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• Massa arrives in Brazil for more tests (Reuters)
• Jackson's mom gets custody, seeks say in estate (Reuters)
• Bharti, MTN extend M&A talks; terms may be revised (Reuters)
• Remove environmental goods talks from Doha - U.S. groups (Reuters)
• India confirms first H1N1 death (Reuters)
• Pakistan court adjourns, leaving Lashkar founder free (Reuters)
• Players, board told to accept WADA clause (Reuters)
• ANALYSIS - Foreign secretary Nirupama Rao faces tough task (Reuters)
• Govt to enforce energy efficiency in climate fight (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - Key people driving India's foreign policy (Reuters)
• Local demand spurs manufacturing expansion (Reuters)
• INTERVIEW - Mahindra Satyam winning new deals, but hurdles remain (Reuters)
• Bharti, MTN extend M&A talks; terms maybe revised (Reuters)
• Myanmar activist awarded Asia's Nobel prize (Reuters)
• Bank staff plan two-day strike from Aug 6 (Reuters)
• Gorillas may be a source of AIDS, researchers find (Reuters)
• June exports down 27.7 pct yr/yr - govt (Reuters)
• SCENARIOS - Possible outcomes of Bharti, MTN deal talks (Reuters)
• Leakage shuts 40,000 bpd oil output at Indian offshore fields (Reuters)
• Adani Power IPO priced at 100 rupees/shr (Reuters)

Massa arrives in Brazil for more tests (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 04:09 PM PDT Reuters - Injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa arrived home in Brazil on Monday after nine days of treatment in a Budapest hospital and said he hoped to make a swift return to Formula One.

Jackson's mom gets custody, seeks say in estate (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 04:37 PM PDT Reuters - Michael Jackson's 79-year-old mother was awarded custody of the singer's three children on Monday and given more time to spell out objections to having two music executives administer his multi-million dollar estate.

Bharti, MTN extend M&A talks; terms may be revised (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 02:41 PM PDT Reuters - Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN Group extended exclusive talks aimed at creating the world's No. 3 mobile operator, setting the stage for a sweetened deal for MTN shareholders.

Remove environmental goods talks from Doha - U.S. groups (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 03:05 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. business groups frustrated with the slow pace of nearly 8-year-old world trade talks urged the Obama administration on Monday to remove negotiations on environmental goods and services from the Doha round and pursue them separately.

India confirms first H1N1 death (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 08:11 AM PDT Reuters - The government on Monday confirmed the country's first death from the H1N1 flu in Pune, a top official said.

Pakistan court adjourns, leaving Lashkar founder free (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 10:15 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's Supreme Court adjourned an appeal hearing on Monday to decide whether to re-arrest the founder of a militant group said to have been behind the attacks on Mumbai last November.

Players, board told to accept WADA clause (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 06:18 AM PDT Reuters - India's cricket board and players were under pressure on Monday to drop their stand not to accept the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) "whereabouts" rule.

ANALYSIS - Foreign secretary Nirupama Rao faces tough task (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 03:42 AM PDT Reuters - India's new foreign secretary Nirupama Rao takes office this week facing a huge task of improving ties with Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks as political opposition grows that the government is appeasing its nuclear-armed neighbour.

Govt to enforce energy efficiency in climate fight (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 03:35 AM PDT Reuters - India will make energy efficiency ratings a must for electric appliances, including airconditioners and refrigerators, from January, stepping up domestic efforts to fight climate change, officials said.

FACTBOX - Key people driving India's foreign policy (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 03:46 AM PDT Reuters - India's new foreign secretary is facing a huge challenge of how to improve relations with Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks as political opposition grows at home that the government is appeasing its nuclear-armed neighbour.

Local demand spurs manufacturing expansion (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 03:47 AM PDT Reuters - Growth in India's manufacturing activity held steady in July, helped by robust local demand, but intense competition curbed companies' pricing power even as raw material costs jumped, a survey showed.

INTERVIEW - Mahindra Satyam winning new deals, but hurdles remain (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 03:51 AM PDT Reuters - Indian IT services firm Mahindra Satyam is winning new outsourcing deals, but business is yet to see a total turnaround as some cautious clients wait for stability to return to the company before loosening their purse strings, an official said.

Bharti, MTN extend M&A talks; terms maybe revised (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 12:57 AM PDT Reuters - India's Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN Group extended talks to combine their operations to create the world's third-largest mobile operator and analysts said Bharti might need to sweeten its offer to clinch the deal.

Myanmar activist awarded Asia's Nobel prize (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 12:03 AM PDT Reuters - An activist from Myanmar who was tortured by the military as a student and now runs an NGO probing infrastructure projects is among this year's winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Award, its committee said on Monday.

Bank staff plan two-day strike from Aug 6 (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2009 11:02 PM PDT Reuters - About 900,000 employees of Indian banks plan to strike work on Aug. 6 and Aug. 7 for higher wages and pension, a union representative said on Monday.

Gorillas may be a source of AIDS, researchers find (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2009 07:58 PM PDT Reuters - A woman from Cameroon has been found to be infected with an AIDS-like virus that came from gorillas, French researchers reported on Sunday.

June exports down 27.7 pct yr/yr - govt (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 12:45 AM PDT Reuters - India's exports fell an annual 27.7 percent in June to $12.8 billion, its ninth straight monthly fall, the government said in a statement on Monday, as recessions at developed nations continue to slash demand for Indian goods.

SCENARIOS - Possible outcomes of Bharti, MTN deal talks (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 02:42 AM PDT Reuters - India's Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN Group extended talks -- aimed at merging their operations to create the world's third-largest mobile operator -- by a month to Aug. 31.

Leakage shuts 40,000 bpd oil output at Indian offshore fields (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 02:45 AM PDT Reuters - A sub sea pipe leakage has cut out of 40,000 barrels per day (bpd) and 5 million cubic metres per day (MMSCMD) of gas from western offshore fields of Panna and Mukta, an official at Oil and Natural Gas Corp said on Monday.

Adani Power IPO priced at 100 rupees/shr (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2009 12:31 AM PDT Reuters - Indian utility Adani Power has priced its initial public offer at 100 rupees ($2.08) a share to raise $630 million, a company spokesman said on Monday.

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