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• New corruption scandal deals blow to India's image (Reuters)
• Second-hand smoke kills 600,000 a year - WHO study (Reuters)
• India to launch mobile number portability on Jan 20 (Reuters)
• Reuters Q & A - Federer yearns for Wimbledon gold (Reuters)
• Five firms borrowed $220mln in bribery scandal - TV (Reuters)
• Blackburn fans wait to count their chickens (Reuters)
• Afghan settlement would leave no room for al Qaeda - Pakistan (Reuters)
• India call up Nehra in place of Kumar (Reuters)
• Pranab says no solution yet to parliament deadlock (Reuters)
• EU plans 2013 ban on disputed HFC carbon offsets (Reuters)
• Food inflation at 10.15 pct y/y on Nov 13 - govt (Reuters)
• Cairn seeks govt nod to sell stake in key assets - source (Reuters)
• Vicious Siddle returns with an Ashes hat-trick (Reuters)
• Book Talk: Dance bars show "Bombay Noir" (Reuters)
• Q+A - What next for deadlocked Parliament? (Reuters)
• South Korea defence minister quits after attack (Reuters)
• BSE Sensex drops as corruption scandal weighs (Reuters)
• Pranab asks banks to look at exposure to loan scam (Reuters)
• Loans bribery case limited to individuals - minister (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - Four major corruption scandals rocking India (Reuters)

New corruption scandal deals blow to India's image (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 07:47 AM PST Reuters - India's reputation as a place to do business took another hit after the scandal-tainted government charged top public sector bankers with accepting bribes initially estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars.

Second-hand smoke kills 600,000 a year - WHO study (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 04:46 PM PST Reuters - Around one in a hundred deaths worldwide is due to passive smoking, which kills an estimated 600,000 people a year, World Health Organisation (WHO) researchers said on Friday.

India to launch mobile number portability on Jan 20 (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 06:52 AM PST Reuters - India will launch mobile number portability across the country on Jan. 20, Communications Minister Kapil Sibal said on Thursday.

Reuters Q & A - Federer yearns for Wimbledon gold (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 04:34 PM PST Reuters - With six Wimbledon trophies already packed on to his mantelpiece, Roger Federer would like nothing more than to win a singles gold medal on the hallowed turf when it hosts the Olympic tennis event in 2012.

Five firms borrowed $220mln in bribery scandal - TV (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 05:30 AM PST Reuters - Five of the companies involved in the financial scandal borrowed 10 billion rupees ($220 million) by bribing bank officials, two local television channels reported on Thursday.

Blackburn fans wait to count their chickens (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 04:25 PM PST Reuters - When Nowaz Khan started watching Blackburn Rovers, he was one of the only Asians in both the ground and the small Lancashire mill town.

Afghan settlement would leave no room for al Qaeda - Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:44 PM PST Reuters - A political settlement in Afghanistan would leave no room for al Qaeda, which would have to "fall in line or leave the region", a senior Pakistani politician said on Thursday.

India call up Nehra in place of Kumar (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 06:19 AM PST Reuters - Left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra will replace Praveen Kumar in India's squad for the first one-day international against New Zealand on Sunday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Thursday.

Pranab says no solution yet to parliament deadlock (Reuters) Posted: 24 Nov 2010 11:50 PM PST Reuters - The government is struggling to find a solution to end a parliamentary deadlock, which has prevented bills from being passed, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday.

EU plans 2013 ban on disputed HFC carbon offsets (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 06:52 AM PST Reuters - The European Union's executive Commission has proposed banning from 2013 the most common types of carbon offsets, mostly from India and China, to help restore credibility to the disputed system.

Food inflation at 10.15 pct y/y on Nov 13 - govt (Reuters) Posted: 24 Nov 2010 10:42 PM PST Reuters - The food price index rose 10.15 percent, while the fuel price index climbed 10.57 percent in the year to Nov. 13, government data on Thursday showed.

Cairn seeks govt nod to sell stake in key assets - source (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 06:52 AM PST Reuters - UK explorer Cairn Energy has sought the Indian government's approval to switch control of three producing blocks to Vedanta Resources, an oil ministry source said, a key step in sealing the sale of its Indian assets.

Vicious Siddle returns with an Ashes hat-trick (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 03:30 AM PST Reuters - Australian Peter Siddle made an explosive return to test cricket with six wickets, including a hat-trick, on the first day of the Ashes on Thursday -- not a bad day for a fast bowler many thought should not be in the side.

Book Talk: Dance bars show "Bombay Noir" (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 07:14 AM PST Reuters - A television report on Mumbai's dance bars and the controversy over whether they should be banned or not first piqued Sonia Faleiro's interest in the vast network of bars in India's financial hub and the women who worked there.

Q+A - What next for deadlocked Parliament? (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 04:27 AM PST Reuters - Parliament has been in deadlock for more than two weeks, preventing bills from being passed as opposition parties keep up demands for a full investigation into alleged government corruption.

South Korea defence minister quits after attack (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 05:30 AM PST Reuters - South Korea's defence minister resigned on Thursday, two days after an attack by North Korea and amid criticism that the South's response was too slow.

BSE Sensex drops as corruption scandal weighs (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 05:53 AM PST Reuters - The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex fell 0.7 percent on Thursday to its lowest close in more than two months as a new corruption scandal rocked the country, hitting shares of banks and other companies allegedly involved in exchanging bribes for large corporate loans.

Pranab asks banks to look at exposure to loan scam (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 02:49 AM PST Reuters - Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday asked all banks, financial institutions and insurance firms to look into their exposures to firms named by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a loans bribery scandal.

Loans bribery case limited to individuals - minister (Reuters) Posted: 24 Nov 2010 09:28 PM PST Reuters - A loans bribery scandal that has led to several arrests is not a widespread scam and will not hit markets or the banking sector, junior finance minister Namo Narain Meena said on Thursday.

FACTBOX - Four major corruption scandals rocking India (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 01:46 AM PST Reuters - India has been rocked by a series of corruption scandals that have embarrassed the ruling Congress party, rattled markets and deferred reform bills as opposition stalls parliament.

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