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• France's Sarkozy courts Indian business, G20 support (Reuters)
• 'Palinism', 'Obama-mess' among top words for 2011 (Reuters)
• Supreme Court questions govt over anti-graft chief (Reuters)
• Govt may consider diesel price hike - oil secretary (Reuters)
• India should open up FDI in multi-brand retail - Ahluwalia (Reuters)
• Govt wants BlackBerry access from companies - WSJ (Reuters)
• Suicide blasts kill 40 in Pakistan's northwest (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - India, France unveil deals worth up to $20 bln (Reuters)
• France, India sign pact for nuclear reactor sales (Reuters)
• SCENARIOS - Govt tries to douse fires in "season of scams" (Reuters)
• Facebook revamps users' profile pages (Reuters)
• France's Sarkozy eyes joint G20 proposal with India (Reuters)
• India, France close to fighter, missile deals (Reuters)
• Singapore ranks top for property investments - survey (Reuters)
• Britain, Brazil to seek end to Kyoto climate impasse (Reuters)
• France, India close in on nuclear reactor sale - source (Reuters)

France's Sarkozy courts Indian business, G20 support (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 07:42 AM PST Reuters - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday he had clinched deals worth about $20 billion with India, becoming the latest among a string of world leaders jostling for a share of Asia's third biggest economy.

'Palinism', 'Obama-mess' among top words for 2011 (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 02:33 PM PST Reuters - "Palinism" and "Obama-mess" are likely to be among the top global words of 2011, as the United States gears up for its next presidential elections, according to a language monitoring group.

Supreme Court questions govt over anti-graft chief (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 02:18 AM PST Reuters - The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the appointment of the country's top anti-corruption official, local media and a lawyer said, in a victory for the opposition and another blow for an embattled government that has become mired in corruption charges.

Govt may consider diesel price hike - oil secretary (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 01:04 AM PST Reuters - India could consider raising diesel prices before planned share sales of state-run companies Indian Oil Corp and Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), Oil Secretary S. Sundareshan said on Monday.

India should open up FDI in multi-brand retail - Ahluwalia (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2010 09:03 PM PST Reuters - India should open its multi-brand retail sector to foreign investors and raise its investment cap in the insurance sector to 49 percent from the current 26 percent, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, said on Monday.

Govt wants BlackBerry access from companies - WSJ (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2010 07:18 PM PST Reuters - The government is talking to companies using Research in Motion's BlackBerry to gain access to their employees' secure communications when it is deemed necessary, an official told the Wall Street Journal.

Suicide blasts kill 40 in Pakistan's northwest (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 07:23 AM PST Reuters - Suspected Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 40 people at the office compound of a top government official in northwest Pakistan on Monday, demonstrating the ability of militants to strike high-profile targets in defiance of army offensives.

FACTBOX - India, France unveil deals worth up to $20 bln (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 09:10 AM PST Reuters - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday unveiled upto $20 billion worth of defence, atomic energy and civil aviation deals with India during a four-day trip to the country.

France, India sign pact for nuclear reactor sales (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2010 11:39 PM PST Reuters - France and India on Monday signed a framework contract during President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to India for the sale of French atomic reactors.

SCENARIOS - Govt tries to douse fires in "season of scams" (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2010 11:03 PM PST Reuters - The government has grappled with a slew of scandals that have seen several leading coalition politicians sacked, brought parliament to a standstill and raised questions about the prime minister's judgement.

Facebook revamps users' profile pages (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2010 07:29 PM PST Reuters - Facebook on Sunday unveiled new profile pages that give photos centerstage, allow users to highlight important friends and go into far more detail on their jobs.

France's Sarkozy eyes joint G20 proposal with India (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 12:29 AM PST Reuters - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday called for a joint proposal with India to push his reform agenda for the G20 group of nations, including reforms to the global monetary system.

India, France close to fighter, missile deals (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2010 01:25 AM PST Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India and France are close to signing deals for a 2 billion euro joint missile development and refitting the Asian's giant's Mirage fighter jets at a cost of 1.5 billion euros, a French government statement said on Monday.

Singapore ranks top for property investments - survey (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2010 10:46 PM PST Reuters - Singapore and Shanghai rank top among Asian cities as the best real estate investment destinations, while Osaka and Manila are seen as the least ideal, an industry survey showed on Monday.

Britain, Brazil to seek end to Kyoto climate impasse (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2010 07:19 PM PST Reuters - Britain and Brazil will seek to break the deadlock over the future of the Kyoto Protocol for combating global warming that has overshadowed U.N. talks to try to work out a modest climate deal in Mexico.

France, India close in on nuclear reactor sale - source (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2010 07:07 PM PST Reuters - France and India are likely to sign a framework contract during President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to India for the sale of at least two French atomic reactors but a final deal could take another six months, a French source said on Sunday.

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