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• At least 41 dead in suicide bombings in Pakistan (Reuters)
• Monsoon soaks soybean area after June lag (Reuters)
• India's "revolutionary" RTI Act fails to reach the poor (Reuters)
• ICC refuses to say why it rejected Howard bid (Reuters)
• Water level in reservoirs higher than yr ago (Reuters)
• Fortis battles Khazanah with $3.1 bln deal for Parkway (Reuters)
• A Minute With: Dev Patel from "Slumdog" to "Airbender" (Reuters)
• Reliance Communications OKs proposal to acquire Digicable (Reuters)
• Food inflation eases but rate pressure remains (Reuters)
• Wimbledon mixed doubles quarter-final results (Reuters)
• Govt further delays mobile number portability (Reuters)
• Govt sees Pakistan-based group behind Kashmir protests (Reuters)
• Monsoon rains submerge hundreds of villages in Assam (Reuters)
• Nepal's "living goddess" gets a pay rise (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - Key political risks to watch in Asia (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - Key political risks to watch in India (Reuters)
• Q&A: India's poor most subjected to corruption - Transparency International (Reuters)
• Food inflation eases in mid-June (Reuters)

At least 41 dead in suicide bombings in Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 02:04 PM PDT Reuters - Three suicide bombers struck a Sufi shrine in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Thursday, killing at least 41 people and wounding more than 120, officials said, the second major attack in the city in a month.

Monsoon soaks soybean area after June lag (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 02:28 AM PDT Reuters - India's vital monsoon rains revived in the soybean-growing central region on Thursday, after a two-week lag that reduced June rainfall to 16 percent below normal, the second lowest in 15 years.

India's "revolutionary" RTI Act fails to reach the poor (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:30 PM PDT Reuters - A law empowering Indians to seek information from government to promote accountability and transparency has brought change to urban India, but has largely left out the country's rural poor, social activists say.

ICC refuses to say why it rejected Howard bid (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:25 AM PDT Reuters - The International Cricket Council (ICC) refused to give a reason on Thursday for its decision to reject former Australian Prime Minister John Howard's bid for the vice-presidency.

Water level in reservoirs higher than yr ago (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:46 AM PDT Reuters - Water level in India's main reservoirs rose to 13 percent of capacity, higher than 9 percent a year ago, government data on Thursday.

Fortis battles Khazanah with $3.1 bln deal for Parkway (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:25 AM PDT Reuters - India's Fortis Healthcare and its founding family launched a bid valuing Singapore hospital operator Parkway Holdings at $3.1 billion (S$4.3 billion), topping a rival offer by Malaysian state fund Khazanah.

A Minute With: Dev Patel from "Slumdog" to "Airbender" (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:14 PM PDT Reuters - British actor Dev Patel had a dream start to his film career digging into his Indian heritage to play the lead role in British director Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire."

Reliance Communications OKs proposal to acquire Digicable (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 07:28 AM PDT Reuters - Reliance Communications, said on Thursday it has approved a proposal to acquire unlisted cable television services provider Digicable in an all-stock deal, to create Asia's largest triple play --digital TV, broadband and voice services--provider. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Food inflation eases but rate pressure remains (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 06:38 AM PDT Reuters - Food and fuel inflation eased in mid-June but a government cut in fuel subsidies will push up prices, adding to pressure on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to raise interest rates more aggressively.

Wimbledon mixed doubles quarter-final results (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 11:22 AM PDT Reuters - Wimbledon mixed doubles quarter-final results from London on Thursday (prefix denotes seeding).

Govt further delays mobile number portability (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 11:46 PM PDT Reuters - India has further delayed the introduction of mobile number portability by four months to end-October, the government said on Wednesday.

Govt sees Pakistan-based group behind Kashmir protests (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:35 PM PDT Reuters - The government said on Wednesday a Pakistan-based militant group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks was behind violent anti-India protests sweeping the disputed Kashmir region in which 11 people have been killed.

Monsoon rains submerge hundreds of villages in Assam (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 10:18 AM PDT Reuters - Incessant monsoon rains have triggered major flooding in northeastern India, submerging hundreds of villages and forcing thousands of people to abandon their homes in search of higher ground, say officials and aid workers.

Nepal's "living goddess" gets a pay rise (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 03:17 AM PDT Reuters - Nepal has increased the monthly stipend it gives its "living goddess" by a quarter, a top official said on Thursday, to help the schoolgirl revered by thousands of Hindus and Buddhists beat double-digit inflation.

FACTBOX - Key political risks to watch in Asia (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:46 AM PDT Reuters - Asia has strongly outperformed the rest of the world and is on track for robust growth, but its success depends heavily on China's buoyant economy and this is where the most significant political risks to the region lie.

FACTBOX - Key political risks to watch in India (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:31 AM PDT Reuters - The government has failed to deliver the reforms foreign investors had hoped for following its re-election last year, but its decision in June to cut costly fuel subsidies is its boldest economic policy move so far.

Q&A: India's poor most subjected to corruption - Transparency International (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:15 AM PDT Reuters - Transparency International India's Executive Director, Anupama Jha, speaks to Nita Bhalla, AlertNet's South Asia correspondent about corruption in India.

Food inflation eases in mid-June (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:12 AM PDT Reuters - India's food price inflation eased to its lowest annual growth this year, dampened by a weakening base effect, while the fuel price rise was slightly lower than the previous week, government data on Thursday showed.

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