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• Congress faces turmoil over women's bill (Reuters)
• World's mega-rich adding wealth, Carlos Slim No. 1 (Reuters)
• U.N. launches review of criticized climate panel (Reuters)
• Google chief sees outcome "soon" in China row (Reuters)
• Q+A - Top issues in India, Russia relations (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - Forbes top 20 richest people in the world (Reuters)
• Pakistan backtracks on bans for Yousuf, Younus (Reuters)
• Q+A - Women's quota bill spells trouble for Congress (Reuters)
• Michael Schumacher raring to go (Reuters)
• Dalai Lama risks Chinese ire to back Uighurs (Reuters)
• Blavatnik seeks up to 15 pct stake in new Lyondell (Reuters)
• NEWSMAKER - World's richest man, Slim, a born wheeler-dealer (Reuters)
• First American woman in space promotes careers in science (Reuters)
• INTERVIEW - Russia sees over $10 bln in deals with India (Reuters)
• IBM, universities target easy-to-use cellphones (Reuters)
• UK academy aids study to regain climate data trust (Reuters)
• Google CEO sees China talks outcome soon (Reuters)
• Power cuts threaten port, plants in Orissa (Reuters)
• Gunmen kill 6 in Western aid agency raid in Pakistan (Reuters)
• Govt has no plans now to sell stake in ONGC, IOC - Oil secy (Reuters)

Congress faces turmoil over women's bill (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 05:12 AM PST Reuters - India's ruling Congress party officials met on Wednesday to resolve a political standoff over a contentious women's quota bill after two of its allies quit and left the government less elbow room to pass economic legislation.

World's mega-rich adding wealth, Carlos Slim No. 1 (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:22 PM PST Reuters - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, knocking Microsoft founder Bill Gates into second spot, as the wealth of the world's billionaires grew by 50 percent over the last year, Forbes magazine said on Wednesday.

U.N. launches review of criticized climate panel (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 01:44 PM PST Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that a group of national science academies would review U.N. climate science to restore trust after a 2007 global warming report was found to have errors.

Google chief sees outcome "soon" in China row (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 01:30 PM PST Reuters - Google expects an outcome soon from its talks with China over a censorship and hacking dispute, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday.

Q+A - Top issues in India, Russia relations (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 08:51 AM PST Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrives in New Delhi on Thursday to reaffirm ties with Moscow's Cold War ally, lining up billions of dollars in mainly defence deals to be signed during the two-day trip.

FACTBOX - Forbes top 20 richest people in the world (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:28 PM PST Reuters - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the new richest person in the world, knocking Microsoft founder Bill Gates into second spot, Forbes said on Wednesday.

Pakistan backtracks on bans for Yousuf, Younus (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 06:55 AM PST Reuters - Former captains Younus Khan and Mohammad Yousuf had their international futures cast aside and then restored just as quickly after the Pakistan Cricket Board backtracked on its decision to ban the two players.

Q+A - Women's quota bill spells trouble for Congress (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 03:12 AM PST Reuters - Congress party officials met on Wednesday to douse a political stand-off over a contentious parliament bill after two of its allies quit and left the government less elbow room to pass economic legislation.

Michael Schumacher raring to go (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 05:28 AM PST Reuters - Michael Schumacher is raring to go racing again, and the rest of Formula One is just as keen to have him back.

Dalai Lama risks Chinese ire to back Uighurs (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 05:20 AM PST Reuters - The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, voiced his support on Wednesday for an ethnic minority in China's troubled Xinjiang province, risking further worsening his fraught relations with Beijing.

Blavatnik seeks up to 15 pct stake in new Lyondell (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 01:21 PM PST Reuters - Billionaire Len Blavatnik, who led the 2007 leveraged buyout that created LyondellBasell, will seek a stake of up to 15 percent in the reorganized petrochemical maker when it exits bankruptcy protection, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

NEWSMAKER - World's richest man, Slim, a born wheeler-dealer (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PST Reuters - Mexico's Carlos Slim, named the world's richest man on Wednesday, first showed a talent for business as a 10-year-old kid when he filled his pockets with pesos selling drinks and snacks to his family.

First American woman in space promotes careers in science (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 01:00 PM PST Reuters - American physicist Sally Ride achieved lasting fame in June 1983 when she became the first American woman to travel in space as a crew member of the Space Shuttle Challenger.

INTERVIEW - Russia sees over $10 bln in deals with India (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 08:43 AM PST Reuters - Russia plans to sign over $10 billion worth of deals with India during the visit of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin later this week, Putin's deputy, Sergei Sobyanin, told Reuters in an interview.

IBM, universities target easy-to-use cellphones (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 03:42 AM PST Reuters - IBM has started a two-year research programme that aims to make cellphones easier to use for groups including the elderly and the illiterate.

UK academy aids study to regain climate data trust (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 06:21 AM PST Reuters - Britain's science academy said on Wednesday it would take part in a review of U.N. climate science intended to restore trust after a 2007 report was found to have exaggerated evidence for global warming.

Google CEO sees China talks outcome soon (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 08:27 AM PST Reuters - Google expects an outcome soon from its talks with China over a censorship and hacking dispute, and its negotiations are independent of the U.S. government, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday

Power cuts threaten port, plants in Orissa (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 07:12 AM PST Reuters - A severe power shortage has forced India's largest iron-ore producing region to cut supply to industries once a week, which will cut output and affect cargo loading at Paradip, a key port for oil imports.

Gunmen kill 6 in Western aid agency raid in Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 10 Mar 2010 07:03 AM PST Reuters - Suspected Islamist militants stormed an office of a U.S.-based, Christian aid agency in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six Pakistani aid workers after singling them out and then blowing up the building.

Govt has no plans now to sell stake in ONGC, IOC - Oil secy (Reuters) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 09:48 PM PST Reuters - The government has no immediate plans to sell stake in state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Oil Secretary S. Sundareshan told reporters on Wednesday.

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