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• Shashi Tharoor resigns over cricket money row (Reuters)
• 100 million more Indians now living in poverty (Reuters)
• Heat wave kills 80, hurts wheat crop (Reuters)
• Police defuse three bombs near Bangalore cricket stadium (Reuters)
• Bihar, Bengal tornado deaths rise, survivors wait for aid (Reuters)
• Test flights raise hope for European air traffic (Reuters)
• Jenson Button leads McLaren one-two in the wet (Reuters)
• China's Hu flies in to quake site, toll tops 1,700 (Reuters)
• India 3G bids up 63 pct from base on auction 7th day (Reuters)
• Goldman Sachs charged with fraud by SEC (Reuters)
• Thai army says will "punish" protesters (Reuters)
• John Paul backed praise for hiding abuse - cardinal (Reuters)
• Poland honours crash victims, vows never to forget (Reuters)
• BRICs take baby steps toward greater global clout (Reuters)

Shashi Tharoor resigns over cricket money row (Reuters) Posted: 18 Apr 2010 01:49 PM PDT Reuters - Junior foreign minister Shashi Tharoor, among the country's few reformist politicians, resigned on Sunday over allegations of corruption in winning a cricket league franchise, as the government tries to pass reform bills in parliament.

100 million more Indians now living in poverty (Reuters) Posted: 18 Apr 2010 10:00 AM PDT Reuters - India now has 100 million more people living below the poverty line than in 2004, according to official estimates released on Sunday.

Heat wave kills 80, hurts wheat crop (Reuters) Posted: 18 Apr 2010 06:35 AM PDT Reuters - A severe heat wave sweeping India, with temperatures of almost 44 C (111 F), the highest in 52 years, has killed at least 80 people this month, officials said on Sunday.

Police defuse three bombs near Bangalore cricket stadium (Reuters) Posted: 18 Apr 2010 06:24 AM PDT Reuters - Police defused three bombs on Sunday near cricket stadium in Bangalore, officials said, a day after 14 people were wounded in two small blasts.

Bihar, Bengal tornado deaths rise, survivors wait for aid (Reuters) Posted: 18 Apr 2010 06:35 AM PDT Reuters - The death toll from a devastating tornado in India has risen to 136 and is likely to increase further as rescuers look for the missing - some of whom are believed to be buried under debris, the United Nations and aid agencies said on Friday.

Test flights raise hope for European air traffic (Reuters) Posted: 18 Apr 2010 09:38 AM PDT Reuters - A sprawling cloud of volcanic ash paralysed air travel across much of Europe for a fourth day on Sunday, but test flights with empty airliners showed no sign of damage and offered some hope of respite.

Jenson Button leads McLaren one-two in the wet (Reuters) Posted: 18 Apr 2010 05:11 AM PDT Reuters - World champion Jenson Button calmly steered through the chaos of a wet Chinese Grand Prix for his second win of the season on Sunday, leading home Lewis Hamilton in a McLaren one-two.

China's Hu flies in to quake site, toll tops 1,700 (Reuters) Posted: 18 Apr 2010 03:27 AM PDT Reuters - President Hu Jintao flew to China's remote and ruined Yushu county to speed relief distribution on Sunday, as Tibetan monks prayed over victims of an earthquake in the northwest that killed at least 1,706 people.

India 3G bids up 63 pct from base on auction 7th day (Reuters) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:33 PM PDT Reuters - One provisional winning bid for national cover in India's third-generation (3G) spectrum auction rose 63 percent from the base to 57.10 billion rupees ($1.3 billion) on the seventh day of the auction, government data showed.

Goldman Sachs charged with fraud by SEC (Reuters) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:33 PM PDT Reuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc was charged with fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its marketing of a subprime mortgage product, igniting a battle between Wall Street's most powerful bank and the nation's top securities regulator.

Thai army says will "punish" protesters (Reuters) Posted: 18 Apr 2010 03:19 AM PDT Reuters - Thailand's military vowed on Sunday to "punish" anti-government protesters if they march on Bangkok's central business district, heightening fears of more violence after bloody clashes killed 24 people a week ago.

John Paul backed praise for hiding abuse - cardinal (Reuters) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:33 PM PDT Reuters - A former Vatican cardinal who congratulated a French bishop for hiding a sexually abusive priest has said he acted with the approval of the late Pope John Paul, a Spanish newspaper reported on Saturday.

Poland honours crash victims, vows never to forget (Reuters) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:33 PM PDT Reuters - Poland paid an emotional tribute on Saturday to President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria and 94 other mostly senior political and military officials killed in a plane crash a week ago in Russia.

BRICs take baby steps toward greater global clout (Reuters) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:33 PM PDT Reuters - The world's leading emerging powers found little new to agree on in their summit in Brazil, but their assertive tone in demanding more clout in global financial institutions and setting of a deadline for the reforms shows they are slowly becoming a more potent group.

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