| CPI(M) pushes financial regulation (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2009 02:59 AM PDT  Reuters - The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M), India's most influential hard-left party, called on Monday ahead of a general election for state control of the financial sector and restrictions on foreign investment to overcome an economic slowdown.
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| U.S. OKs $2.1 bln Boeing arms sale to India (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2009 02:46 PM PDT  Reuters - The U.S. State Department said it had cleared a $2.1 billion sale to India of eight Boeing Co P-8I maritime patrol aircraft, the largest U.S. arms transfer to India to date.
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| India says readying energy efficiency trade policy (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2009 06:07 AM PDT  Reuters - India is pressing ahead with a trading scheme centred on energy efficient certificates that could possibly expand to renewable energy, the country's climate change envoy said on Monday.
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| South Africa to stage Champions Trophy (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2009 08:44 AM PDT  Reuters - South Africa will stage this year's Champions Trophy one-day tournament in September and October, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday.
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| Growth to slow to 6.5 pct in FY09 - ING Vysya (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2009 05:00 AM PDT  Reuters - Indian economic growth will likely slow to 6.5 percent in the current fiscal year and drop further in the next year, an economist at ING Vysya Bank said on Monday.
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| Commonwealth Games head backs Delhi safety plans (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2009 07:29 AM PDT  Reuters - Security planning for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi is on track and concerns that safety fears could scupper the event are premature, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) said on Monday.
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| ELECTION EYE - Mayawati says to go it alone in vote (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2009 02:13 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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| iGate sees Satyam bid below current mkt price -TV (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2009 12:12 AM PDT  Reuters - U.S.-based outsourcer iGate Corp's bid for fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services Ltd will be well short of the current market price, its chief executive told a television channel on Monday.
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| Pakistan defuses crisis, agrees to restore judge (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2009 08:44 AM PDT  Reuters - Pakistan's government agreed on Monday to reinstate Iftikhar Chaudhry as chief justice in a surprise move to defuse a crisis and end agitation by lawyers and activists that had threatened to turn into violent confrontation.
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| China's Panchen Lama says Tibet needs Communists (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2009 09:00 PM PDT  Reuters - The Tibetan anointed by Beijing as the region's second-ranking spiritual leader was quoted by Chinese state media as saying that Tibet could only have a "bright future" under Communist Party leadership.
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| "Race to Witch Mountain" takes first at box office (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2009 08:27 PM PDT  Reuters - The Disney family adventure "Race to Witch Mountain" outran superhero movie "Watchmen" to take the top spot with $25 million in this weekend's contest at the North American box office.
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