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• Strike hits bank operations for 2nd day (Reuters)
• U.S. sees possible death of Taliban chief slowing group (Reuters)
• Hockey World Cup dates rescheduled to avoid IPL date clash (Reuters)
• Pakistan minister says Taliban leader Mehsud dead (Reuters)
• Bharti Airtel may sweeten MTN stake offer - source (Reuters)
• Nepal Maoists disrupt parliament, launch new protests (Reuters)
• Indian cos lay off a net 1.31 lakh staff in June qtr - report (Reuters)
• Zaheer faces lengthy layoff after shoulder surgery (Reuters)
• India, China resume border talks amid rising tension (Reuters)
• Hacker attacks silence Twitter, slow Facebook (Reuters)
• W.House says if Mehsud dead, good for Pakistanis (Reuters)
• Travel Picks: Top 10 overlooked stunning buildings/structures (Reuters)
• Pakistan says "pretty certain" Taliban chief is dead (Reuters)
• Slain Tiger chief's phone led Sri Lanka to successor (Reuters)
• India's crops, shares at risk from monsoon woes (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - India, China begin talks on border dispute (Reuters)
• India sweat over targets after Asian archery meet shifted (Reuters)
• India reservoirs at 36 pct of capacity (Reuters)
• New Tamil Tiger head held in Sri Lanka - military (Reuters)
• Flintoff ruled out of fourth Ashes test (Reuters)

Strike hits bank operations for 2nd day (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 08:32 AM PDT Reuters - Trading volume in Indian currency and bond markets was hit for a second day on Friday following a two-day strike by about 900,000 employees at state-run banks, demanding higher wages and pension.

U.S. sees possible death of Taliban chief slowing group (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 01:02 PM PDT Reuters - The CIA missile strike thought to have killed Pakistan's Taliban leader may set the movement back temporarily and strengthen intelligence cooperation between the United States and Pakistan after years of mistrust.

Hockey World Cup dates rescheduled to avoid IPL date clash (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 07:40 AM PDT Reuters - The 2010 hockey World Cup in New Delhi has be brought forward by a week to avoid the event being upstaged by cricket, officials said on Friday.

Pakistan minister says Taliban leader Mehsud dead (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 12:24 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Friday it was "pretty certain" Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a missile attack two days ago.

Bharti Airtel may sweeten MTN stake offer - source (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 09:06 AM PDT Reuters - Indian mobile phone giant Bharti Airtel may increase its offer for a stake in South African peer MTN by between 5 and 10 percent, a source familiar with the negotiations told Reuters.

Nepal Maoists disrupt parliament, launch new protests (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 08:21 AM PDT Reuters - Nepal's Maoists disrupted parliament on Friday and threatened to launch street rallies to protest against the government's failure to resolve a row triggered by the sacking of the army chief, officials said.

Indian cos lay off a net 1.31 lakh staff in June qtr - report (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 08:39 AM PDT Reuters - Indian manufacturing and service sector firms laid off a net 1.31 lakh employees during April-June period, mainly in textiles, gem and jewellery sectors as the exports continued to shrink, a labour ministry report said.

Zaheer faces lengthy layoff after shoulder surgery (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 02:09 AM PDT Reuters - Strike bowler Zaheer Khan has been ruled out of action until the end of the year after undergoing surgery on an injured shoulder, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Friday.

India, China resume border talks amid rising tension (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 12:36 AM PDT Reuters - India and China began talks on Friday to resolve their long simmering border dispute, but hopes of any progress are expected to grind against a recent spike in geopolitical tensions as well as muscle flexing along the border.

Hacker attacks silence Twitter, slow Facebook (Reuters) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 11:18 PM PDT Reuters - Twitter and Facebook suffered service problems from hacker attacks on Thursday, raising speculation about a coordinated campaign against the world's most popular online social networks.

W.House says if Mehsud dead, good for Pakistanis (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 12:09 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's spokesman said on Friday the United States cannot yet confirm with certainty the death of Pakistan's Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud but that Pakistanis are safer if he is.

Travel Picks: Top 10 overlooked stunning buildings/structures (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 03:42 AM PDT Reuters - Lists of beautiful buildings laud the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, and at least one token Frank Gehry building, but there are dozens of other equally beautiful choices that somehow always seem to remain unnoticed.

Pakistan says "pretty certain" Taliban chief is dead (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 11:24 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan is "pretty certain" Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head, was killed with his wife and guards in a missile attack two days ago, the foreign minister said on Friday.

Slain Tiger chief's phone led Sri Lanka to successor (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 04:12 AM PDT Reuters - Sri Lanka's successful manhunt for the new head of the Tamil Tigers began with the phone of the dead man he succeeded, Tiger founder Vellupillai Prabhakaran.

India's crops, shares at risk from monsoon woes (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 02:35 AM PDT Reuters - Forecasts of weak rains in the next five days and inadequate water in Indian reservoirs have raised the risk to the country's cane and soybean crops, and fears of a wider economic fall out could spook the stock market.

FACTBOX - India, China begin talks on border dispute (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 01:26 AM PDT Reuters - India and China began talks on Friday to resolve a long simmering border dispute.

India sweat over targets after Asian archery meet shifted (Reuters) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 10:39 PM PDT Reuters - Indian archers fear losing their home advantage at the 2010 Commonwealth Games after next month's Asian grand prix was moved out of New Delhi due to venue delays.

India reservoirs at 36 pct of capacity (Reuters) Posted: 06 Aug 2009 09:49 PM PDT Reuters - Water level in India's main reservoirs was at 36 percent of capacity in the week to Aug. 6, crawling up 1 percentage point in seven days when the country received barely a third of normal rainfall.

New Tamil Tiger head held in Sri Lanka - military (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 12:05 AM PDT Reuters - Sri Lankan authorities said on Friday said they were interrogating the new head of the Tamil Tigers, their most-wanted target since crushing the separatist rebels and their 25-year insurrection in May.

Flintoff ruled out of fourth Ashes test (Reuters) Posted: 07 Aug 2009 02:08 AM PDT Reuters - England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of the fourth Ashes test against Australia at Headingley starting on Friday.

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