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• African dream dies at World Cup, Brazil out too (Reuters)
• Warren Buffett donates $1.93 billion to charities (Reuters)
• Bharti to invest $100 million in Niger by 2012 (Reuters)
• U.N. creates new body on women, gender equality (Reuters)
• Kyoto may push factories to pollute more - U.N. report (Reuters)
• Monsoon trips again, to pick up in 2-3 days (Reuters)
• Durban's Indians add Asian spice to World Cup (Reuters)
• Q+A - Who is behind the Lahore attacks and why? (Reuters)
• RBI raises rates in off-cycle move (Reuters)
• Anil Ambani mulls merging Reliance Power, RNRL (Reuters)
• Ministers to meet July 22 on mining law (Reuters)
• Netherlands eliminate favourites Brazil (Reuters)
• India's "revolutionary" RTI Act fails to reach the poor (Reuters)
• RBI rate hike seen containing inflation - Pranab (Reuters)
• Toyota plans recall; may cost $228 mln - paper (Reuters)
• SBI does not see upward pressure on rates (Reuters)
• India's trade deficit expected to widen (Reuters)
• FEATURE - Fear lingers in Tibet two years after riots (Reuters)
• Afghan Hindus and Sikhs grapple with uncertain future (Reuters)
• Taliban attack U.S. aid support company in Afghan north (Reuters)

African dream dies at World Cup, Brazil out too (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2010 03:37 PM PDT Reuters - Uruguay beat Ghana in the cruellest of circumstances to end African hopes at the World Cup on Friday and Netherlands knocked out perennial favourites Brazil in yet another shock of a fascinating tournament.

Warren Buffett donates $1.93 billion to charities (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:41 PM PDT Reuters - Warren Buffett has donated another $1.93 billion to five charitable foundations, the third-highest amount since the investor began donating 99 percent of his wealth in 2006.

Bharti to invest $100 million in Niger by 2012 (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2010 04:26 PM PDT Reuters - India's Bharti Airtel Ltd will invest about $100 million in Niger to improve the reach and quality of its network in the West African nation by the end of 2012, the mobile phone company said on Friday.

U.N. creates new body on women, gender equality (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:25 PM PDT Reuters - After years of difficult negotiations, the U.N. General Assembly voted on Friday to set up a body that will seek to improve the situation of women and girls around the world.

Kyoto may push factories to pollute more - U.N. report (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:08 PM PDT Reuters - A Kyoto Protocol scheme may be encouraging projects to emit more greenhouse gases because of incentives to earn carbon offsets from subsequently destroying these, a U.N. report said.

Monsoon trips again, to pick up in 2-3 days (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2010 07:06 AM PDT Reuters - The monsoon has stalled again, a day after it ended a two-week lull and advanced to soybean-growing central India, but weather officials said on Friday that prospects of rains remained bright.

Durban's Indians add Asian spice to World Cup (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2010 06:56 AM PDT Reuters - Durban's Indian community have firmly embraced the World Cup and lashings of their famed local curry and a deep passion for soccer have added a distinctly Asian spice to the tournament's warmest venue.

Q+A - Who is behind the Lahore attacks and why? (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:23 AM PDT Reuters - Two suicide bombers struck the biggest Sufi shrine in Pakistan in the eastern city of Lahore on Thursday night, killing at least 41 people and wounding more than 175, officials said.

RBI raises rates in off-cycle move (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2010 09:36 AM PDT Reuters - MUMBAI (Reuters) The RBI (Reserve Bank of India) raised interest rates almost a month earlier than expected on Friday, and analysts said it would likely follow up the quarter point hike with another move on July 27, given concerns about inflation above 10 percent.

Anil Ambani mulls merging Reliance Power, RNRL (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2010 07:36 AM PDT Reuters - Anil Ambani's Reliance Power and sister firm Reliance Natural Resources will discuss whether to merge on Sunday, continuing a spree of activity in billionaire's empire since the end of a dispute with his brother.

Ministers to meet July 22 on mining law (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2010 04:58 AM PDT Reuters - Government ministers will meet in three weeks to consider revamping a five-decade old mining law that tries to balance the needs of investors with those of locals affected by the industry.

Netherlands eliminate favourites Brazil (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2010 11:14 AM PDT Reuters - Netherlands scored two second-half goals from out of the blue to stun five-times champions Brazil 2-1 on Friday and march into the semi-finals of the World Cup.

India's "revolutionary" RTI Act fails to reach the poor (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 08:54 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.

RBI rate hike seen containing inflation - Pranab (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2010 08:37 AM PDT Reuters - The RBI rate hike would contain inflation and anchor inflationary expectations without hurting economic recovery, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in a statement late Friday.

Toyota plans recall; may cost $228 mln - paper (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2010 04:23 AM PDT Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp may recall up to 270,000 vehicles worldwide to fix an engine glitch, with Japan's Asahi newspaper reporting the move could cost the car maker up to 20 billion yen ($228 million).

SBI does not see upward pressure on rates (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2010 06:56 AM PDT Reuters - State Bank of India does not see upward pressure on lending, deposit rates as credit growth remains neutral, a top official said on Friday, shortly after RBI hiked the repo and reverse repo rates by 25 basis points each. "We don't expect upward pressure on lending, deposit rates as credit is still not picking up.

India's trade deficit expected to widen (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2010 03:40 AM PDT Reuters - India's trade deficit is forecast to widen in the 2010/11 fiscal year as its rebounding economy raises demand for manufacturing and oil imports, while the euro zone debt crisis hits exports, mainly in software.

FEATURE - Fear lingers in Tibet two years after riots (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:23 AM PDT Reuters - Outward normality has returned to the thin air of Tibet's capital Lhasa. But, more than two years after ethnic violence erupted there, residents still talk of fear and suspicion.

Afghan Hindus and Sikhs grapple with uncertain future (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 06:52 PM PDT Reuters - They thrived long before the arrival of Islam in the seventh century and for a long time dominated the country's economy, but Sikh and Hindu Afghans now find themselves struggling for survival.

Taliban attack U.S. aid support company in Afghan north (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2010 10:56 PM PDT Reuters - Taliban insurgents backed by suicide bombers attacked a U.S. contracting company office in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least one foreigner and wounding up to 20, a provincial official said.

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