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• Embattled Delhi Games lurches to halfway mark (Reuters)
• China livid as dissident Liu wins Nobel Peace Prize (Reuters)
• Australia's Jones hits new highs, teenager Kukla wins gold (Reuters)
• New Obama security adviser clashed with military (Reuters)
• Pakistan's ISI, a hidden, frustrating power for U.S. (Reuters)
• Glitches persist as Games reach halfway point (Reuters)
• Huegill rolls back the years with butterfly gold (Reuters)
• Sotheby's breaks Asian art sales record in Hong Kong (Reuters)
• Travel Postcard: 48 hours in New Delhi (Reuters)
• Singapore coach apologises after disqualification blunder (Reuters)
• Australian cyclist out of team sprint after rude gesture (Reuters)
• Travel Picks: Top 10 weird festivals (Reuters)
• Over 52? Then you're probably grumpy (Reuters)
• Record-breaking Scottish bowler hints at home send-off (Reuters)

Embattled Delhi Games lurches to halfway mark (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:26 PM PDT Reuters - Bags of unused tickets had to be carted off to the dump on Friday, while organisers owned up to a major communications blunder as the Commonwealth Games remained beset by problems at the halfway stage.

China livid as dissident Liu wins Nobel Peace Prize (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 11:28 AM PDT Reuters - Jailed Chinese democracy activist Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for two decades of non-violent struggle for human rights, infuriating China, which called the award "an obscenity".

Australia's Jones hits new highs, teenager Kukla wins gold (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 08:12 AM PDT Reuters - The old and new of Australian swimming were at their brilliant best on Friday as Leisel Jones won yet another Commonwealth Games gold and 15-year-old Yolane Kukla claimed her first.

New Obama security adviser clashed with military (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 12:30 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama named close aide Tom Donilon as his top security adviser on Friday, elevating a sceptic of the U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan to oversee a major review of the war.

Pakistan's ISI, a hidden, frustrating power for U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:07 AM PDT Reuters - Top U.S. defence officials are concerned some elements of Pakistan's main spy agency may be interacting improperly with the Taliban and other insurgent groups, a Pentagon spokesman said on Thursday.

Glitches persist as Games reach halfway point (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 01:58 AM PDT Reuters - Embattled Commonwealth Games officials conceded a "major communication blunder" was to blame for Thursday's athletics farce as they continue to grapple with snags at the halfway point of the Delhi event on Friday.

Huegill rolls back the years with butterfly gold (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:40 AM PDT Reuters - Australian Geoff Huegill capped his remarkable comeback from a heavyweight retirement on Friday by reclaiming the Commonwealth Games 100m butterfly title he first won 12 years ago.

Sotheby's breaks Asian art sales record in Hong Kong (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:30 AM PDT Reuters - Global auction house Sotheby's notched up its best ever sales tally for an Asian auction series in Hong Kong on Friday, hammering off HK$3.08 billion ($400 million) worth of Asian art, jewellery, wine and watches.

Travel Postcard: 48 hours in New Delhi (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 06:49 PM PDT Reuters - Got 48 hours to explore New Delhi? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors get the most out of a short stay in the capital.

Singapore coach apologises after disqualification blunder (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 10:08 PM PDT Reuters - Singapore's swimming coach Ang Peng Siong apologised to his devastated team after failing to register them on time, resulting in their disqualification from the Commonwealth Games 4x200m freestyle relay.

Australian cyclist out of team sprint after rude gesture (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 12:30 AM PDT Reuters - Controversial Australian track cyclist Shane Perkins has withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games men's team sprint as penance for making a rude gesture at officials.

Travel Picks: Top 10 weird festivals (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 06:25 PM PDT Reuters - If throwing tomatoes at people, chasing a cheese down a hill, or shopping for earrings made of moose droppings are your idea of fun, then this is the travel list for you.

Over 52? Then you're probably grumpy (Reuters) Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:08 AM PDT Reuters - Britons find being older than 52 is nothing to laugh about because that's the age when they start becoming grumpy, according to a survey on Friday.

Record-breaking Scottish bowler hints at home send-off (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2010 08:50 PM PDT Reuters - Willie Wood is pushing for a fifth Commonwealth Games medal to cap his record eighth appearance but even if the 72-year-old lawn bowler misses out this time he has not ruled out a tilt at home glory in 2014.

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