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Satyam founder Ramalinga Raju granted bail (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:45 AM PDT

Ramalinga Raju (C), founder and former chairman of fraud-hit Satyam Computers, is escorted from a court in Hyderabad April 9, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - A court granted bail to Ramalinga Raju, former chairman and founder of outsourcer Satyam Computer Services, in a case of accounting fraud that turned out to be India's biggest corporate scandal.


Sri Lanka's Randiv gets one-match ban for no-ball gaffe (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 08:10 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's Suraj Randiv bowls during a practice session in Dambulla August 18, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - Sri Lanka bowler Suraj Randiv has been suspended for one match and forfeited his fees after a controversial no-ball incident in the one-day tri-series match against India at Dambulla on Monday.


Three Indian U.N. peacekeepers killed in Congo attack (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 10:45 AM PDT

Reuters - Three Indian U.N. peacekeepers were killed in an attack on their base in Congo by 50 fighters armed with machetes and spears, the U.N. mission MONUSCO said on Wednesday.

Last U.S. combat troops leaving Iraq - NBC (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:44 PM PDT

A U.S. soldier from the 4th Stryker Brigade 2nd Infantry Division holds an American flag during a departure ceremony of U.S. Forces, at Abu Ghraib in Baghdad, August 7, 2010.  REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani/FilesReuters - The last U.S. combat troops are leaving Iraq in a convoy to Kuwait, more than seven years after a U.S.-led invasion toppled Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, NBC News reported on Wednesday.


Delhi battles to clear vermin before Commonwealth athletes arrive (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 03:40 AM PDT

A woman walks past the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, under construction for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi August 12, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - While the anti-corruption watchdogs smell a proverbial rat in the construction works, a veterinary team has been assigned the job of removing the actual rodents from the Commonwealth Games venues by mid-September.


Finmin offers concessions on new tax plan (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 08:56 AM PDT

India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee listens to a question during a news conference in New Delhi May 27, 2009. Mukherjee on Wednesday offered concessions on most major demands by states on legislation needed to allow an ambitious tax reform to take effect from next April. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday offered concessions on most major demands by states on legislation needed to allow an ambitious tax reform to take effect from next April.


Parliamentary panel suggests tougher nuclear liability bill (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 03:03 AM PDT

A view of the Indian parliament building is seen on its opening day in New Delhi June 1, 2009. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - A parliamentary panel on Wednesday recommended changes to a bill aimed at opening up India's $150 billion nuclear power market, including trebling accident compensation and extending liability to private firms.


Bombay High Court concludes hearing in Vodafone tax case (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 07:22 AM PDT

A woman talks on her mobile phone in front of a Vodafone store at Vodafone Turkey headquarters in Istanbul May 4, 2010. The Bombay High Court on Wednesday concluded its hearing in Vodafone's appeal against the country's tax department, but reserved a judgment, a Vodafone representative said.REUTERS/Murad Sezer/FilesReuters - The Bombay High Court on Wednesday concluded its hearing in Vodafone's appeal against the country's tax department, but reserved a judgment, a Vodafone representative said.


Anil Ambani eyes stake in commodity bourse (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:27 AM PDT

File photo of Anil Ambani, chairman of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group as he reacts while speaking to journalists during a news conference in Mumbai January 4, 2008. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Billionaire Anil Ambani's group plans to buy 26 percent of a local commodities exchange, signalling growing corporate interest in bourses where Goldman Sachs and IntercontinentalExchange have bought small stakes.


Book Talk: Mixed marriage and a real-life love story (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 03:48 AM PDT

Handout photo of Tishani Doshi. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - Snooping around as a teenager, Tishani Doshi came across a bunch of love letters written by her Welsh mother to her Indian father and thought it would make a good novel.


ANALYSIS - Why is the world not responding as Pakistan drowns? (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 12:10 PM PDT

A view of flood-affected Jafarabad district in Pakistan's Baluchistan province, August 17, 2010. REUTERS/Rizwan SaeedReuters - Scant international donations to flooded Pakistan are being driven by a multitude of factors ranging from the financial crisis, donor fatigue, a low death toll and scepticism that the government can translate the contributions into effective aid, say relief workers and analysts.


U.N. secures more Pakistan flood relief funds (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 08:28 AM PDT

Internally displaced flood victims beg for food at a relief camp in Pakistan's Rajanpur district in Punjab province on August 16, 2010. REUTERS/Asim TanveerReuters - Nearly half the $459 million needed to fund initial relief efforts following Pakistan's worst ever floods has been secured after days of lobbying donors and warnings that the country faces a spiralling humanitarian catastrophe, the United Nations said on Wednesday.


Q+A: India's nuclear commerce liability bill (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 12:39 AM PDT

A nearly 200 ton nuclear reactor safety vessel is erected at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research at Kalpakkam, about 80 km (48 miles) from Chennai, June 24, 2008. REUTERS/Babu/FilesReuters - A parliamentary panel studying a bill to open up India's $150 billion nuclear power sector presented its recommendations to parliament on Wednesday.


Harvard top university as China progresses (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 05:36 AM PDT

Harvard's seal sits atop a gate to the athletic fields at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts September 21, 2009.   REUTERS/Brian Snyder/FilesReuters - Harvard retains the crown as top university for the eighth year in an annual ranking of the world's universities which is dominated by the United States but shows China's performance improving.


Ban could spell end of Anelka's France career (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:54 PM PDT

France's national soccer team striker Nicolas Anelka leaves George airport, near Cape Town for the match against Mexico in this June 16, 2010 file picture. REUTERS/Charles Platiau /FilesReuters - Nicolas Anelka was banned for 18 matches on Tuesday for his role in France's World Cup revolt, a punishment that could spell the end of his international career.


Disease hovers over Pakistan's flood-stricken children (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 12:13 AM PDT

Siblings stand together in a college converted into an emergency shelter for flood victims in Charsadda, located in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province August 17, 2010. REUTERS/Tim WimborneReuters - As Pakistan's floodwaters rushed into Bakhmina Said's mud-brick home, she grabbed medical records of her daughter's heart condition, put them in a metal trunk and headed to high ground.


Govt to reprieve some BlackBerry services - source (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 08:01 PM PDT

A customer holds a BlackBerry handset inside a mobile selling shop in Kolkata August 12, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - India will allow BlackBerry's messenger service to continue beyond an Aug. 31 deadline, but could shut down its secure email service if access is not given to its encrypted data by then, a senior government source said.


INTERVIEW - Ouseph heads for Paris on a high (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 07:33 PM PDT

Reuters - The days when Rajiv Ouseph's mum used to drive him and his two sisters to local badminton events are past but all the effort has not been in vain.

Former Satyam chairman Raju granted bail - TV (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 02:36 AM PDT

Ramalinga Raju (C), founder and former chairman of fraud-hit Satyam Computers, is escorted from a court in Hyderabad April 9, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - A court on Wednesday granted bail to former chairman of Satyam Computer Services Ramalinga Raju, in a case of alleged accounting fraud, television channels said.


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