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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 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 in the world's largest democracy.

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.

Thousands attend funerals for Bangladesh mutiny dead (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2009 11:04 PM PST Reuters - Tens of thousands of mourners were attending a state funeral on Monday for dozens of Bangladesh army officers killed in a mutiny last week.

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