| Satyam to look at funding options, L&T stake (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 02:03 AM CST  Reuters - Satyam Computer Services Ltd will this week discuss a shortlist of three candidates for chief executive and look at funding options to get the fraud-hit outsourcer through the next few weeks.
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| DMK delays Sri Lanka resignation move (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 02:19 AM CST  Reuters - Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party (DMK), a key regional ally of the union government has put off until next month a decision on withdrawing support from the coalition over the escalating conflict in Sri Lanka, the party's leader has said.
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| India honours Mumbai attack heroes on Republic Day (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2009 01:18 AM CST  Reuters - India bestowed its highest peacetime gallantry award on Monday on half a dozen security men killed fighting Pakistani militants in Mumbai last year, an attack that worsened tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals.
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| 'Slumdog' emerges as Oscar favorite after SAG win (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2009 10:46 PM CST  Reuters - "Slumdog Millionaire," the rags to riches tale of a Mumbai slum dweller, emerged as favorite to win the best picture Oscar after winning the top prize at the 15th Screen Actors Guild awards on Sunday.
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| India grapples with high maternal death rate (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2009 07:04 PM CST  Reuters - In Sindri village in a dirt-poor district of eastern India, Manohar Kumbhakar and his family are still mourning the death of his wife, who died in childbirth aged 25 while being treated by a local quack.
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| Sri Lankan troops capture last big rebel town -army (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2009 08:54 AM CST  Reuters - Sri Lankan soldiers captured the last major town held by Tamil Tiger separatists on Sunday, moving a step closer to finishing off one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies, the army commander said.
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| Nepal says to ban dowry, end untouchability (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2009 10:25 AM CST  Reuters - Nepal's beleaguered Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda vowed on Sunday to ban the dowry system and criminalise untouchability, in an apparent bid to win popular support as problems mounted for the new government.
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| Kate Winslet, Tina Fey early winners at SAG (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2009 08:21 PM CST  Reuters - British actress Kate Winslet and comedian Tina Fey were early winners on Sunday at the Screen Actors Guild awards, which could produce surprises in a season dominated by "Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
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| Relieved Federer through, Jankovic falls at Australian Open (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2009 02:58 AM CST  Reuters - A roar of relief marked Roger Federer's comeback from two sets down at the Australian Open on Sunday but women's world number one Jelena Jankovic was silent as she trudged off centre court after a fourth-round defeat.
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| India steps up security ahead of Republic Day (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2009 06:59 PM CST  Reuters - Troops stepped up patrols in many parts of India and cities were on high alert as the country prepared its Republic Day celebrations on Monday only two months after the Mumbai attacks.
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