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• Govt says Vedanta refinery breaches green laws (Reuters)
• Police end hostage drama at U.S. Discovery Channel (Reuters)
• Govt to target Google, Skype for data access (Reuters)
• Apple TV takes aim at Web-connected living room (Reuters)
• Blasts kill 20 in Pakistan's Lahore, 170 hurt (Reuters)
• U.S. touts Iraq trade mission as war mission wanes (Reuters)
• Agassi nominated for International Tennis Hall of Fame (Reuters)
• Sweden reopens WikiLeaks founder rape investigation (Reuters)
• No-ball drama set to cost Asif film role (Reuters)
• Get your Blair book signed - and obey the rules (Reuters)
• Gunman takes hostages at U.S. Discovery Channel (Reuters)
• Sweden reopens WikiLeaks founder rape probe (Reuters)
• Book Talk: Bangalore author Usha K.R. looks beyond IT (Reuters)
• U.S. Open women's singles second round results (Reuters)
• ANALYSIS - Singapore seeks to be Asia's Monte Carlo - and more (Reuters)
• India to fall short of global maternal health goal (Reuters)
• Pakistan accepts India aid, but no real disaster diplomacy (Reuters)
• PMI, exports point to slower growth (Reuters)
• Nadal eases through after Djokovic struggles (Reuters)

Govt says Vedanta refinery breaches green laws (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 08:43 AM PDT Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) The environment ministry said on Wednesday it has found "serious violations" of green laws in Vedanta's existing alumina refinery in eastern India, the latest in the London-based firm's mining troubles in India.

Police end hostage drama at U.S. Discovery Channel (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 03:08 PM PDT Reuters - Police shot a gunman who had taken three people hostage at Discovery Channel's headquarters on Wednesday, ending a tense four-hour standoff near Washington.

Govt to target Google, Skype for data access (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:04 PM PDT Reuters - India added Google and Skype to its electronic security crackdown on Wednesday and began accessing some of the traffic carried on its initial target, Research In Motion's BlackBerry.

Apple TV takes aim at Web-connected living room (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:01 PM PDT Reuters - Apple Inc unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of its Web-to-TV device on Wednesday, stepping up a battle with Google Inc and Microsoft Corp for control of the digital living room.

Blasts kill 20 in Pakistan's Lahore, 170 hurt (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 10:51 AM PDT Reuters - Three bombs exploded at a Shi'ite procession in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding over 170, piling pressure on a government already overwhelmed by floods.

U.S. touts Iraq trade mission as war mission wanes (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:31 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday it will lead 15 U.S. companies, including Boeing, General Electric and Wamar International, on a trade mission in October to help rebuild Iraq.

Agassi nominated for International Tennis Hall of Fame (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 01:19 PM PDT Reuters - Andre Agassi headlined a list of nominees for the International Tennis Hall of Fame following a sparkling career highlighted by eight grand slam titles and an Olympic gold medal.

Sweden reopens WikiLeaks founder rape investigation (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:49 PM PDT Reuters - Sweden reopened a probe on Wednesday into rape allegations against Julian Assange, the founder of whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, who has infuriated the U.S. military by publishing secret documents on Afghanistan.

No-ball drama set to cost Asif film role (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 01:00 AM PDT Reuters - Mohammad Asif may be dropped from an Indian film in which he was supposed to play a cricket coach after it emerged he was one of the three Pakistani players embroiled in a spot-fixing scandal.

Get your Blair book signed - and obey the rules (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 08:43 AM PDT Reuters - Former British prime minister Tony Blair will sign copies of his memoir in Dublin on Saturday but customers can forget about getting a personal dedication or even a photograph from the author.

Gunman takes hostages at U.S. Discovery Channel (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:03 PM PDT Reuters - A man carrying a gun and possibly with explosives strapped to his body took a small number of hostages in the Discovery Channel headquarters building in suburban Washington on Wednesday.

Sweden reopens WikiLeaks founder rape probe (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 05:34 AM PDT Reuters - Sweden's Chief Prosecutor said on Wednesday she was reopening a preliminary investigation into rape charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Book Talk: Bangalore author Usha K.R. looks beyond IT (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 05:23 AM PDT Reuters - For many people, the city of Bangalore, also known as Bengaluru, conjures up an image of a metropolis that plays host to the headquarters of some of the world's biggest software companies.

U.S. Open women's singles second round results (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:27 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. Open women's singles second round results from New York on Wednesday (prefix denotes seeding, *new result).

ANALYSIS - Singapore seeks to be Asia's Monte Carlo - and more (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 03:42 AM PDT Reuters - The M Hotel in Singapore's business district once struggled to fill its rooms on weekends as visiting executives tended to leave by Friday. Now it enjoys 90 percent-plus occupancy even on Saturdays and Sundays.

India to fall short of global maternal health goal (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 07:43 AM PDT Reuters - India has halved the number of women who die during childbirth, but experts warned on Wednesday a lack of facilities is likely to stop the country from meeting global goals for improving maternal health before 2015.

Pakistan accepts India aid, but no real disaster diplomacy (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:14 PM PDT Reuters - India said on Tuesday that arch-rival Pakistan had accepted its offer of flood aid, but analysts say this piecemeal attempt at disaster diplomacy will not help improve relations between the two sides.

PMI, exports point to slower growth (Reuters) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 03:42 AM PDT Reuters - India's manufacturing growth eased in August as the pace of new orders cooled following a slowdown in exports, underlining expectations that economic expansion has peaked this year.

Nadal eases through after Djokovic struggles (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:52 PM PDT Reuters - Rafa Nadal made a smooth start to his bid to capture the one grand slam that has eluded him when he wore down Russia's Teymuraz Gabashvili 7-6 7-6 6-3 in the first round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday.

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