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Sri Lanka gives Tigers ultimatum as thousands flee (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 11:30 AM PDT Reuters - Sri Lanka on Monday gave the Tamil Tigers 24 hours to surrender after troops breached a huge earthen defence and unleashed an exodus of tens of thousands of civilians held there by the rebels, the military said.

Police probe report of father selling Slumdog's Rubina (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 05:38 AM PDT Reuters - Police in Mumbai are probing accusations that the father of Rubina Ali, a child star of the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire", tried to sell his daughter for 200,000 pounds ($290,000).

Chennai Super Kings beat Bangalore RC by 92 runs (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 10:58 AM PDT Reuters - Chennai Super Kings beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by 92 runs in their Indian Premier League match at Port Elizabeth, South Africa on Monday.

Hayden and Murali help Chennai thrash Bangalore (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 12:08 PM PDT Reuters - Matthew Hayden and Muttiah Muralitharan steered the Chennai Super Kings to an emphatic 92-run win over the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the Indian Premier League on Monday.

Tech Mahindra to run Satyam as standalone unit (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 10:22 AM PDT Reuters - Tech Mahindra Ltd, which is taking over Satyam Computer Services Ltd in a deal worth about $580 million, said on Monday it would run the fraud-hit outsourcing firm as a standalone unit.

Poll-bound India counts on RBI to revive economy (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 09:14 AM PDT Reuters - The Reserve bank of India (RBI) will have little choice but to keep cutting interest rates and buy more government bonds as it is left alone to help the economy during a likely political void produced by a general election.

Sri Lanka opens eye in the sky on war zone (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 08:42 AM PDT Reuters - Sri Lanka's military on Monday opened up its aerial surveillance centre to journalists for the first time, offering a glimpse of real-time footage from a battlefield usually off-limits to independent observers.

Oracle to buy Sun Micro, enters hardware market (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 10:38 AM PDT Reuters - Oracle Corp plans to enter the computer hardware market by buying Sun Microsystems Inc for more than $7 billion, swooping in after Sun's talks with IBM fell apart.

India launches spy satellite to boost security (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 03:37 AM PDT Reuters - India launched an Israeli-built military spy satellite on Monday as it strengthens its security system after last year's Mumbai attacks exposed glaring loopholes in the defence apparatus.

Kolkata jail inmates on hunger strike to watch IPL (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 04:09 AM PDT Reuters - Hundreds of prisoners in a jail in Kolkata went on a hunger strike after authorities refused to allow inmates to watch Indian Premier League (IPL) on cable television, officials said on Monday.

Ten killed in Kashmir firefights - police (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 07:56 AM PDT Reuters - At least 10 people, including four policemen, were killed in a string of recent firefights across Kashmir, police said on Monday, just days ahead of another round of voting in India's general election.

ELECTION EYE - Congress, DMK at odds over Tamil Tigers (Reuters) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 11:39 PM PDT Reuters - The following is a snapshot of recent developments in India's general election campaign. (The sources are mentioned in brackets).

Australia orders manslaughter trial for India-born doctor (Reuters) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 11:57 PM PDT Reuters - An Australian court on Monday ordered a U.S. surgeon to stand trial on charges of manslaughter over the deaths of three patients during his time as a surgeon in Australia.

Frugal Edwards spurs Deccan to victory (Reuters) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 09:20 PM PDT Reuters - West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards gave away just six runs in his four overs to lift Deccan Chargers to an eight-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League on Sunday.

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