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• CBI questions Raja over telecoms row (Reuters)
• Delhi court to probe Tihar prisoners' murder allegations (Reuters)
• Zaheer to return as India seek to level series (Reuters)
• Court jails Binayak Sen for life for helping Maoists (Reuters)
• Onion prices to pinch for longer on supply squeeze (Reuters)
• S. Africa invited to join BRIC group (Reuters)
• Travel Picks: Top 10 places to celebrate New Year's eve (Reuters)
• Onion price won't affect inflation view - Montek (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - Recent corruption scandals in India (Reuters)
• China invites S.Africa to join BRIC - Xinhua (Reuters)

CBI questions Raja over telecoms row (Reuters) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 10:45 AM PST Reuters - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) agents questioned a former telecommunications minister over the country's biggest corruption case on Friday, a move the government hopes will help ease a crippling political row with the opposition.

Delhi court to probe Tihar prisoners' murder allegations (Reuters) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 07:46 AM PST Reuters - A Delhi court has launched a probe into allegations by two inmates that they were ordered by prison officers to murder two 2010 Commonwealth Games officials inside the high-security Tihar jail.

Zaheer to return as India seek to level series (Reuters) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 06:04 AM PST Reuters - India will welcome back paceman Zaheer Khan from injury to bolster an attack that was pulverized by South Africa in a one-sided first test when the second test starts in Durban on Sunday.

Court jails Binayak Sen for life for helping Maoists (Reuters) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 07:38 AM PST Reuters - A court sentenced a doctor accused of links with Maoist rebels to life in prison on Friday, a high-profile case involving appeals by Nobel laureates for the world's biggest democracy to uphold human rights.

Onion prices to pinch for longer on supply squeeze (Reuters) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 04:56 AM PST Reuters - A ban on onion exports and duty free imports are unlikely to bring prices down much and traders say prices may remain high for a year after damage to new plantings, pressuring a government trying to calm food inflation.

S. Africa invited to join BRIC group (Reuters) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 07:08 AM PST Reuters - South Africa, Africa's top economy, has been invited by China to join the four-member "BRIC" grouping of fast-growing emerging markets, a government minister said on Friday.

Travel Picks: Top 10 places to celebrate New Year's eve (Reuters) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 02:54 AM PST Reuters - Break out the party favours and the bubbly it's almost time to ring in the New Year. To avoid another night in with the television, Men's website AskMen.com (www.askmen.com) offers its top 10 list of New Year's destinations for travellers keen to find fun out of town. Reuters has not endorsed this list:

Onion price won't affect inflation view - Montek (Reuters) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 04:03 AM PST Reuters - The price of onions has started to come down and won't have an impact on the inflation outlook, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of Planning Commission, told reporters on Friday.

FACTBOX - Recent corruption scandals in India (Reuters) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 12:26 AM PST Reuters - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) began interrogating former telecoms minister Andimuthu Raja on Friday in the country's biggest corruption case, a move the government hopes will help ease a crippling political row with the opposition.

China invites S.Africa to join BRIC - Xinhua (Reuters) Posted: 24 Dec 2010 05:07 AM PST Reuters - China has invited Africa's largest economy, South Africa, to join the four-member "BRIC" grouping of fast-growing emerging markets, its state news agency reported on Friday.

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