| Talks with Pakistan only after moves on Mumbai attackers: PM (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2009 07:17 AM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday ruled out resuming talks with Pakistan until Islamabad took steps against militants India says were responsible for an assault in Mumbai last November.
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| Gunships and planes strike Pakistan Taliban in Swat (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2009 11:54 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistani helicopter gunships and warplanes hit Taliban positions in the militants' Swat Valley stronghold on Saturday, while a curfew prevented civilians from fleeing the fighting.
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| Chennai beat Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2009 11:29 AM PDT Reuters - Chennai Super Kings beat Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets in their Indian Premier League match on Saturday. |
| Kings XI Punjab beat Deccan Chargers by three wickets (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2009 07:12 AM PDT Reuters - The Kings XI Punjab beat the Deccan Chargers by three wickets in their Indian Premier League match |
| New flu spreads to Australia, now common in U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2009 11:48 AM PDT Reuters - The new strain of H1N1 influenza popped up in Japan and Australia and has now been confirmed in more than 2,000 Americans but health officials said on Saturday this was a great underestimate of the true number of cases.
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| Pakistan challenges ICC over loss of World Cup (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2009 06:38 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's cricket authorities have mounted a legal challenge to the International Cricket Council's (ICC) decision to strip the country of the right to host 2011 World Cup matches.
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| Suu Kyi has low blood pressure, dehydration - party (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2009 12:48 AM PDT Reuters - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest, is suffering from low blood pressure and dehydration, her party spokesman said on Saturday.
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| Facebook now in six Indian languages (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2009 02:11 AM PDT Reuters - Popular social networking site Facebook has launched an Indian interface that will help members in the region connect with peers in six different languages.
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| Disabled get to vote with dignity in India's elections (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2009 08:10 PM PDT Reuters - Disabled voters in India have welcomed initiatives in the world's largest democracy that allowed them easier access to voting booths for the first time.
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| Sports minister fears IPL contest amounts to gambling (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2009 03:26 AM PDT Reuters - Sports Minister Manohar Singh Gill is concerned an Indian Premier League (IPL) mobile phone-based contest amounts to gambling and could give rise to a fresh bout of corruption in the game.
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| Flu kills Canadian, first cases in Japan, Australia (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2009 11:52 PM PDT Reuters - The new H1N1 flu killed its first patient in Canada, making it the third country after Mexico and the United States to report a death from the virus that has made more than 3,400 people in 28 countries ill.
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| Bangladeshi prime minister's husband dies (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2009 07:45 AM PDT Reuters - The nuclear physicist husband of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina died on Saturday at a Dhaka hospital.
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| Ferrari hit back in final Spanish GP practice (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2009 04:41 AM PDT Reuters - Champions Ferrari roared back to the top of the timesheets on Saturday with Felipe Massa leading Kimi Raikkonen one-two in final Spanish Grand Prix practice.
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| Victory takes Daredevils top of IPL (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2009 12:08 PM PDT Reuters - The Delhi Daredevils surged to the top of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after crushing the Mumbai Indians by seven wickets on Friday. |
| Hong Kong hospital discharges Mexican flu patient (Reuters) Posted: 08 May 2009 09:23 PM PDT Reuters - A Mexican traveller confirmed as Hong Kong's first and only case of the new flu strain has been discharged from hospital, a spokeswoman said on Saturday.
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| Hayden steers Chennai to top of IPL standings (Reuters) Posted: 09 May 2009 02:12 AM PDT Reuters - Matthew Hayden's swashbuckling knock of 89 helped propel the Chennai Super Kings to a 12-run victory over Kings XI Punjab that put them top of the Indian Premier League standings on Thursday.
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