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• Maldives to introduce green tax on tourists (Reuters)
• West Bengal communists scrap $1 billion IT hub (Reuters)
• Three British men guilty of airline bomb plot (Reuters)
• Sri Lanka says proves execution video was faked (Reuters)
• Google tells EU online books make Web democratic (Reuters)
• Kraft primed to sweeten $16.7 bln Cadbury bid (Reuters)
• "Facebook" for 50-somethings woos India's web-savvy seniors (Reuters)
• India to set industry efficiency targets by Dec 2010 (Reuters)
• Liuzzi replaces Fisichella at Force India (Reuters)
• Ponting retires from Twenty20 to prolong test career (Reuters)
• Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda faces graft charge (Reuters)
• Suspected U.S. missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan (Reuters)
• UAE aircraft carrying arms detained in Kolkata (Reuters)
• Massa said I was right choice, beams Fisichella (Reuters)
• Sri Lanka gives Pakistan clues to cricketers attack (Reuters)
• U.S. leads world in foreign weapons sales - report (Reuters)
• Clijsters back in grand fashion, Nadal wins (Reuters)
• Ahmadinejad holds first meeting of new government (Reuters)
• Seed variety loss seen hampering climate response (Reuters)

Maldives to introduce green tax on tourists (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 11:50 AM PDT Reuters - The Maldives archipelago, threatened by rising sea levels blamed on climate change, said on Monday it would introduce a new environment tax on all tourists who use its resorts and provide its economic lifeline.

West Bengal communists scrap $1 billion IT hub (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 10:16 AM PDT Reuters - The West Bengal government on Monday scrapped plans to build a $1-billion IT hub citing land acquisition problems, another setback to the state's struggle to industrialise.

Three British men guilty of airline bomb plot (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 12:07 PM PDT Reuters - Three Britons were found guilty on Monday of plotting to kill thousands by blowing up transatlantic airliners bound for North America in mid-flight suicide attacks using bombs made from liquid explosives.

Sri Lanka says proves execution video was faked (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 08:07 AM PDT Reuters - Sri Lanka on Monday said its technical investigations had shown a video purporting to show Sri Lankan soldiers executing Tamils was faked and challenged the British TV station that aired it to refute its findings.

Google tells EU online books make Web democratic (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 07:26 AM PDT Reuters - Google, the Internet search group, defended its scanning and publishing of millions of books online on Monday by saying the project was making finding information on the Web more democratic.

Kraft primed to sweeten $16.7 bln Cadbury bid (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 11:55 AM PDT Reuters - Kraft Foods said it was intent on pursuing Britain's Cadbury, which soared in value after it snubbed a premium-rich bid from the U.S. group, reinforcing hopes of a broader-based pick-up in merger activity.

"Facebook" for 50-somethings woos India's web-savvy seniors (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 02:32 AM PDT Reuters - A social networking website for the elderly is helping Internet-savvy seniors in India battle loneliness and make new friends with the click of a mouse and in the comfort of their own homes.

India to set industry efficiency targets by Dec 2010 (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 01:52 AM PDT Reuters - India hopes to set up by December next year energy efficiency targets for more than 700 industrial units, which account for 40 percent of India's fossil fuel use, the country's head of energy efficiency said on Monday.

Liuzzi replaces Fisichella at Force India (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 03:43 AM PDT Reuters - Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi will race for Force India from his home Grand Prix on Sunday following the departure of compatriot Giancarlo Fisichella to Ferrari, the Formula One team said on Monday.

Ponting retires from Twenty20 to prolong test career (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 12:14 AM PDT Reuters - Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has retired from Twenty20 internationals and plans to have "set periods of rest" to prolong his test and one-day career, but will not relinquish his lucrative Indian Premier League contract.

Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda faces graft charge (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 02:15 AM PDT Reuters - A Bangladesh court told former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia on Monday it would start trial proceedings against her on a corruption charge filed last year by the army-backed interim government then in power, court officials said.

Suspected U.S. missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 11:39 AM PDT Reuters - A suspected U.S. drone fired missiles into a hideout of Taliban militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region on Monday, killing five militants, intelligence officials and residents said.

UAE aircraft carrying arms detained in Kolkata (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 02:50 AM PDT Reuters - An aircraft belonging to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) air force was detained after it landed in Kolkata for refuelling and was found to be carrying arms, officials said on Monday.

Massa said I was right choice, beams Fisichella (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2009 06:06 AM PDT Reuters - New Ferrari driver Giancarlo Fisichella beamed from ear to ear at his official unveiling on Monday and said he was especially pleased to have received Felipe Massa's full backing.

Sri Lanka gives Pakistan clues to cricketers attack (Reuters) Posted: 06 Sep 2009 11:06 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said the Sri Lankan president told him an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore six months ago may have been financed from Sri Lanka.

U.S. leads world in foreign weapons sales - report (Reuters) Posted: 06 Sep 2009 07:30 PM PDT Reuters - The United States accounted for more than two-thirds of foreign weapons sales in 2008, a year in which global sales were at a three-year low, The New York Times reported on Sunday.

Clijsters back in grand fashion, Nadal wins (Reuters) Posted: 06 Sep 2009 10:28 PM PDT Reuters - Kim Clijsters marked her dazzling return to the grand slam spotlight by ousting Venus Williams, while kid sister Serena picked up the slack by digging in for an extended New York stay.

Ahmadinejad holds first meeting of new government (Reuters) Posted: 06 Sep 2009 10:25 PM PDT Reuters - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad held the first meeting of his new government on Sunday, shoring up his political position despite accusations by a leading reformer of a "fascist" approach by Iranian hardliners.

Seed variety loss seen hampering climate response (Reuters) Posted: 06 Sep 2009 07:59 PM PDT Reuters - Farmers in developing countries are losing traditional varieties because of growing corporate control of the seeds they plant, hampering their ability to cope with climate change, a London-based think tank said on Monday.

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