| Pakistani police clash with lawyers as protest begins (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2009 02:55 PM PDT  Reuters - Pakistani police clashed on Thursday with black-suited lawyers and opposition activists after the launch of a cross-country protest rally in defiance of government attempts to stop it.
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| Communists launch Third Front (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2009 07:41 AM PDT  Reuters - A group of smaller political parties, including the communists, formally launched a "Third Front" on Thursday in a bid to provide an alternative to the two main national coalitions, leaders said.
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| Debris briefly forces astronauts from space station (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2009 10:54 AM PDT  Reuters - The three astronauts aboard the International Space Station briefly evacuated to a Russian escape ship on Thursday when a tiny piece of space debris came too close for comfort, NASA said.
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| China says it must approve Dalai Lama reincarnation (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2009 11:15 AM PDT  Reuters - A top Chinese official warned on Friday that the central government in Beijing must approve the Dalai Lama's reincarnation, and would not recognise any candidate that it had not endorsed, the official Xinhua agency said.
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| Satyam sale process under way as bidders register (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2009 07:03 AM PDT  Reuters - At least three Indian companies may bid for a majority stake in Satyam Computer Services Ltd, the fraud-hit Indian outsourcer looking for a strategic investor.
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| Tibetan officer remembers 1959 escape with Dalai Lama (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2009 09:21 AM PDT  Reuters - Kelsang Damdul was just a low-ranking officer in the Tibetan army when he was part of a secret group who helped the Dalai Lama escape to India in 1959, under what he says was the protection of Buddhist deities.
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| Congress ties up with Trinamool in West Bengal (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2009 06:33 AM PDT  Reuters - The following is a snapshot of recent developments in India's general election campaign. The sources of reports are in brackets.
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| Changing climate boosts dengue cases - WHO official (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2009 04:56 AM PDT  Reuters - Outbreaks of dengue fever in Asian countries such as Indonesia are increasing because of climate change, a World Health Organization official said on Thursday.
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| Tech Mahindra says interested in Satyam (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2009 02:32 AM PDT  Reuters - Tech Mahindra Ltd said on Thursday it had registered interest to participate in the bidding process for troubled outsourcer Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
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| Inflation at 2.43 pct on Feb. 28 (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 11:51 PM PDT  Reuters - India's wholesale price index rose 2.43 percent in the 12 months to Feb. 28, below the previous week's annual rise of 3.03 percent, government data showed on Thursday.
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| India's Jan industrial output down 0.5 pct y/y (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 11:49 PM PDT  Reuters - India's industrial output fell 0.5 percent in January from a year earlier, marginally higher than the previous month's upwardly revised fall of 0.6 percent, data showed on Thursday.
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| L&T puts in interest for Satyam bidding (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2009 03:26 AM PDT  Reuters - Engineering and construction firm Larsen & Toubro Ltd has registered interest to participate in the bidding process for Satyam Computer Services Ltd, its spokesman said.
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| Satyam U.S. lawsuits may cost $440-$840 mln - report (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 10:43 PM PDT  Reuters - U.S. lawsuits filed against fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services could cause a liability of between $440 million and $840 million, the Times of India said on Thursday, quoting a potential bidder for the outsourcer.
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| Economic wall casts shadow across Tibetan highland (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 10:16 PM PDT  Reuters - Hammers clinked against copper sheets beside the Kumbum monastery, one of the holiest in Tibetan Buddhism, as workers shaped ornaments to crown the prayer halls at the centre of Tibetan culture.
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| World's richest not so rich, Gates regains top spot (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 07:47 PM PDT  Reuters - Microsoft Corp founder Bill Gates is the richest man again, overtaking investor Warren Buffett, as the global financial meltdown wiped out $2 trillion from the net worth of the world's billionaires, Forbes Magazine said on Wednesday.
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| Bharti Airtel CEO sells entire holding in firm (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 10:56 PM PDT  Reuters - Bharti Airtel's chief executive, Manoj Kohli, has sold his entire holding in the telecoms firm through open-market transactions, stock exchange data showed on Thursday.
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| World Bank says global economy to shrink 1-2 pct (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 07:54 PM PDT  Reuters - The global economy is on track for its worst recession since the 1930s with output likely to shrink by 1-2 percent this year, World Bank President Robert Zoellick told the Daily Mail newspaper.
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