| "Slumdog", "Jai Ho!" named top Hollywood words (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2009 12:04 PM PST  Reuters - "Slumdog Millionaire", the rags-to-riches movie that took the Oscars by storm, also produced two of the most influential words of the 2008 Hollywood awards season, a language monitoring group said on Thursday.
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| Dhaka mutineers surrender weapons, troops move in (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2009 09:40 AM PST  Reuters - Mutinous members of a paramilitary unit in the Bangladesh capital surrendered their weapons on Thursday as tanks surrounded their headquarters after a second day of gunfire in a mutiny that killed about 50 people.
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| Exports to contract through March quarter (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2009 07:32 AM PST  Reuters - India's exports in January contracted a sharp 16 percent and are expected to fall for the next two months, a senior official said, as a deepening global slump slashes away at demand for its goods and services.
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| Satyam board meeting ends without statement (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2009 06:17 AM PST  Reuters - Satyam Computer Services said on Thursday it would not issue a statement after a board meeting that was expected to firm up a plan to bring a strategic investor into the fraud-hit outsourcing firm.
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| Parliament breaks for national elections (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2009 04:46 AM PST  Reuters - The parliament ended its last session on Thursday before national elections, leaving the government and poll officials to fix dates for the vote expected in April and May.
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| "Slumdog" kids feted as heroes after Oscar sweep (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2009 09:24 AM PST  Reuters - With sweets, flower garlands and hordes of paparazzi, the child stars of "Slumdog Millionaire" were feted like true celebrities in India on Thursday as the nation celebrated the film's Oscar haul earlier this week.
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| Tata's Nano to go on sale in April, 7 mths late (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2009 05:07 AM PST  Reuters - The Nano, slated to be the world's cheapest car at under $2,000, will finally go on sale in April after months of delay caused by problems at its main production plant.
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| India to emerge least affected from global crisis - PM (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2009 10:18 AM PST  Reuters - The Indian economy will emerge as the least affected from the global economic crisis, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in a statement read out in parliament on Thursday.
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| Govt ups cost of living allowance for govt workers (Reuters) Posted: 25 Feb 2009 11:30 PM PST  Reuters - The cabinet on Thursday raised the cost of living allowance paid to government employees to 22 percent of basic salary, from an earlier 16 percent, Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said.
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| Fresh gunfire heard at Bangladesh paramilitary HQ - TV (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2009 12:01 AM PST  Reuters - Fresh gunfire erupted at the Dhaka headquarters of the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on Thursday, local TV showed, a day after nearly 50 people died in a mutiny by disgruntled troops.
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| Fresh gunfire in Dhaka camp as troop mutinies spread (Reuters) Posted: 26 Feb 2009 01:37 AM PST  Reuters - Fresh gunfire erupted at a paramilitary camp in the Bangladesh capital on Thursday, police said, as troops took to streets in towns across the country a day after 50 people were killed during a mutiny over pay.
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