| China raises India toy ban at WTO (Reuters) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 10:54 AM PDT  Reuters - China complained at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Wednesday at India's ban on toy imports from China.
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| IBM in talks to buy Sun Microsystems - sources (Reuters) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 11:09 AM PDT  Reuters - IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc, sources with knowledge of the matter said, a move that could bolster the technology giant against rivals in the high-end computer server and software markets.
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| Little Nano carries a big burden for India's Tata (Reuters) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 05:00 AM PDT  Reuters - What a difference a year makes. In early 2008, Tata Motors unveiled its Nano to a rapturous media reception as the snub-nosed, 4-seater with a 100,000-rupee ($1,945) price tag created a new category of super-cheap cars for the masses.
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| Varun Gandhi denies anti-Muslim hate speech (Reuters) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:14 AM PDT  Reuters - Varun Gandhi, great-grandson of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and scion of a family dynasty, said on Wednesday he was a victim of political conspiracy over allegations he made inflammatory comments against Muslims.
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| Malaysia's Maxis commits $10 bln to Aircel (Reuters) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 07:39 AM PDT  Reuters - Malaysia's Maxis Communications Bhd is investing $10 billion in its Indian unit Aircel to accelerate its expansion in the world's fastest-growing mobile market, and is interested in bidding for 3G spectrum.
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| Two killed, 16 injured in West Bengal blast (Reuters) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 07:24 AM PDT Reuters - A blast near an insurgency-hit region of West Bengal close to the Bangladesh border killed at least two people and wounded 16 on Wednesday, police said. |
| Asia climate policy on track despite recession, polls (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2009 08:48 PM PDT  Reuters - Asia's biggest carbon emitters face dual challenges this year that risk undermining their fight against climate change -- a global recession that's crippling domestic business and elections in a pivotal year.
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| India 3G auction unlikely before polls - official (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2009 11:20 PM PDT  Reuters - A global 3G spectrum auction planned by India is unlikely to happen before month-long general elections that begin in mid-April, the country's top telecom official said on Wednesday.
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| U.S. mulling expanded covert war in Pakistan - report (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2009 09:13 PM PDT  Reuters - President Barack Obama and his national security advisers are considering expanding the covert U.S. war in Pakistan far beyond the tribal areas near the border with Afghanistan, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
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| ELECTION EYE - Cracks appear in ruling alliance (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2009 09:01 PM 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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| Austria's Fritzl admits murder and enslavement (Reuters) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 04:10 AM PDT  Reuters - Josef Fritzl, who fathered seven children with a daughter he imprisoned and raped in a cellar for 24 years, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to enslavement and murder, reversing his denial of the charges.
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| FACTBOX - Specifications of Tata's Nano (Reuters) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 12:33 AM PDT  Reuters - Tata Motors will on Monday launch the "People's Car", the Nano, which it unveiled in January 2008 as the world's cheapest car with a dealer price of 100,000 rupees ($1,900).
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| TIMELINE - Tata Motors: from trains to trucks to Nano (Reuters) Posted: 18 Mar 2009 12:29 AM PDT  Reuters - Tata Motors will on Monday launch the Nano, the "People's Car", which it unveiled last January as the world's cheapest car with a dealer price of 100,000 rupees ($1,914).
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| POLL - India's economic growth at 7-year low as crisis hits (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2009 11:24 PM PDT  Reuters - India's economic growth is seen dropping below 6 percent to a seven-year low in 2009/10 after the global crisis hits Asia's third-largest economy harder than expected, a quarterly Reuters poll shows.
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| FACTBOX - Climate policy plans for Asia's top carbon polluters (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2009 09:44 PM PDT  Reuters - Asia has some of the world's top greenhouse gas polluters and their role in achieving a broader climate pact at the end of the year during U.N.-led talks will be crucial.
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