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• U.S., others pledge more funds to UN Pakistan appeal (Reuters)
• Commonwealth Games jolted by sponsor withdrawals (Reuters)
• Flood-hit Pakistan dithers over India aid offer (Reuters)
• Atwal matches course record to lead at Wyndham Championship (Reuters)
• Sonia Gandhi says fighting inflation top priority (Reuters)
• Rain washes out Sri Lanka v New Zealand Tri-series clash (Reuters)
• Intel to buy McAfee for $7.68 bln (Reuters)
• Cameron Diaz ranked most dangerous web celeb: study (Reuters)
• BSE Sensex scales 30-mth high, financials climb (Reuters)
• India testing ways to access BlackBerry emails - source (Reuters)
• Q+A - Govt confronts land grabs in industrialisation push (Reuters)
• INTERVIEW - ADB chief economist sees robust Asian recovery (Reuters)
• BSNL now free to buy Chinese telecoms gear (Reuters)
• Pakistan flood homeless toll put at over 4 million (Reuters)
• Vuvuzelas make it into the Oxford dictionary (Reuters)
• Rainfall 6 pct below normal in past week (Reuters)
• Facebook "Places" lets users track friends, services (Reuters)
• Why is the world not responding as Pakistan drowns? (Reuters)
• Eight million Pakistanis now need flood help - U.N. (Reuters)
• Developing nations to bear cancer brunt, unprepared (Reuters)

U.S., others pledge more funds to UN Pakistan appeal (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:50 PM PDT Reuters - The United States led a stream of new aid pledges for flood-stricken Pakistan on Thursday, promising a further $60 million to rectify a humanitarian response that has been criticized as too slow.

Commonwealth Games jolted by sponsor withdrawals (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 10:52 AM PDT Reuters - Two state-run firms, NTPC Ltd and Power Grid Corp of India, have withdrawn their sponsorship of the Delhi Commonwealth Games due to "negative publicity" of the event stemming from allegations of graft and mismanagement.

Flood-hit Pakistan dithers over India aid offer (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 10:41 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan said on Thursday it is still mulling over India's offer of aid for flood-affected communities, despite a serious shortage of funds hampering Islamabad's ability to provide relief to the eight million people in need.

Atwal matches course record to lead at Wyndham Championship (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 05:31 PM PDT Reuters - Tiger Woods's regular practice partner Arjun Atwal showed form the American can only dream about of late when he fired a course record-equalling 61 for a first-round lead at the Wyndham Championship on Thursday.

Sonia Gandhi says fighting inflation top priority (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:55 AM PDT Reuters - India's high food and fuel inflation eased in early August and the head of the ruling Congress party said controlling prices must top the government's agenda.

Rain washes out Sri Lanka v New Zealand Tri-series clash (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 06:44 AM PDT Reuters - The one-day Tri-series match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand was abandoned without a ball being bowled because of heavy rain on Thursday.

Intel to buy McAfee for $7.68 bln (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 09:25 AM PDT Reuters - Intel Corp said it would buy security software maker McAfee Inc for $7.7 billion to capitalize on rising demand from consumers for better protection of their laptops, smartphones and tablets.

Cameron Diaz ranked most dangerous web celeb: study (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 11:21 AM PDT Reuters - She may be known for her playful giggles and killer looks, but now movie star Cameron Diaz has become the most dangerous celebrity on the Internet.

BSE Sensex scales 30-mth high, financials climb (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:43 AM PDT Reuters - The BSE Sensex climbed 1.1 percent to its highest in two-and-a-half years on Thursday, supported by the outlook for robust domestic growth and firm global markets.

India testing ways to access BlackBerry emails - source (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:47 AM PDT Reuters - India's security agencies are testing ways to access corporate email on Blackberry devices by obtaining encrypted data in a readable format, a government source said on Thursday.

Q+A - Govt confronts land grabs in industrialisation push (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 06:22 AM PDT Reuters - The government is trying to strike a balance between farm interests and industry as it faces a series of violent protests against attempts to take over land, a debate that has consequences for investment and internal security.

INTERVIEW - ADB chief economist sees robust Asian recovery (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 07:10 AM PDT Reuters - Asian economies are likely to show robust growth this year supported by China and India, though growth could slow in the second half, the Asian Development Bank chief economist said on Thursday.

BSNL now free to buy Chinese telecoms gear (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 06:54 AM PDT Reuters - The government has lifted restrictions on state-run telecom Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) buying telecoms gear from Chinese vendors, having addressed security concerns, junior telecoms minister Sachin Pilot said on Thursday.

Pakistan flood homeless toll put at over 4 million (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 07:20 AM PDT Reuters - More than four million Pakistanis have been made homeless by nearly three weeks of floods, the United Nations said on Thursday, making the critical task of securing greater amounts of aid more urgent.

Vuvuzelas make it into the Oxford dictionary (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 06:03 AM PDT Reuters - The ever-present hum of the vuvuzela during this year's soccer World Cup catapulted the plastic trumpet to prominence and now it has earned a place in the Oxford Dictionary of English.

Rainfall 6 pct below normal in past week (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:24 AM PDT Reuters - India's vital monsoon rains were 6 percent below normal in the past week, recovering from a 26 percent deficit in the previous week as heavy rainfall ended a relatively dry spell in soybean and cane regions, the weather office said.

Facebook "Places" lets users track friends, services (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 01:22 AM PDT Reuters - Facebook's 500 million-plus users will soon be able to track friends' whereabouts across the United States, as the world's largest Internet social network adds technology to increasingly tie its virtual world to everyday life.

Why is the world not responding as Pakistan drowns? (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 01:52 AM PDT Reuters - Scant international donations to flooded Pakistan are being driven by a multitude of factors ranging from the financial crisis, donor fatigue, a low death toll and scepticism that the government can translate the contributions into effective aid, say relief workers and analysts.

Eight million Pakistanis now need flood help - U.N. (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:15 AM PDT Reuters - The number of Pakistani flood victims in need urgent humanitarian relief has risen from six million to eight million, the United Nations said on Thursday.

Developing nations to bear cancer brunt, unprepared (Reuters) Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:34 AM PDT Reuters - Developing countries will bear 60 percent of the world's cancer burden by 2020 and 70 percent by 2030, but are not prepared for the looming crisis, cancer experts warned in a report on Thursday.

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