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Pakistan army battles Taliban; bomber kills 10 (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 07:58 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's army pressed on with an offensive against the Taliban on Monday as the government said 700 militants had been killed and a suicide bomber killed 10 people at a security checkpost.

New flu not quite a pandemic yet, WHO says (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 12:35 PM PDT Reuters - The new H1N1 virus shows no signs of sustained person-to-person spread outside of North America and so has not yet tipped over into a pandemic, a top World Health Organization official said on Monday.

Sharma leads Chargers to 53-run win (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 11:34 AM PDT Reuters - Rohit Sharma snared three wickets as the Deccan Chargers humbled the Rajasthan Royals by 53 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday.

UEFA stands firm on Champions League final bans (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 08:52 AM PDT Reuters - Manchester United's Darren Fletcher and Barcelona pair Eric Abidal and Daniel Alves will all be suspended for the Champions League final after UEFA said on Monday it had rejected appeals from the two clubs.

Missing Nepali ski racer found via Facebook (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 09:34 AM PDT Reuters - A teenage Nepali ski racer has been found in Paris via a campaign on social networking site Facebook two weeks after he disappeared from his team's base in the French Alps, the team said on Monday.

Maoists trap and kill 14 police in Chhattisgarh (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 05:26 AM PDT Reuters - Maoist rebels killed 14 policemen in an ambush in Chhattisgarh, officials said on Monday, the latest in a string of rebel violence that has marred part of India's general election.

ELECTION EYE - Southern support buoys BJP (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 03:41 AM PDT Reuters - The following is a snapshot of recent developments in India's general election campaign. (The sources are mentioned in brackets).

Hundreds killed in Sri Lanka 'bloodbath' (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 08:07 AM PDT Reuters - COLOMBO (Reuters) -- The United Nations on Monday said attacks in Sri Lanka that killed hundreds were the bloodbath it had long feared, while the Tamil Tigers and government traded blame ahead of U.N. Security Council talks about the war.

British police arrest 31 Tamil supporters (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 09:31 AM PDT Reuters - Police arrested 31 people on Monday after supporters of Sri Lanka's Tamil community blocked roads around the British parliament in the latest of a series of protests over violence on the island.

Pakistani Sikhs among displaced from Swat battle (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 06:39 AM PDT Reuters - Members of Pakistan's tiny Sikh community have joined an exodus of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing fighting in a Taliban stronghold and raising fears of a protracted humanitarian crisis.

U.S. says concerned over Sri Lanka civilian deaths (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 09:38 AM PDT Reuters - The United States said on Monday it was deeply concerned about an "unacceptably high" level of civilian casualties in Sri Lanka and called on both the government and the Tamil Tiger rebels to prevent civilian deaths.

Deccan Chargers beat Rajasthan Royals by 53 runs (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 11:12 AM PDT Reuters - Deccan Chargers beat Rajasthan Royals by 53 runs in their Indian Premier League match in Kimberley on Monday.

H1N1 flu hits Norway, global death toll 53 - WHO (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 05:53 AM PDT Reuters - World Health Organisation (WHO) laboratories have confirmed 4,694 infections with the new strain of H1N1 flu, which the United Nations agency said on Monday has killed at least 53 people.

Karachi tense on eve of clash anniversary (Reuters) Posted: 10 May 2009 11:41 PM PDT Reuters - Police in the Pakistani city of Karachi were on alert on Monday, the eve of the second anniversary of bloody clashes between ethnic-based factions in the commercial hub.

Exiled ethnic Indian leader to return to Malaysia (Reuters) Posted: 10 May 2009 10:37 PM PDT Reuters - The leader of a banned ethnic Indian protest group said on Monday he would return to Malaysia from self-imposed exile in Britain after the release of three of his colleagues from detention without trial.

FACTBOX - Key steps to form a new Indian government (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 02:02 AM PDT Reuters - A five-stage polling process to elect India's new government ends with the last phase of voting on May 13. Here are details of what could unfold in the next few weeks, leading to the formation of the next government.

U.N. blasts Sri Lanka weekend attack as 'bloodbath' (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 12:08 AM PDT Reuters - COLOMBO (Reuters) -- The United Nations said a weekend attack in Sri Lanka that killed hundreds was the bloodbath it had feared, while the Tamil Tigers and government traded blame ahead of U.N. Security Council talks over the war.

Prosperous farmers hold key to India's election (Reuters) Posted: 10 May 2009 11:29 PM PDT Reuters - Five years ago, India's rural poor threw out the incumbent Hindu nationalist-led government because the slogan of "India Shining" was seen to work only for the urban middle class.

Button celebrates fourth win in five races (Reuters) Posted: 10 May 2009 09:55 PM PDT Reuters - Formula One leader Jenson Button banked his fourth victory in five races on Sunday after a Spanish Grand Prix strategy switch that stunned his downcast Brawn GP team mate Rubens Barrichello.

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