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• Dangerous pitch forces Delhi ODI abandonment (Reuters)
• 'Avatar' leads box office for second weekend (Reuters)
• U.S. probing if al Qaeda linked to airplane incident (Reuters)
• Governor N.D. Tiwari resigns after sex scandal (Reuters)
• Pakistan's embattled Zardari vows to defend democracy (Reuters)
• Sri Lanka v India fifth ODI scoreboard (Reuters)
• Somali pirates: $4 mln ransom paid for coal ship (Reuters)
• Security tightened for U.S.-bound air passengers (Reuters)
• 'Sherlock Holmes' beats out 'Avatar' at box office (Reuters)
• Asia marks tsunami's fifth anniversary with prayer (Reuters)

Dangerous pitch forces Delhi ODI abandonment (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 07:08 AM PST Reuters - The fifth and final one-day international between Sri Lanka and India was abandoned after 23.3 overs on Sunday due to a dangerous pitch at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.

'Avatar' leads box office for second weekend (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 08:36 AM PST Reuters - Reigning champ "Avatar" easily beat newcomer "Sherlock Holmes" at the Christmas holiday box office in North America after a closely followed duel that saw both films post sizzling sales, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.

U.S. probing if al Qaeda linked to airplane incident (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 10:35 AM PST Reuters - The United States is investigating whether al Qaeda was involved in a Christmas Day attempt to blow up a passenger jet, but there is no early evidence the Nigerian suspect in the case was part of a larger plot, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday.

Governor N.D. Tiwari resigns after sex scandal (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 02:08 AM PST Reuters - Senior Congress leader and governor of Andhra Pradesh N.D. Tiwari resigned after an alleged sex scandal in another blow to the ruling Congress party which is facing protests over statehood demands there.

Pakistan's embattled Zardari vows to defend democracy (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 08:07 AM PST Reuters - A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shi'ite Muslim hall in the Pakistani part of disputed Kashmir on Sunday, killing at least 5 people, police said.

Sri Lanka v India fifth ODI scoreboard (Reuters) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:47 PM PST Reuters - Scoreboard after the fifth and final one-day international between Sri Lanka and India was abandoned due to unfit pitch conditions at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.

Somali pirates: $4 mln ransom paid for coal ship (Reuters) Posted: 27 Dec 2009 09:33 AM PST Reuters - A helicopter dropped a $4 million ransom payment on Sunday on to the deck of a Chinese coal ship hijacked by Somali pirates in mid-October, a pirate source on board the vessel said.

Security tightened for U.S.-bound air passengers (Reuters) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 07:00 PM PST Reuters - Airline passengers headed for the United States faced tighter security measures on Saturday after an attempt to blow up a U.S. jet bound for Detroit, including pat-downs and an order to stay seated during the last hour of flight, airlines and security officials said.

'Sherlock Holmes' beats out 'Avatar' at box office (Reuters) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 06:50 PM PST Reuters - British director Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes" set a Christmas Day sales record at the box office in North America, taking a narrow lead over last weekend's champ, "Avatar," according to early estimates released on Saturday.

Asia marks tsunami's fifth anniversary with prayer (Reuters) Posted: 26 Dec 2009 07:55 PM PST Reuters - Thousands of candles lit up Thailand's Patong beach, thousands of saffron-robed Buddhist monks marched and people held vigils as Asia marked the fifth anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Saturday.

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