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• Major 7.6 quake hits off Andaman Islands (Reuters)
• Strong quake strikes southwest of Tokyo (Reuters)
• Pakistan Taliban commander says he, Mehsud alive (Reuters)
• Pakistan blocks advance in disarmament talks (Reuters)
• India inspects North Korea ship for nuclear material (Reuters)
• Clarke moves up rankings after fourth Ashes test (Reuters)
• Lin, Lee start in style, Bao beaten at badminton worlds (Reuters)
• Monsoon deficit widens, cane crop dips (Reuters)
• Downturn hits India renewables; solar plan by Dec (Reuters)
• England badminton chief deny withdrawal was an overreaction (Reuters)
• SCENARIOS - What can India do to manage a bad monsoon? (Reuters)
• Nepal widows protest against incentive for marriage (Reuters)
• Monsoon woes drag Indian shares down; Bharti drops (Reuters)
• India to take steps to revive exports - trade min (Reuters)
• Taiwan mudslide may have buried 600 villagers (Reuters)
• India think-tank ups average WPI forecast for FY10 (Reuters)
• U.S. commander says Taliban have Afghan momentum (Reuters)

Major 7.6 quake hits off Andaman Islands (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 03:32 PM PDT Reuters - A major quake of magnitude 7.6 struck in

Strong quake strikes southwest of Tokyo (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 03:05 PM PDT Reuters - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 jolted eastern and central Japan early on Tuesday, throwing food and bottles from shop shelves and rattling houses across Tokyo.

Pakistan Taliban commander says he, Mehsud alive (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 07:48 AM PDT Reuters - A close aide to Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, believed by Pakistani officials to have been killed in a shootout with a rival, said on Monday both he and Mehsud were alive.

Pakistan blocks advance in disarmament talks (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 09:40 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan is blocking a seemingly agreed relaunch of long-stalled international disarmament talks, throwing doubt on prospects for a key accord to curb production of nuclear weapons, diplomats said on Monday.

India inspects North Korea ship for nuclear material (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 03:50 AM PDT Reuters - Indian authorities were inspecting a North Korean ship detained in the Bay of Bengal for nuclear material or fuel, officials said on Monday, the latest sign of the international noose tightening around the North.

Clarke moves up rankings after fourth Ashes test (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 09:46 AM PDT Reuters - Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke moved up to second place in the International Cricket Council's test rankings for batsmen after hitting 93 in the fourth Ashes test at Headingley.

Lin, Lee start in style, Bao beaten at badminton worlds (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 08:25 AM PDT Reuters - World number one Lee Chong Wei and Olympic champion Lin Dan scored emphatic victories on the opening day of the world badminton championships on Monday, as 11th seeded Bao Chunlai was shown the exit.

Monsoon deficit widens, cane crop dips (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 08:00 AM PDT Reuters - India's monsoon shortfall worsened to 28 percent at the weekend, raising fears that the June-September season may turn out to be as bad as 2004 when summer crop output fell 12 percent after a drought.

Downturn hits India renewables; solar plan by Dec (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 05:39 AM PDT Reuters - The global financial crisis is hurting India's hopes of attracting about $21 billion worth of investments in renewable energy by 2012, but a new solar plan expected to be rolled out by December could provide a boost.

England badminton chief deny withdrawal was an overreaction (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 08:18 AM PDT Reuters - England's badminton chief denied on Monday that pulling the team out of the world championships in India had been an overreaction, saying he had not been impressed by security levels.

SCENARIOS - What can India do to manage a bad monsoon? (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 04:43 AM PDT Reuters - India's monsoon rains this season have been below normal and unevenly spread, hurting crop outputs, driving up food prices, threatening a fragile economic recovery and spurring increasingly urgent calls for government action.

Nepal widows protest against incentive for marriage (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 05:31 AM PDT Reuters - About 200 women marched through the Nepali capital on Monday to denounce a government scheme to pay cash incentives to men for marrying widows, witnesses said.

Monsoon woes drag Indian shares down; Bharti drops (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 04:51 AM PDT Reuters - Indian shares fell 1 percent on Monday to their worst close in more than three weeks on fears a nascent economic revival would be scuppered by poor rains, which are key to the country's domestic-demand-led economy.

India to take steps to revive exports - trade min (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 06:45 AM PDT Reuters - India will take steps to help revive exports at a forthcoming trade policy review later this month, the trade minister said on Monday, after they slumped for nine months in a row.

Taiwan mudslide may have buried 600 villagers (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 05:03 AM PDT Reuters - A mudslide triggered by torrential rains from a typhoon may have buried up to 600 villagers in mountainous southern Taiwan, disaster officials said on Monday.

India think-tank ups average WPI forecast for FY10 (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 05:03 AM PDT Reuters - India's wholesale price index which has been falling for eight consecutive weeks is likely to continue moving down until October-November 2009 before it starts rising again, a recent review by a think-tank showed.

U.S. commander says Taliban have Afghan momentum (Reuters) Posted: 10 Aug 2009 04:03 AM PDT Reuters - The Taliban have advanced out of traditional strongholds in Afghanistan's south and east, gaining the upper hand as they moved into the north and west, the top U.S. and NATO commander said in an interview on Monday.

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