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• Clijsters becomes world number one again (Reuters)
• End of Mubarak era as protests topple president (Reuters)
• Ponting relishes World Cup duel with Tendulkar (Reuters)
• Fresh headaches for PM as corruption scam rages (Reuters)
• Nokia, Microsoft join forces in smartphone war (Reuters)
• Swiss freeze possible Mubarak assets (Reuters)
• Vijender Singh battles bureaucracy for prize money (Reuters)
• Roaches are forever as novel Valentine's gift (Reuters)
• Railways puff slowly to private sector reform (Reuters)
• Crew of hijacked Italy tanker with 17 Indians in good condition (Reuters)
• Alcohol kills more than AIDS, TB or violence - WHO (Reuters)
• Foreign Minister Qureshi not in Pakistan's new cabinet (Reuters)
• Brainwashing drives young Pakistan suicide bombers (Reuters)
• India renewables' potential hit by costs - World Bank (Reuters)
• Food prices to ease in near term: Montek (Reuters)
• Anil Ambani blames brokers for shares fall (Reuters)
• Trade min: no timeline to lift onion exports ban (Reuters)
• Strike completely grounds Pakistan's national airline (Reuters)

Clijsters becomes world number one again (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 03:24 PM PST Reuters - Belgium's Kim Clijsters will become world number one next week for the first time since 2006 after she reached the Paris Open semi-finals by beating Jelena Dokic 6-3 6-0 on Friday.

End of Mubarak era as protests topple president (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:53 PM PST Reuters - A furious wave of protest swept Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak from power on Friday after 30 years of one-man rule, sparking jubilation on the streets and sending a warning to autocrats across the Arab world and beyond.

Ponting relishes World Cup duel with Tendulkar (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 03:04 AM PST Reuters - Australia captain Ricky Ponting is relishing the opportunity of another batting duel with Sachin Tendulkar in what will probably be their last World Cup.

Fresh headaches for PM as corruption scam rages (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 10:28 PM PST Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh faces more political headaches after the Supreme Court pressed for deeper probes into a multi-billion dollar corruption case and a ruling coalition ally was implicated in the scandal.

Nokia, Microsoft join forces in smartphone war (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 03:49 AM PST Reuters - Nokia and Microsoft teamed up on Friday to build an iPhone killer in a desperate attempt to take on Google and Apple in the fast-growing smartphone market.

Swiss freeze possible Mubarak assets (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 09:55 AM PST Reuters - Switzerland has frozen assets possibly belonging to Hosni Mubarak, who stepped down as president of Egypt on Friday after 30 years of rule, a spokesman for the foreign ministry said.

Vijender Singh battles bureaucracy for prize money (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 08:00 AM PST Reuters - Boxer Vijender Singh earned bronze medals at the World and Asian championships in 2009 but he has a fight on his hands getting money from his state government.

Roaches are forever as novel Valentine's gift (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 11:47 AM PST Reuters - In what is described as the perfect Valentine's Day gift, New York's Bronx Zoo is offering the chance to name a Madagascar hissing cockroach after that special someone in your life.

Railways puff slowly to private sector reform (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 01:57 AM PST Reuters - Tentative reforms and some eye-catching projects could herald a private sector-driven shake-up of India's creaking railways, but deeper change is needed to tackle the supply bottlenecks that still crimp growth.

Crew of hijacked Italy tanker with 17 Indians in good condition (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 07:59 AM PST Reuters - The crew of the Savina Caylyn, an Italian petroleum tanker hijacked on Tuesday in the Indian Ocean, is in good condition, an Italian defence ministry source said on Friday.

Alcohol kills more than AIDS, TB or violence - WHO (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 04:37 AM PST Reuters - Alcohol causes nearly 4 percent of deaths worldwide, more than AIDS, tuberculosis or violence, the World Health Organisation warned on Friday.

Foreign Minister Qureshi not in Pakistan's new cabinet (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 06:56 AM PST Reuters - Pakistan announced a new, slimline cabinet on Friday, cutting its number from 54 to 22 but retaining many members of the previous lineup with the notable exception of the foreign minister.

Brainwashing drives young Pakistan suicide bombers (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 07:21 AM PST Reuters - A boy who killed 31 army cadets probably had all the characteristics that make Pakistan's young suicide bombers so dangerous -- they are thoroughly brainwashed, poor, disciplined and hard to detect.

India renewables' potential hit by costs - World Bank (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 06:18 AM PST Reuters - India could be producing 25 percent of its power from renewables, but prohibitive costs and regulatory hurdles mean its addiction to coal to fuel rapid growth is set to continue, a World Bank report said on Friday.

Food prices to ease in near term: Montek (Reuters) Posted: 10 Feb 2011 11:31 PM PST Reuters - India should see an easing of food prices in the near term, with food inflation in a "much more comfortable position" by the end of the fiscal year in March, the deputy head of the Planning Commission said on Friday.

Anil Ambani blames brokers for shares fall (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 01:48 AM PST Reuters - Billionaire Anil Ambani's Reliance ADA Group on Friday blamed stock brokers for spreading "baseless sensational charges" against the group, as shares of its companies fell sharply for the second day this week.

Trade min: no timeline to lift onion exports ban (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 02:42 AM PST Reuters - Trade Minister Anand Sharma on Friday said he was not in a position to provide a timeline for lifting an export ban on onions.

Strike completely grounds Pakistan's national airline (Reuters) Posted: 11 Feb 2011 12:57 AM PST Reuters - Striking workers grounded all flights by Pakistan's national airline on Friday, the fourth day of an industrial action that has so far cost the carrier more than a billion rupees ($11.8 million), a company spokesman said.

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