crashing" White House state dinner (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 06:31 AM PST

Reuters - The couple who drew international attention by getting into a White House dinner without an invitation denied on Tuesday that they gate-crashed the high-security gala.

Fellow Iraqi turns tables on Bush shoe-thrower (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 03:23 PM PST

Reuters - An Iraqi reporter imprisoned for throwing his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush found himself on the receiving end of a similar footwear attack in Paris on Tuesday.

India tightens security at nuclear facilities (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 05:11 AM PST

Reuters - India has tightened security at its nuclear facilities, assigning a rapid response military team to complement civil protection measures after intelligence warnings the sites were a prime target for militants.

Economic recovery key to sustaining car sales (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 06:11 AM PST

Reuters - Indian auto makers posted another strong month of sales growth in November and analysts said maintaining momentum depended on sustained recovery, a day after India reported surprisingly strong economic growth.

Dubai ruler plays up strength as Gulf markets fall (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:55 AM PST

Reuters - Gulf markets dropped again on Tuesday, taking little comfort from Dubai World's plan to restructure about $26 billion of debt and despite reassurances on economic resilience from the rulers of Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

Major economies square off over global trade deal (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:07 AM PST

Reuters - The United States sparred with the world's large emerging economies on Tuesday over the fate of a long-delayed deal to open global trade that critics say has become largely irrelevant in light of the financial crisis.

Prices to drive rate policy - Rangarajan (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 05:45 AM PST

Reuters - India's economy could grow 7 percent this fiscal year, with industrial output and services offsetting an expected decline in farm output, but it will be inflation that determines the central bank's monetary policy, a top government official said on Tuesday.

Barca's Messi wins prestigious Ballon D'Or award (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 01:57 AM PST

Reuters - Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi was awarded the 2009 Ballon d'Or, French magazine France Football said on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka bank on Murali to help square series (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 05:52 AM PST

Reuters - Sri Lanka are backing Muttiah Muralitharan to return to form in the third and final test against India starting on Wednesday, the master spinner's last overseas test.

Bankers having more affairs in recession - website (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 05:28 AM PST

Reuters - Reviled by the public and spurned in private, bankers have been looking for solace in adultery, according to a dating website for people seeking affairs.

GLOBAL MARKETS - Equities leap as Dubai fears wane (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 05:40 AM PST

Reuters - Worries about Dubai's debt slipped away from financial markets on Tuesday, sending stocks up sharply higher and weakening lower-yielding assets such as long-term government bonds and the dollar.

World economy has outgrown Doha Round, WTO meet told (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 03:25 AM PST

Reuters - The Doha Round, begun eight years ago and still mired in negotiation, was criticised on Tuesday as inadequate to address the world's current challenges ranging from market failures to global warming.

Authorities stop work on road after China objects (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 11:25 PM PST

Reuters - Authorities in Indian Kashmir have stopped work on a mountainous road near the border with China after objections from the Chinese army, an official said, underlining a festering row over the border.

Ben Kingsley woos Bollywood star for "Taj" dream (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 10:39 PM PST

Reuters - British actor Ben Kingsley, whose portrayal Mahatma Gandhi in 1982 won him an Oscar, has his sights set on another Indian story -- and a Bollywood heroine.