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• Tibet govt denies India-based Karmapa Lama is China spy (Reuters)
• Mubarak to step down, leaves protesters impatient (Reuters)
• India ready for World Cup pressure cooker - Dhoni (Reuters)
• Delhi Games and vendors step up dispute over payment (Reuters)
• Unemployment, poverty top global worries - poll (Reuters)
• Thousands protest against India's approval for POSCO plan (Reuters)
• Google touts "game changer" in online art viewing (Reuters)
• Harbhajan expects the best for Houdini India (Reuters)
• BSE Sensex drops to 5-mth low, Reliance falls (Reuters)
• HDFC raises home loan rates by 25 basis points (Reuters)
• Bridge sweeps passengers off train roof in UP, 14 dead (Reuters)
• Bridge sweeps passengers off train roof in UP, six dead (Reuters)
• S.Lanka holds suspect in media attack; U.S. worries on freedom (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - Key political risks to watch in India (Reuters)
• Sony India eyes 40 pct share of flat panel TV segment (Reuters)
• In Myanmar's gleaming new capital, uncertain promise (Reuters)
• Governments pull citizens out of Egypt ahead of march (Reuters)
• Google launches Twitter workaround for Egypt (Reuters)
• Asian automakers kick off 2011 on firm note (Reuters)
• China, India PMIs foreshadow rising inflation (Reuters)

Tibet govt denies India-based Karmapa Lama is China spy (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 05:27 AM PST Reuters - The Tibetan government-in-exile denied on Tuesday that one of its most senior spiritual leaders was a Chinese spy after a large amount of cash was discovered in a raid by Indian police.

Mubarak to step down, leaves protesters impatient (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 03:25 PM PST Reuters - President Hosni Mubarak said on Tuesday he would step down in September, offering a mixture of concessions and defiance to Egyptians who marched a million strong to demand that his 30-year-rule end immediately.

India ready for World Cup pressure cooker - Dhoni (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 07:38 AM PST Reuters - India are ready to deal with the pressure of being World Cup hosts in a cricket-mad country, their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Tuesday.

Delhi Games and vendors step up dispute over payment (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 07:49 AM PST Reuters - Organisers of last year's Delhi Commonwealth Games have withheld payment to nine foreign companies for "non-performance" but one of them said on Tuesday it would sue over non-payment.

Unemployment, poverty top global worries - poll (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 08:00 AM PST Reuters - Unemployment, poverty and social injustice are the top global concerns and most people think their country is heading in the wrong direction, according to a new poll.

Thousands protest against India's approval for POSCO plan (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 05:15 AM PST Reuters - Nearly 3,000 people held noisy protests on Tuesday against India's approval of South Korean POSCO's plans to build a steel plant, underlying the problems that have delayed the mill for years.

Google touts "game changer" in online art viewing (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 07:51 AM PST Reuters - Google aims to bring the world's great art galleries into the home with a new website that offers virtual tours using Street View technology, the ability to build private collections and ultra-high resolution images.

Harbhajan expects the best for Houdini India (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 01:26 AM PST Reuters - A string of Houdini acts has convinced Harbhajan Singh that the Indian cricket team has mastered the escape-to-victory art and there is nothing, including the World Cup, they cannot achieve.

BSE Sensex drops to 5-mth low, Reliance falls (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 03:26 AM PST Reuters - The BSE Sensex fell 1.7 percent on Tuesday to its lowest close since August, extending January's worst monthly slide in more than two years, as inflation worries and hardening interest rates continued to spook investors.

HDFC raises home loan rates by 25 basis points (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 05:38 AM PST Reuters - Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC), India's top mortgage lender, said on Tuesday it would raise it lending rates by 25 basis points with immediate effect.

Bridge sweeps passengers off train roof in UP, 14 dead (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 09:17 AM PST Reuters - Fourteen people were killed and as many injured after being struck by a bridge while riding on the roof of a moving train in Uttar Pradesh, a senior medical official said on Tuesday.

Bridge sweeps passengers off train roof in UP, six dead (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 07:26 AM PST Reuters - Six people were killed and a dozen injured after being struck by a bridge while riding on the roof of a moving train in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.

S.Lanka holds suspect in media attack; U.S. worries on freedom (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 07:38 AM PST Reuters - Sri Lankan police arrested on Tuesday a suspect in the torching of the offices of a web site critical of the government, an attack which drew condemnation from the U.S. government.

FACTBOX - Key political risks to watch in India (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2011 08:38 PM PST Reuters - India's coalition government faces criticism over high inflation, and an opposition campaign against corruption could stall the February parliament session which will debate the federal budget and other economic reforms.

Sony India eyes 40 pct share of flat panel TV segment (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 02:16 AM PST Reuters - Sony India, a unit of Japan's Sony Corp, expects to increase its market share in the flat panel TV segment to 40 percent from the current 35 percent, buoyed by the upcoming cricket World Cup, a top official told reporters on Tuesday.

In Myanmar's gleaming new capital, uncertain promise (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2011 07:35 PM PST Reuters - Its name translates as "Abode of Kings", but it is far from clear whether Myanmar's new capital and its gleaming new parliamentary complex can return the reclusive state to its former glory.

Governments pull citizens out of Egypt ahead of march (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2011 11:25 PM PST Reuters - Foreign countries stepped up efforts to pull their nationals out of Egypt on Tuesday as anti-government protesters hoped to rally a million-strong march for democracy.

Google launches Twitter workaround for Egypt (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2011 09:00 PM PST Reuters - Google Inc launched a special service to allow people in Egypt to send Twitter messages by dialing a phone number and leaving a voicemail, as Internet access remains cut off in the country amid anti-government protests.

Asian automakers kick off 2011 on firm note (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2011 11:46 PM PST Reuters - Asian automakers, led by outperformer Hyundai Motor, got off to a strong start for 2011 with robust January sales as they gear up for the sector's broad recovery.

China, India PMIs foreshadow rising inflation (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2011 11:57 PM PST Reuters - Input prices jumped in Chinese and Indian factories in January, adding to pressure from food inflation that the fast-growing economies are already struggling to contain, business surveys showed on Tuesday.

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