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• Michael Jackson burial set for Aug. 29 - spokesman (Reuters)
• Global economic recovery has started - IMF official (Reuters)
• Shah Rukh Khan says does not want apology (Reuters)
• Pakistan seizes aide to "dead" Taliban chief (Reuters)
• Force India taking major upgrade to Valencia (Reuters)
• India braces for drought; economic growth may slow (Reuters)
• Monsoon onset raising fears for Sri Lanka war-displaced (Reuters)
• Apple probes iPhone explosion reports, EU says (Reuters)
• Govt says spending, borrowing to be within target (Reuters)
• India should share any attack information - Pakistan (Reuters)
• Reliance Comms in talks for Zain's Africa ops - sources (Reuters)
• Suicide car bomb strikes Kabul in pre-vote violence (Reuters)
• Govt to sell stakes in 6-7 more firms (Reuters)
• Iran official denies he made nuclear talks statement (Reuters)
• India must invest in green technology - PM (Reuters)
• Monsoon, valuations threaten India stock rally (Reuters)
• Pakistan needs "months" for Waziristan push - general (Reuters)
• DreamWorks closes film financing deal with Reliance (Reuters)
• Poor monsoon could lower India's growth - Ahluwalia (Reuters)
• India is cool in Brazil thanks to hot 'novela' (Reuters)

Michael Jackson burial set for Aug. 29 - spokesman (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 02:49 PM PDT Reuters - Michael Jackson will be buried in a private ceremony for family and friends on Aug. 29, which would have been the pop star's 51st birthday, representatives for the Jackson family said on Tuesday.

Global economic recovery has started - IMF official (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 08:13 AM PDT Reuters - The global economic recovery has begun but sustaining it will require refocusing the United States toward exports and Asia toward imports, the International Monetary Fund's chief economist said.

Shah Rukh Khan says does not want apology (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 08:09 AM PDT Reuters - Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, at the centre of a row over his detention and questioning at a U.S. airport, said on Tuesday he wasn't looking for any apology.

Pakistan seizes aide to "dead" Taliban chief (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 12:05 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistan has captured a senior aide to Baitullah Mehsud, the Pakistani Taliban chief believed to have been killed this month in a missile strike by a U.S. drone, military officials said on Tuesday.

Force India taking major upgrade to Valencia (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:21 AM PDT Reuters - Force India are making significant changes to their car in their quest for a first point in Formula One this weekend.

India braces for drought; economic growth may slow (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 06:19 AM PDT Reuters - Meagre monsoon rains have pushed India to the brink of drought, putting pressure on food prices and energy supplies and imperiling growth, but wheat and rice stocks will provide a buffer, officials said on Tuesday.

Monsoon onset raising fears for Sri Lanka war-displaced (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:57 AM PDT Reuters - The onset of monsoon rains in Sri Lanka is raising fears for the safety of thousands of war-displaced Tamils after rain flooded camps, ruined shelters and caused sewage to overflow, aid workers said on Tuesday.

Apple probes iPhone explosion reports, EU says (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 06:42 AM PDT Reuters - Apple Inc is investigating media reports that one or more of the company's iPhones have exploded in Europe, a European Commission spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

Govt says spending, borrowing to be within target (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 03:50 AM PDT Reuters - The government said on Tuesday there was no plan to waive off loans given to farmers in the face of poor monsoon and any spending to mitigate the effects of drought would be within the budget target.

India should share any attack information - Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 17 Aug 2009 11:17 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistan has summoned a senior Indian diplomat and called for India to share information about any terrorist plots after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned of plans for attacks against his country being hatched in Pakistan.

Reliance Comms in talks for Zain's Africa ops - sources (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 06:14 AM PDT Reuters - Reliance Communications has started talks to buy Kuwaiti Zain's African operations, two banking sources said, underscoring a drive by Indian telecom companies to gain a foothold in Africa.

Suicide car bomb strikes Kabul in pre-vote violence (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 09:01 AM PDT Reuters - A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden car into a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing at least eight people in a wave of violence two days before an election the Taliban has vowed to disrupt.

Govt to sell stakes in 6-7 more firms (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 07:04 AM PDT Reuters - The government will sell stakes in at least six to seven more state-run firms in the next 12-14 months, a senior official said on Tuesday, after a strong response to an initial public offering last week.

Iran official denies he made nuclear talks statement (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 07:37 AM PDT Reuters - A senior Iranian official denied on Tuesday he had made any statement saying Tehran was ready for talks with the West on its disputed nuclear programme, state television reported.

India must invest in green technology - PM (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 02:38 AM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday the country must invest in its own environmentally friendly technologies, the latest in myriad pledges from one of the world's biggest polluters to fight climate change.

Monsoon, valuations threaten India stock rally (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 02:31 AM PDT Reuters - Indian stocks are running out of steam after nearly doubling in five months and may be poised for a correction as investors grow wary of high valuations, a bad monsoon and looming inflation.

Pakistan needs "months" for Waziristan push - general (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 03:28 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan will need months to prepare for a ground offensive against the Taliban in their South Waziristan stronghold on the Afghan border, a senior army commander said on Tuesday, citing equipment shortages.

DreamWorks closes film financing deal with Reliance (Reuters) Posted: 17 Aug 2009 06:37 PM PDT Reuters - Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studios and Indian conglomerate Reliance ADA Group closed a financing deal on Monday, putting the final touch on a three-year, $825 million pact for up to six films a year.

Poor monsoon could lower India's growth - Ahluwalia (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 02:43 AM PDT Reuters - India's growth projection could be trimmed due to a poor monsoon, but the country has adequate food stocks to counter inflationary pressures, the plan panel Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Tuesday.

India is cool in Brazil thanks to hot 'novela' (Reuters) Posted: 18 Aug 2009 02:34 AM PDT Reuters - The pink-walled palaces, shimmering saris and Bollywood dances all scream India. So why are the actors speaking Portuguese and kissing passionately?

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