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• Air India suspends bookings as pilots strike (Reuters)
• 7.9 magnitude quake sparks tsunami warning for New Zealand (Reuters)
• Felipe Massa takes wheel for first time since accident (Reuters)
• Adviser sees inflation at 6 pct by end March (Reuters)
• Bharti-MTN deal hangs in balance as deadline nears (Reuters)
• Polanski appeals against extradition over sex case (Reuters)
• Three CRPF men killed in Kashmir militant attack (Reuters)
• Little hope for India-Pakistan dialogue, for now (Reuters)
• Fifty feared dead as boat capsizes in Bihar (Reuters)
• Australian Clarke pulls out of Champions Trophy (Reuters)
• Looking positively at Bhart-MTN deal - Mukherjee (Reuters)
• Australia v India - Champions Trophy scoreboard (Reuters)
• Michael Jackson reigns at box office, in advance of film (Reuters)
• Bharti says no statement on MTN talks on Tuesday (Reuters)
• SCENARIOS - Alternative tie-ups if MTN-Bharti exclusivity ends (Reuters)
• Bharti-MTN deal hangs in balance, statement expected (Reuters)
• Iran flexes muscle ahead of talks with major powers (Reuters)

Air India suspends bookings as pilots strike (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 06:21 AM PDT Reuters - State-run Air India has suspended booking of tickets as a result of a strike by its pilots which has already seen a quarter of its flights being cancelled, the chairman of the carrier said on Tuesday.

7.9 magnitude quake sparks tsunami warning for New Zealand (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 11:40 AM PDT Reuters - A tsunami warning was issued for New Zealand and other small Pacific islands after a major 7.9 magnitude quake struck in the ocean off American Samoa, U.S. government agencies said on Tuesday.

Felipe Massa takes wheel for first time since accident (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 07:50 AM PDT Reuters - Brazilian Felipe Massa climbed into a racing car for the first time since sustaining a life-threatening head injury at the Hungarian Grand Prix when he drove seven laps in a kart on Monday.

Adviser sees inflation at 6 pct by end March (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 07:23 AM PDT Reuters - India's wholesale price (WPI) inflation could be around 6 percent by end of March 2010, the finance ministry's chief economic adviser said on Tuesday.

Bharti-MTN deal hangs in balance as deadline nears (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 08:54 AM PDT Reuters - With the deadline for a deal just a day away, telecoms group Bharti Airtel scotched talk it would make a statement about its $24 billion tie-up talks with South African mobile firm MTN.

Polanski appeals against extradition over sex case (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 08:48 AM PDT Reuters - Lawyers for Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski lodged an appeal with a Swiss court on Tuesday against his arrest on a U.S. extradition warrant to face sentence for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.

Three CRPF men killed in Kashmir militant attack (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 06:52 AM PDT Reuters - Three CRPF presonnel were killed and two women wounded on Tuesday when suspected separatist militants ambushed a security patrol near a crowded bus stand in Kashmir, police said.

Little hope for India-Pakistan dialogue, for now (Reuters) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 11:24 PM PDT Reuters - Ties between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan will not improve while the cloud of last November's militant assault on Mumbai hangs over their interactions, Pakistani and Indian analysts said on Monday.

Fifty feared dead as boat capsizes in Bihar (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 01:54 AM PDT Reuters - At least 50 people, mostly women and children, were feared drowned after a boat capsized in a river during a storm in Bihar, a government official said on Tuesday.

Australian Clarke pulls out of Champions Trophy (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 02:41 AM PDT Reuters - A nagging back injury has forced Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke to quit the Champions Trophy in South Africa and return home for treatment.

Looking positively at Bhart-MTN deal - Mukherjee (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 07:09 AM PDT Reuters - India is looking favourably at a potential tie-up between telecoms firms Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday.

Australia v India - Champions Trophy scoreboard (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 02:17 AM PDT Reuters - Scoreboard from the abandoned Champions Trophy Group A match between Australia and India at Centurion, South Africa on Monday.

Michael Jackson reigns at box office, in advance of film (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 02:22 AM PDT Reuters - Michael Jackson's fans are ready to rock with him one last time, as next month's "This Is It" movie about the late pop star breaks records for advance ticket sales, the studio behind the film said on Monday.

Bharti says no statement on MTN talks on Tuesday (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 06:21 AM PDT Reuters - Bharti Airtel will not be making any statement on Tuesday on its tie-up talks with South Africa's MTN, the firm's spokeswoman said.

SCENARIOS - Alternative tie-ups if MTN-Bharti exclusivity ends (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:38 AM PDT Reuters - A proposed $24 billion tie-up between telecoms groups MTN and Bharti Airtel faces more regulatory uncertainty as a self-imposed deadline for the exclusivity of talks between the groups expires on Sept. 30.

Bharti-MTN deal hangs in balance, statement expected (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 03:58 AM PDT Reuters - Bharti Airtel will issue a statement on Tuesday on its tie-up talks with South Africa's MTN, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said, although there was little clarity yet on the likely outcome.

Iran flexes muscle ahead of talks with major powers (Reuters) Posted: 28 Sep 2009 08:23 PM PDT Reuters - Iran test-fired missiles on Monday which a commander said could reach any regional target, flexing its military muscle before crucial talks this week with major powers worried about Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

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