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• Pandemic flu harder to survive in poor nations - WHO (Reuters)
• Bernanke says U.S. recession 'very likely' over (Reuters)
• India's poor healthcare a threat to growth-report (Reuters)
• India's floods kill 1,000 people this year - Red Cross (Reuters)
• Congress austerity drive prompts ridicule (Reuters)
• Dhoni and Gambhir on ICC awards shortlists (Reuters)
• PM says fight against Maoists is failing (Reuters)
• Olympic official calls for revamp of Delhi Games committee (Reuters)
• "Dirty Dancing" star Patrick Swayze dead at 57 (Reuters)
• Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush released from jail (Reuters)
• ANALYSIS - Allure of F1 undimmed in Asia (Reuters)
• Kashmir woman minister heals scars of rebel violence (Reuters)
• Del Potro ends Federer's New York reign (Reuters)
• Indian Open raises prize money to record $1.25 mln (Reuters)
• BMW sell F1 team to Swiss-based Qadbak (Reuters)
• Afghan recount to cover 10 pct of polling stations (Reuters)
• S.Africa may not approve Bharti/MTN deal this year (Reuters)
• India 2009/10 rice crop seen at 82 mln T - attache (Reuters)

Pandemic flu harder to survive in poor nations - WHO (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2009 10:38 AM PDT Reuters - H1N1 influenza is "a virus of extremes" likely to cause far more deaths in poor countries than affluent ones, the head of the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday.

Bernanke says U.S. recession 'very likely' over (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2009 09:55 AM PDT Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday that the worst U.S. recession since the Great Depression was probably over, but the recovery would be slow and it would take time to create new jobs.

India's poor healthcare a threat to growth-report (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2009 05:23 AM PDT Reuters - India urgently needs to spend more on healthcare and save its poor population from poverty and hunger or face the risk of slower economic growth, leading health experts said in a report released on Tuesday.

India's floods kill 1,000 people this year - Red Cross (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2009 08:01 AM PDT Reuters - Almost 1,000 people have been killed by severe flooding in India this year, while tens of thousands more have lost their homes and seen large swathes of their farmland devastated, the Red Cross said on Tuesday.

Congress austerity drive prompts ridicule (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2009 01:54 AM PDT Reuters - With a drought looming and elections in some key Indian states approaching, the Congress-led government has embarked on a much-publicised austerity drive that has been slammed by the opposition and ridiculed by the media.

Dhoni and Gambhir on ICC awards shortlists (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2009 04:02 AM PDT Reuters - Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, opener Gautam Gambhir, England skipper Andrew Strauss and Australian speedster Mitchell Johnson have been nominated in two categories for this year's International Cricket Council (ICC) awards.

PM says fight against Maoists is failing (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2009 02:23 AM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told India's police chiefs on Tuesday that a campaign against Maoist rebels had failed to produce results and that rebel violence was on the rise in many states.

Olympic official calls for revamp of Delhi Games committee (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2009 05:40 AM PDT Reuters - Indian Olympic Association (IOA) secretary-general Randhir Singh has called for a revamp of the New Delhi Commonwealth Games' organising committee after widespread concerns over preparations for the event.

"Dirty Dancing" star Patrick Swayze dead at 57 (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 09:36 PM PDT Reuters - Actor Patrick Swayze, whose turn as a smoldering dance instructor in "Dirty Dancing" made him one of the iconic film stars of the 1980s, died on Monday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.

Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush released from jail (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2009 09:34 AM PDT Reuters - An Iraqi reporter who shot to worldwide fame when he hurled his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush was released from prison on Tuesday, accusing the Iraqi guards who seized him of beating and electrocuting him.

ANALYSIS - Allure of F1 undimmed in Asia (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2009 08:21 AM PDT Reuters - The allure of Formula One remains undimmed for Middle Eastern and Asian investors as the sport shifted further away from its European origins on Tuesday with the rebirth of Lotus as a Malaysian-owned team.

Kashmir woman minister heals scars of rebel violence (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2009 05:39 AM PDT Reuters - Her father and uncle were gunned down by militants and she has survived at least 10 attempts on her life, but the violence has helped Kashmir's lone woman minister to understand the pain of victims.

Del Potro ends Federer's New York reign (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2009 12:24 AM PDT Reuters - Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro obliterated Roger Federer's 40-match winning streak at the U.S. Open to become the newest member of the grand slam champions' club on Monday.

Indian Open raises prize money to record $1.25 mln (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2009 06:34 AM PDT Reuters - Prize money for next month's Indian Open has been raised to $1.25 million making it the richest full-field event on the Asian Tour, organisers said on Tuesday.

BMW sell F1 team to Swiss-based Qadbak (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2009 05:40 AM PDT Reuters - BMW has sold its Formula One team to Qadbak Investments, a Swiss-based foundation representing unnamed Middle Eastern interests, and expects it to compete next season despite losing a guaranteed slot.

Afghan recount to cover 10 pct of polling stations (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2009 04:15 AM PDT Reuters - A partial recount ordered to prevent fraud in last month's Afghan presidential election will cover more than 10 percent of polling stations, the head of a U.N.-backed watchdog said on Tuesday.

S.Africa may not approve Bharti/MTN deal this year (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2009 05:14 AM PDT Reuters - South Africa's communications regulator said it might not grant approval for the proposed tie-up between mobile phone group MTN and Indian Bharti Airtel this year.

India 2009/10 rice crop seen at 82 mln T - attache (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2009 07:59 PM PDT Reuters - Following are selected highlights from a report issued by a U.S. Department of Agriculture attache in New Delhi:

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