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• Four killed in anti-India protests in Kashmir (Reuters)
• Delhi will deliver a safe Commonwealth Games, federation says (Reuters)
• Monsoon likely below normal next week - Met (Reuters)
• BlackBerry assures India on access to services (Reuters)
• Reclusive Myanmar sets date for elections (Reuters)
• Obama signs $600 million border security bill (Reuters)
• Sri Lanka court martial convicts ex-army chief Fonseka (Reuters)
• Diseases intensify risks in Pakistan flood crisis (Reuters)
• Vedanta nears $8-8.5 bln Cairn India deal - source (Reuters)
• No longer all in the family: Indian businesses step out (Reuters)
• Reliance Comm Q1 net plunges on price war (Reuters)
• Mudslides trap 500, kill five in southwest China (Reuters)
• Govt: Google, Skype, RIM must meet security needs (Reuters)
• BlackBerry assures India on messenger access - official (Reuters)
• World Bank says about $1 bln of Pakistan crops lost (Reuters)
• Optimistic on resolving India security concerns - RIM (Reuters)

Four killed in anti-India protests in Kashmir (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2010 06:44 AM PDT Reuters - Four people were killed and 10 wounded in Kashmir on Friday as police fired at thousands of demonstrators, the latest deaths in the two month-long protests against New Delhi's rule in the region.

Delhi will deliver a safe Commonwealth Games, federation says (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2010 08:37 AM PDT Reuters - Athletes should not be apprehensive about security at the Commonwealth Games in October despite concerns raised by Australia, the head of the games organising federation said on Friday.

Monsoon likely below normal next week - Met (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2010 08:07 AM PDT Reuters - India's monsoon rains are likely to remain below normal for another week but are forecast to revive soon, particularly in the soybean-growing central region, the weather office said on Friday.

BlackBerry assures India on access to services (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2010 02:20 PM PDT Reuters - Research In Motion has promised India a technical solution for decoding encrypted BlackBerry data, a senior official said on Friday, a step that could allay Indian security concerns about the smartphone and avert a shutdown.

Reclusive Myanmar sets date for elections (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2010 02:20 PM PDT Reuters - Myanmar will hold its first parliamentary poll in two decades on Nov. 7, state media said on Friday, ending speculation over the timing of a vote rights groups see as a sham aimed at entrenching military power.

Obama signs $600 million border security bill (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2010 01:29 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed a $600 million bill to beef up security on the border with Mexico, and his aides pressed lawmakers to set aside election-year politics and work toward broader immigration reform.

Sri Lanka court martial convicts ex-army chief Fonseka (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2010 05:06 AM PDT Reuters - A Sri Lankan court martial on Friday stripped the general who spearheaded the army's victory over Tamil separatists of his military ranks after finding him guilty of involvement in politics while in uniform.

Diseases intensify risks in Pakistan flood crisis (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2010 10:03 AM PDT Reuters - Disease outbreaks pose grave risks to victims of Pakistan's worst floods in decades, aid agencies said on Friday, causing fresh concern about already complicated relief efforts.

Vedanta nears $8-8.5 bln Cairn India deal - source (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2010 06:44 AM PDT Reuters - India-focused miner Vedanta Resources is close to a deal to buy a 51 percent stake in Cairn India for $8 billion to $8.5 billion, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

No longer all in the family: Indian businesses step out (Reuters) Posted: 12 Aug 2010 09:03 PM PDT Reuters - When it comes to Indian businesses, The Tata Group is the oldest and best-known: the conglomerate owns the luxury Jaguar car brand, it's made the world's cheapest car, and its chairman, 72-year-old Ratan Tata, oversees an empire that ranges from salt to software.

Reliance Comm Q1 net plunges on price war (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2010 08:47 AM PDT Reuters - Reliance Communications, India's No. 2 mobile phone operator, reported a steep decline in quarterly profit as sharply lower call charges after a vicious price war hit margins.

Mudslides trap 500, kill five in southwest China (Reuters) Posted: 12 Aug 2010 08:06 PM PDT Reuters - Mudslides after heavy rain have killed five people and trapped more than 500 in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, the Xinhua state news agency said on Friday, the latest natural disaster to strike China recently.

Govt: Google, Skype, RIM must meet security needs (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2010 04:37 AM PDT Reuters - India will go after any company, including Google, after cracking down on BlackBerry in its bid to keep the world's fastest growing mobile phone market safe from militants and cyber spying, a government source said on Friday.

BlackBerry assures India on messenger access - official (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2010 05:45 AM PDT Reuters - The maker of BlackBerry smartphones has assured India of giving access to its messenger service and is working to address the government's security worries, a senior security official said on Friday.

World Bank says about $1 bln of Pakistan crops lost (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2010 05:34 AM PDT Reuters - World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Friday that floods in Pakistan may have destroyed crops worth around $1 billion and that the organisation was considering redirecting aid to the country.

Optimistic on resolving India security concerns - RIM (Reuters) Posted: 13 Aug 2010 03:49 AM PDT Reuters - Research In Motion is optimistic that it will be able to resolve the Indian government's security concerns, a senior company official said on Friday.

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