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• Explosives found aboard plane in T'puram (Reuters)
• Two teams join IPL for $703 million (Reuters)
• Thousands mourn Nepal's former prime minister (Reuters)
• Bharti ties up Zain deal funds as talks deadline nears (Reuters)
• Flying Sikh takes one rupee to inspire youth (Reuters)
• Qatar to up LNG supply to India to 11.5 mln tonnes (Reuters)
• Pope's shame and remorse over Irish child sex abuse (Reuters)
• Nepal's Maoists say Koirala's death a blow to peace (Reuters)

Explosives found aboard plane in T'puram (Reuters) Posted: 21 Mar 2010 04:35 AM PDT Reuters - Explosive material was found in a package on a passenger plane after it landed in Thiruvananthapuram, but it was not attached to a detonator and could not have exploded, officials said on Sunday.

Two teams join IPL for $703 million (Reuters) Posted: 21 Mar 2010 09:49 AM PDT Reuters - Two more teams will enter the Indian Premier League, the world's richest cricket tournament, after bids worth a combined $703 million for team franchise rights were announced on Sunday.

Thousands mourn Nepal's former prime minister (Reuters) Posted: 21 Mar 2010 10:52 AM PDT Reuters - Nepal cremated former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Sunday in a Hindu funeral as tens of thousands of mourners thronged the streets of the capital Kathmandu.

Bharti ties up Zain deal funds as talks deadline nears (Reuters) Posted: 21 Mar 2010 09:38 AM PDT Reuters - Top telecoms firm Bharti Airtel said it had tied up the entire financing requirement of $8.3 billion for its planned buy of Kuwaiti telecom Zain's African assets, in a sign of progress as the deadline for the firms' talks expire next week.

Flying Sikh takes one rupee to inspire youth (Reuters) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 09:29 PM PDT Reuters - Milkha Singh, one of India's greatest track athletes, has sold his life story to a film maker for a cut price one rupee (two cents) in the hope that the biopic might inspire the youth of his country to excel in the sport. Nicknamed "the Flying Sikh", Milkha Singh was twice Asian Games champion in the 400 metres, Commonwealth champion in 1958 and narrowly missed out on a medal at his second Olympics in Tokyo in 1960.

Qatar to up LNG supply to India to 11.5 mln tonnes (Reuters) Posted: 21 Mar 2010 10:36 AM PDT Reuters - Qatar plans to raise its supply of Liquefied Natural Gas to India to 11.5 million tonnes from 2014, against the current 7.5 million tonnes a year, its oil minister Abdullah al-Attiyah said in New Delhi on Sunday.

Pope's shame and remorse over Irish child sex abuse (Reuters) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:20 PM PDT Reuters - Pope Benedict apologised on Saturday to victims of child sex abuse by clergy in Ireland and ordered an official inquiry there to try to stem a scandal gripping the Catholic Church which has swept across Europe.

Nepal's Maoists say Koirala's death a blow to peace (Reuters) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:47 PM PDT Reuters - Former Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, a leading figure in Nepal's transition from monarchy to republic, died on Saturday in what the Maoists called a loss for the fragile peace process.

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