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Australia will not travel to India for Davis Cup tie (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 07:37 PM PDT Reuters - Australia will not send its Davis Cup team to India for next month's tie because of security concerns, Tennis Australia said on Saturday, knowing the country could now face a year-long ban and substantial fine.

Obama White House urges halt to Sri Lanka fighting (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 07:09 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama's administration on Friday urged the warring Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tigers militant group to halt their fighting immediately and allow civilians to evacuate.

Forbes names Madonna Hollywood's hardest working mom (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 07:09 PM PDT Reuters - With earnings of $110 million in 2008, Madonna topped Forbes' list of Hollywood's hardest working mothers, followed by actresses Reese Witherspoon and Gwyneth Paltrow.

India presses for Sri Lanka truce as casualties rise (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 02:11 PM PDT Reuters - Indian envoys met Sri Lanka's president on Friday after New Delhi demanded a truce in the closing phase of a 25-year war which U.N. data says may have killed almost 6,500 people in the last three months.

Bopara secures seven-wicket win for Punjab (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 07:13 PM PDT Reuters - Ravi Bopara blasted his way to a half century to help the Kings XI Punjab beat the Bangalore Royal Challengers by seven wickets at Kingsmead on Friday for their first victory in this year's Indian Premier League (IPL).

Goal of eliminating malaria in sight - experts (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 09:57 AM PDT Reuters - Fresh efforts and funding to tackle malaria in recent years have brought the goal of eradicating the deadly disease within sight, health experts said on Friday.

Girl child woos viewers on Indian television (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 09:54 AM PDT Reuters - It's business as usual at a nondescript beauty salon in India's capital. Customers are busy discussing how Sughna's husband was shot dead by bandits.

India to ship wheat to Afghanistan as aid - sources (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 08:59 AM PDT Reuters - India, facing surplus stocks of grains, will soon send 250,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan as aid, official sources said, raising hopes the ban on exports of the staple will be lifted after elections.

Pakistani Taliban withdraws from key valley (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 08:56 AM PDT Reuters - A Pakistani Taliban commander withdrew his fighters from a key northwestern valley on Friday, amid growing alarm in the United States that the Taliban were creeping closer to the capital of nuclear-armed Pakistan.

Maruti Q4 net drops on forex, raw materials (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 07:24 AM PDT Reuters - India's top car maker, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, on Friday missed forecasts with a surprising drop in quarterly profit due to foreign exchange losses and raw material costs, and forecast a difficult year ahead.

Police probe tampering of Anil Ambani's chopper (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 04:54 AM PDT Reuters - Police and airport officials in Mumbai are investigating a possible incident of tampering of a helicopter belonging to Anil Ambani, chairman of India's Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), officials said on Friday.

Coca-Cola says India investment plan on track (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 07:37 AM PDT Reuters - Coca-Cola Co sees India as one of its key markets and is committed to its planned investment of $250 million announced last year, a company official said on Friday.

Ranbaxy post big qtrly loss, sees 2009 loss (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 08:13 AM PDT Reuters - Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, India's leading drugmaker by sales, on Friday reported a huge quarterly net loss on derivative valuations and as a U.S. ban hit sales, and forecast a second straight year of losses.

Court to determine age of Mumbai attack accused Kasab (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 04:06 AM PDT Reuters - A special court hearing charges against Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the alleged lone surviving gunman of last year's attack in Mumbai, has directed that medical tests be conducted to establish if the accused is a minor as claimed by the defence.

Domestic politics forces India's hand in Sri Lanka (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 06:13 AM PDT Reuters - India's demand for a truce in Sri Lanka's war springs from its own domestic political sensitivities and a desire for a role in any post-conflict rehabilitation effort, analysts said on Friday.

Hurriyat urges people in Kashmir to shun election (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 05:25 AM PDT Reuters - The All Parties Hurriyat (Freedom) Conference, Kashmir's main separatist alliance on Friday appealed to the people of the region to boycott India's general election, prompting authorities to place two separatist leaders under house arrest.

Unease grows in Congress as allies court left (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 11:26 PM PDT Reuters - Key regional allies of India's ruling Congress are putting pressure on the party to cede the leadership of the coalition if it comes to power after a general election ending in May.

Local issues trump "religion card" in Indian poll (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 10:07 PM PDT Reuters - Hindu nationalism, Muslim "vote banks", anti-Christian violence, caste rivalry -- Indian politics has more than enough interfaith tension to offer populist orators all kinds of "religion cards" to play.

ELECTION EYE - Allies press Congress to yield PM post (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 10:15 PM PDT Reuters - The following is a snapshot of recent developments in India's general election campaign. (The sources are mentioned in brackets).

De Villiers smashes ton to set up Delhi victory (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:59 PM PDT Reuters - AB de Villiers blasted the first century of the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to lead the Delhi Daredevils to a nine-run victory over the Chennai Super Kings at Kingsmead in Durban on Thursday.

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