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ULFA softens demand on Assam independence (Reuters)
Gambhir and Tendulkar lead India fightback (Reuters)
Panel clears POSCO Orissa steel mill of ecology threat (Reuters)
Apple iPhone alarm woes continue across the globe (Reuters)
FACTBOX - Key political risks to watch in India (Reuters)
Pakistani president vows support for embattled PM (Reuters)
SCENARIOS - Govt's difficult decision on diesel prices (Reuters)
Nishikori dashes Cilic dreams of Chennai hat-trick (Reuters)
Kallis set to be sidelined after battling through pain (Reuters)
Patni deal with iGate, Apax still on - source (Reuters)
Spurs wait as Beckham asks Galaxy for loan move (Reuters)
Man City title credentials on the line at Arsenal (Reuters)
Masterful Kallis puts South Africa in control (Reuters)
PREVIEW - CES gadget fest sizzle fizzles (Reuters)
Australian floods submerge towns,coal exports hit (Reuters)
Pakistan PM moves to save coalition after ally departs (Reuters)
Khawaja's bright cameo helps lift Sydney gloom (Reuters)
South Africa 362 v India, day two, third test (Reuters)

ULFA softens demand on Assam independence (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 05:20 AM PST

Reuters - United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), the top militant group fighting in the country's remote northeast for almost three decades has dropped its demand for independence in talks with New Delhi, softening its stand in an insurgency that has killed thousands of people.

Gambhir and Tendulkar lead India fightback (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:46 AM PST

Reuters - A grimly determined Gautam Gambhir and a serene Sachin Tendulkar took India to 142 for two at stumps on the second day of the deciding third test against South Africa on Monday.

Panel clears POSCO Orissa steel mill of ecology threat (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 01:33 PM PST

Reuters - A government panel has said there are no ecological concerns over a $12 billion steel mill in Orissa planned by South Korea's POSCO, a landmark project seen as a test of the country's business climate.

Apple iPhone alarm woes continue across the globe (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 11:31 AM PST

Reuters - Some iPhone users across the globe complained of malfunctioning alarms on the first working day of 2011, even after Apple reassured users that its phones' built-in clocks will work from Monday.

FACTBOX - Key political risks to watch in India (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 09:11 PM PST

Reuters - The government faces the prospect of accelerating inflation from higher food prices, even as it considers lifting diesel prices, and it will walk a thin line as it balances political and economic objectives.

Pakistani president vows support for embattled PM (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 05:18 PM PST

Reuters - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari expressed full confidence on Monday in the country's beleaguered prime minister, who is scrambling to prevent his government from falling after a key coalition partner quit.

SCENARIOS - Govt's difficult decision on diesel prices (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 04:21 AM PST

Reuters - The government has deferred a decision on raising diesel and cooking gas prices to compensate state-owned oil marketing firms for revenue losses on selling these products below market prices.

Nishikori dashes Cilic dreams of Chennai hat-trick (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:36 AM PST

Reuters - Japan's Kei Nishikori dashed Marin Cilic's hopes of a Chennai title hat-trick, upstaging the towering second-seeded Croatian in a see-saw first-round match on Monday.

Kallis set to be sidelined after battling through pain (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 10:28 AM PST

Reuters - South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis battled through the pain barrier to stroke a century on Monday but his heroics mean he is unlikely to play any further part in the third and final test against India.

Patni deal with iGate, Apax still on - source (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 04:39 AM PST

Reuters - U.S. software firm iGate's deal with Apax Partners for a majority stake in Patni Computer Services is still on the table but has been delayed due to procedural issues, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday.

Spurs wait as Beckham asks Galaxy for loan move (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:45 AM PST

Reuters - David Beckham has asked Los Angeles Galaxy if he can make an off-season loan move, with Tottenham Hotspur waiting on the verdict.

Man City title credentials on the line at Arsenal (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 05:48 AM PST

Reuters - Manchester City face the acid test of their Premier League title credentials on Wednesday when they seek to win at Arsenal, something they have not managed for 36 years.

Masterful Kallis puts South Africa in control (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 06:05 AM PST

Reuters - Jacques Kallis struck a masterful century to put South Africa in control on the second day of the deciding third test against India at Newlands on Monday.

PREVIEW - CES gadget fest sizzle fizzles (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 04:21 AM PST

Reuters - Some 125,000 attendees descending on the annual tech gadget confab in Las Vegas this week can be forgiven for feeling as if they have traveled back in time.

Australian floods submerge towns,coal exports hit (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2011 11:39 PM PST

Reuters - Military aircraft ferried supplies to an Australian town slowly sinking beneath swollen rivers on Monday, as record flooding in the country's northeast severed roads and ports, curtailing coal exports and devastating farmland.

Pakistan PM moves to save coalition after ally departs (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 04:11 AM PST

Reuters - Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani scrambled to save his ruling coalition on Monday after a key partner withdrew, plunging a country vital to U.S. efforts to pacify Afghanistan into a political crisis.

Khawaja's bright cameo helps lift Sydney gloom (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 12:40 AM PST

Reuters - Debutant Usman Khawaja briefly lit up a gloomy first day of the fifth Ashes test on Monday but Australia's batting frailties and rain returned later in the day to leave the hosts wobbling on 134-4 at the close of play.