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• Coalition bickers over rising food prices (Reuters)
• Tibet envoys leave for fresh talks with China (Reuters)
• Afghan exit strategy takes shape ahead of London talks (Reuters)
• Tahawwur Rana pleads not guilty in Mumbai plot (Reuters)
• Ethiopian plane crashes off Beirut, 90 feared dead (Reuters)
• Iraq hangs "Chemical Ali" for gas attack, crackdowns (Reuters)
• Pakistan rejects atom bomb material cut-off talks, cites danger from India (Reuters)
• Tendulkar, Dravid put India on top (Reuters)
• SBI sees steady loan growth, bad debt rising (Reuters)
• INTERVIEW - India share sales may hit $30 bln in 2010 - JPMorgan (Reuters)
• U.S. generals see room for Taliban talks (Reuters)
• Think tank expects GDP growth at 9.2 pct in FY11 (Reuters)
• BCCI appeals against one-year stadium ban (Reuters)
• China steps up defence of Internet controls (Reuters)
• India unveils first New Delhi Commonwealth Games venue (Reuters)
• English fiction in India? It's the same old story (Reuters)
• Govt amends overseas borrowing rules for 3G auction (Reuters)
• Myanmar minister says Suu Kyi to be freed Nov - witnesses (Reuters)

Coalition bickers over rising food prices (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:38 AM PST Reuters - The ruling Congress party is seeking to deflect blame for surging food prices and inflation, just as the central bank looks set to tighten policy, but in doing so it risks upsetting a coalition ally running the farm ministry.

Tibet envoys leave for fresh talks with China (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:28 AM PST Reuters - Top envoys of the Dalai Lama will arrive in China for talks on Tuesday, the Tibetan government-in-exile said, the latest attempt to revive dialogue that has stalled since 2008.

Afghan exit strategy takes shape ahead of London talks (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 02:47 PM PST Reuters - Politicians and Western army chiefs mapped out the contours of an Afghanistan exit strategy on Monday, with three generals holding out the possibility of an eventual peace deal with the Taliban.

Tahawwur Rana pleads not guilty in Mumbai plot (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 09:15 AM PST Reuters - A Pakistani-born Chicago businessman pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges he aided planners of the 2008 attack in Mumbai that killed more than 160 people.

Ethiopian plane crashes off Beirut, 90 feared dead (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 01:51 PM PST Reuters - All 90 people aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane were feared dead after it plunged into the Mediterranean in a ball of fire, minutes after taking off from Beirut in a raging thunderstorm on Monday.

Iraq hangs "Chemical Ali" for gas attack, crackdowns (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 11:32 AM PST Reuters - Iraq on Monday hanged Ali Hassan al-Majeed, Saddam Hussein's cousin known as "Chemical Ali", for crimes against humanity including the gassing of thousands of Kurds and violent crackdowns on Shi'ite revolts.

Pakistan rejects atom bomb material cut-off talks, cites danger from India (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 10:21 AM PST Reuters - Pakistan, citing a "clear and present danger" from its nuclear-armed rival India, ruled out on Monday global negotiations to ban the future production of material to make atomic bombs.

Tendulkar, Dravid put India on top (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 05:16 AM PST Reuters - Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid smashed centuries as India took a firm grip of the second and final test against Bangladesh by cruising to a 226-run lead on Monday.

SBI sees steady loan growth, bad debt rising (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 07:12 AM PST Reuters - State Bank of India, the country's biggest lender, expects steady loan growth for the full year to March but warned that surplus deposits and higher bad debt could impact profits in the March quarter.

INTERVIEW - India share sales may hit $30 bln in 2010 - JPMorgan (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 10:13 AM PST Reuters - JPMorgan expects share sales in India to reach as much as $30 billion in 2010, a 50 percent increase, led by government stake sales and IPOs by power and property firms, its India investment banking head said.

U.S. generals see room for Taliban talks (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 09:24 AM PST Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday western allies backed his plans to reconcile with Taliban fighters and U.S. generals said leaders of the insurgency eventually could be brought into talks.

Think tank expects GDP growth at 9.2 pct in FY11 (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 01:41 AM PST Reuters - India's economic growth is likely to return to pre-crisis levels in the next fiscal year, driven by strong industrial and agriculture growth, a recent review by a think tank showed.

BCCI appeals against one-year stadium ban (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2010 11:11 PM PST Reuters - The Board of Control for Cricket in India have appealed against the one-year ban imposed on Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi after a dangerous pitch led to the abandonment of one-day international in the Indian capital last month.

China steps up defence of Internet controls (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 08:26 AM PST Reuters - China widened its attack against U.S. criticisms of Internet censorship on Monday, raising the stakes in a dispute that has put Google in the middle of a political quarrel between the two global powers.

India unveils first New Delhi Commonwealth Games venue (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 01:41 AM PST Reuters - India unveiled a refurbished hockey stadium, the first venue to be completed for this year's Commonwealth Games and promised all other facilities would be ready in time for the Oct. 3-14 event in New Delhi.

English fiction in India? It's the same old story (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:49 PM PST Reuters - Amid the colour and celebration of the Jaipur Literary Festival, heralded as Asia's largest, one question has furrowed many brows and sparked anxious debate: is fiction writing in English in India past its prime?

Govt amends overseas borrowing rules for 3G auction (Reuters) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 03:58 AM PST Reuters - The government has amended overseas borrowing rules allowing winners in an upcoming 3G wireless spectrum auction to pay the fee in rupees, which could be later refinanced by overseas borrowing within 12 months.

Myanmar minister says Suu Kyi to be freed Nov - witnesses (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jan 2010 10:02 PM PST Reuters - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be freed when her house arrest ends in November, according to a government minister quoted by witnesses on Monday, but critics said that may be too late for this year's elections.

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