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• Obama meets Dalai Lama, angering China (Reuters)
• Microsoft steps up search assault on Google (Reuters)
• Toyota chief to testify before U.S. House panel (Reuters)
• Holbrooke hails Pakistan-U.S. collaboration on Taliban (Reuters)
• U.N. climate chief de Boer to quit in July (Reuters)
• Harbhajan guile trumps Amla defiance (Reuters)
• Pakistan says fears India could divert nuclear fuel (Reuters)
• Tribes to fight on after Vedanta suffers setback (Reuters)
• Food inflation accelerates, RBI keeps forecast (Reuters)
• Toyota image seen at further risk in Corolla probe (Reuters)
• Govt reforms fertiliser pricing, farms to gain (Reuters)
• Govt official warns against mixing climate, trade (Reuters)
• Maoists kill 11 villagers in raid (Reuters)
• Rowling calls Potter plagiarism case "absurd" (Reuters)
• Obama to meet Dalai Lama despite Chinese warning (Reuters)
• Injured Smith ruled out of one-day series in India (Reuters)
• Govt approves $173.2 mln injection in Air India (Reuters)
• ANALYSIS - Talk is cheap when it comes to the economy (Reuters)
• REC litmus test for govt stake-sale plan (Reuters)
• IMF gold sale of 191.3 T may lure Asian c.banks (Reuters)

Obama meets Dalai Lama, angering China (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 03:08 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama hosted exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the White House on Thursday, drawing an angry reaction from China and risking further damage to strained Sino-U.S. ties.

Microsoft steps up search assault on Google (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:51 PM PST Reuters - Microsoft Corp's assault on search engine leader Google Inc took a major step forward on Thursday as U.S. and European regulators cleared the software company's search partnership with Yahoo Inc.

Toyota chief to testify before U.S. House panel (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 05:05 PM PST Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda, under pressure after a series of safety recalls, agreed on Thursday to appear before U.S. lawmakers investigating the crisis.

Holbrooke hails Pakistan-U.S. collaboration on Taliban (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:24 PM PST Reuters - Improved collaboration between the United States and Pakistan led to recent successes against the Taliban, including the capture of the group's number two man, the White House's special envoy to the region said on Thursday.

U.N. climate chief de Boer to quit in July (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 11:55 AM PST Reuters - U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer said on Thursday he will step down in July to join a consultancy group, saying a new era of diplomacy was starting after the Copenhagen summit fell short of agreeing a new treaty.

Harbhajan guile trumps Amla defiance (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 09:40 AM PST Reuters - South Africa batsman Hashim Amla defied India with another remarkable century in the second test on Thursday but was unable to prevent the hosts snatching victory with nine balls remaining on the final day.

Pakistan says fears India could divert nuclear fuel (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 11:24 AM PST Reuters - Pakistan said on Thursday it feared India could make 100 nuclear warheads a year by diverting fissile material transferred from the United States and other powers.

Tribes to fight on after Vedanta suffers setback (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 07:51 AM PST Reuters - Tribals campaigning to stop Vedanta Resources from mining their ancestral homeland vowed on Thursday to persist with their fight as another investor sold its stake in the company over ethical concerns.

Food inflation accelerates, RBI keeps forecast (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 05:34 AM PST Reuters - The food inflation picked up for the fourth straight week in early February, heightening worries it was driving headline inflation past official forecasts and increasing the chance of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) pushing up rates.

Toyota image seen at further risk in Corolla probe (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 01:24 AM PST Reuters - A second recall of Toyota Motor Corp's flagship Corolla model in the United States, this time potentially to address complaints about the steering, would cost very little on paper but risks further damaging its brand.

Govt reforms fertiliser pricing, farms to gain (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 09:40 AM PST Reuters - The government eased controls on several fertilisers and raised prices of the popular urea nutrient by 10 percent on Thursday, raising hopes of more reforms, lower subsidies and higher margins for producers.

Govt official warns against mixing climate, trade (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 05:10 AM PST Reuters - Trade Secretary Rahul Khullar on Thursday warned there was a growing trend for countries to use unreasonable environmental and health standards as a covert form of protectionism, blocking trade already hit by global slowdown.

Maoists kill 11 villagers in raid (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:14 PM PST Reuters - At least 11 villagers were killed and a dozen abducted by Maoist insurgents in Bihar on Thursday in a latest attack highlighting poor security in insurgency-hit states.

Rowling calls Potter plagiarism case "absurd" (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 05:21 AM PST Reuters - Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling called on Thursday for a plagiarism case against her to be dismissed, describing it as "unfounded" and "absurd".

Obama to meet Dalai Lama despite Chinese warning (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 06:14 AM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will host the Dalai Lama at the White House on Thursday despite China's warning that the meeting with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader could further damage strained ties.

Injured Smith ruled out of one-day series in India (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 07:18 AM PST Reuters - South Africa captain Graeme Smith has been ruled out of this month's three-match one-day series in India after failing to recover from a finger injury.

Govt approves $173.2 mln injection in Air India (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:37 AM PST Reuters - The government has approved an injection of 8 billion rupees ($173.2 million) into national carrier Air India, a cabinet spokeswoman said on Thursday.

ANALYSIS - Talk is cheap when it comes to the economy (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:59 PM PST Reuters - A barrage of sometimes conflicting statements from government officials over economic policy has fuelled concerns that excessive chatter causes unnecessary market volatility in India and undermines the independence of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

REC litmus test for govt stake-sale plan (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 04:12 AM PST Reuters - A share sale in Rural Electrification Corp to raise $754.4 million will be a litmus test for an ambitious plan by the government to offload stakes in 60 state-run firms over the next few years.

IMF gold sale of 191.3 T may lure Asian c.banks (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2010 11:52 PM PST Reuters - The International Monetary Fund said it would soon begin sales of 191.3 tonnes of gold remaining in its plan to raise new resources for lending, with traders saying it may seek buyers among Asian central banks.

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