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• Bomb-hit India fights to secure major sports events (Reuters)
• Fast-growing Facebook aims for more social Web (Reuters)
• Robben spares Ribery blushes for Bayern (Reuters)
• Woods to compete at Players Championship in May (Reuters)
• India to be world's biggest DTH market by 2012 - study (Reuters)
• Former IOC president Samaranch dead at 89 (Reuters)
• Thousands march in New Delhi over food prices (Reuters)
• India seeks new data to forecast monsoon - govt (Reuters)
• RBI gov sees policy reversal over time (Reuters)
• Sri Lanka swears in new prime minister, delays cabinet (Reuters)
• Pakistan aid programmes threatened by funding crisis (Reuters)
• Fans would give up food, jobs for World Cup glory - survey (Reuters)
• Industrialised nations' CO2 falls 2.2 pct in 2008 (Reuters)
• China-led bloc to consider Kyoto climate pact future (Reuters)
• Paulson reassures on Goldman role; earnings eclipsed (Reuters)
• Book Talk: Trapped in a quake, they share stories (Reuters)
• Economy to grow at 8.25 pct in FY11 - Manmohan Singh (Reuters)

Bomb-hit India fights to secure major sports events (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2010 02:13 PM PDT Reuters - India sought to reassure foreign participants that it will provide foolproof security for the Commonwealth Games this year as the United States issued a new travel alert for New Delhi on Wednesday.

Fast-growing Facebook aims for more social Web (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2010 02:27 PM PDT Reuters - Facebook's user base is growing at its fastest rate ever, the online social network company said on Wednesday as it rolled out features that link the company's platform more tightly with outside Web sites.

Robben spares Ribery blushes for Bayern (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2010 03:57 PM PDT Reuters - Arjen Robben spared Franck Ribery's blushes with a spectacular strike to lift Bayern Munich to a 1-0 win over Olympique Lyon in their Champions League semi-final first leg on Wednesday.

Woods to compete at Players Championship in May (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2010 11:36 AM PDT Reuters - Tiger Woods has agreed to compete in the May 6-9 Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, the PGA Tour said on Wednesday.

India to be world's biggest DTH market by 2012 - study (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2010 07:30 AM PDT Reuters - India will become the largest direct-to-home (DTH) market in the world in terms of subscribers by 2012, overtaking the U.S., according to a study by Media Partners Asia (MPA).

Former IOC president Samaranch dead at 89 (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2010 09:50 AM PDT Reuters - Juan Antonio Samaranch, who steered the Olympic movement through two turbulent decades marked by political boycotts, bribery and drug scandals and a greater emphasis on commercialism, has died at the age of 89.

Thousands march in New Delhi over food prices (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2010 04:55 AM PDT Reuters - At least 100,000 Indians backed by the main opposition party on Wednesday denounced steep price rises, demanding the Congress-led government quit over food inflation during one of the biggest marches seen in years.

India seeks new data to forecast monsoon - govt (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2010 07:03 AM PDT Reuters - The India Meteorological Department is seeking more data from local and foreign scientists to give final touches to its monsoon forecast that will be issued on Friday, top government officials said.

RBI gov sees policy reversal over time (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2010 05:29 AM PDT Reuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is looking to reverse its expansionary monetary policy stance over a period of time and cannot be certain that the reverse repo rate will remain its operative rate, its governor said on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka swears in new prime minister, delays cabinet (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2010 09:30 AM PDT Reuters - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa swore in as prime minister one of the longest-serving members of his party on Wednesday, but delayed the naming of the cabinet after winning a commanding parliamentary majority.

Pakistan aid programmes threatened by funding crisis (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2010 07:22 AM PDT Reuters - A shortfall in funding from international donors is jeopardising "essential life-saving" humanitarian operations in Pakistan, where more than three million people have been impacted by fighting between the army and militants, a coalition of aid agencies has warned.

Fans would give up food, jobs for World Cup glory - survey (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2010 03:13 AM PDT Reuters - What would you sacrifice to see your country win soccer's World Cup? Food for a week, according to a survey that also found fans willing to lose a limb for their team's glory.

Industrialised nations' CO2 falls 2.2 pct in 2008 (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2010 06:55 AM PDT Reuters - Industrialised nations' greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.2 percent in 2008, the steepest decline since the break-up of the Soviet Union as economies slowed, a Reuters compilation showed on Wednesday.

China-led bloc to consider Kyoto climate pact future (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 11:59 PM PDT Reuters - A bloc of the world's fastest growing carbon emitters, seen as key to a global deal on climate change, appears for the first time willing to discuss the future of the Kyoto Protocol to get the United States on board.

Paulson reassures on Goldman role; earnings eclipsed (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 09:47 PM PDT Reuters - Paulson & Co, the hedge fund linked to civil fraud charges against Goldman Sachs Group Inc, moved to head off investor concerns about its role in a deal that has scarred the reputation of the Wall Street bank and overshadowed blow-out quarterly earnings.

Book Talk: Trapped in a quake, they share stories (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 10:01 PM PDT Reuters - Award-winning author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's latest novel about people trapped during an earthquake gets new meaning in a year that has seen devastating quakes hit Haiti, Chile and China.

Economy to grow at 8.25 pct in FY11 - Manmohan Singh (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2010 02:39 AM PDT Reuters - The economy is expected to grow at 8.25 percent in the financial year 2010/11 that began on April 1, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday.

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