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ICC chief slammed after police clash with fans (Reuters)
Top priority is to fight inflation: PM (Reuters)
UK court agrees Assange extradition to Sweden (Reuters)
Yuvraj injured ahead of England clash (Reuters)
Box hit television not my bat, explains Ponting (Reuters)
PM promises crackdown after new arrests over Commonweath Games (Reuters)
YouTube banks on Bollywood, cricket for mark on India (Reuters)
Budget likely to cater to populist pressure despite deficit (Reuters)
New Zealand puts quake toll at 98, many more missing (Reuters)
Book Talk: Jimmy the Terrorist in small-town India (Reuters)
Food inflation inches up ahead of budget (Reuters)
PM: no basis for huge revenue loss in Antrix-Devas deal (Reuters)
India may introduce food bill in current parliament session (Reuters)
World grapples for response as battles divide Libya (Reuters)
CIA, Pakistani cooperation scaled back after shooting (Reuters)
FACTBOX - Selected excepts from ISI letter on CIA (Reuters)
PROFILE - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (Reuters)
South Africa's Smith elects to field (Reuters)
Review system sapping umpire confidence - Hair (Reuters)
PROFILE - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee (Reuters)

ICC chief slammed after police clash with fans (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 03:13 AM PST

Reuters - The Cricket World Cup's top official was severely criticised on Thursday after police battered hundreds of fans with bamboo sticks outside Bangalore's M Chinnaswamy Stadium as anger at the lack of tickets on sale for the clash between India and England boiled over.

Top priority is to fight inflation: PM (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 04:18 AM PST

Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh vowed on Thursday to control inflation, a problem that sparked protests this week and has added to pressure on a government under fire over corruption scandals.

UK court agrees Assange extradition to Sweden (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 08:54 AM PST

Reuters - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who rocked the U.S. government by publishing thousands of secret diplomatic memos, must be extradited to Sweden to face sex crimes allegations, a British judge ruled on Thursday.

Yuvraj injured ahead of England clash (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 07:38 AM PST

Reuters - Batsman Yuvraj Singh injured his hand during nets on Thursday, raising concerns about his fitness for their World Cup Group B match against England on Sunday.

Box hit television not my bat, explains Ponting (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 05:54 AM PST

Reuters - Ricky Ponting was still amused on Thursday at the furore he caused after his flying groin protector damaged a television in the Australian team's dressing room during a World Cup match.

PM promises crackdown after new arrests over Commonweath Games (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 01:27 AM PST

Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday vowed to crack down on those guilty of corruption during the 2010 Commonweath Games, a day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested two top organisers on bribery charges.

YouTube banks on Bollywood, cricket for mark on India (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:25 PM PST

Reuters - YouTube, the Google-owned video-sharing website, is banking on Bollywood and cricket to make its mark in the Indian market, looking at tie-ups with major studios to expand its movie library.

Budget likely to cater to populist pressure despite deficit (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 02:29 AM PST

Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's embattled government will likely boost spending on social programmes in a populist budget on Monday, even as India is threatened with a potentially ballooning subsidy bill for food and fuel.

New Zealand puts quake toll at 98, many more missing (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:48 PM PST

Reuters - New Zealand rescuers said on Thursday they held grave fears for more than 200 people still missing as the death toll from an earthquake reached 98 after searchers pulled dozens of bodies from a Christchurch television building now turned into a tomb.

Book Talk: Jimmy the Terrorist in small-town India (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 02:31 AM PST

Reuters - It took nearly a decade for Omair Ahmad's depiction of life in small-town India to take shape as a novel after starting life as a short story.

Food inflation inches up ahead of budget (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:59 PM PST

Reuters - The food inflation accelerated slightly in mid February on rising prices of milk and fruits, amid expectations the government may announce fresh measures to rein in inflation in the budget.

PM: no basis for huge revenue loss in Antrix-Devas deal (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:00 AM PST

Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday rebuffed claims that huge potential government revenue had been lost in a satellite spectrum contract lease recently scrapped by his government after corruption allegations.

India may introduce food bill in current parliament session (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 03:25 AM PST

Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday the government may introduce a food security bill in the current session of parliament.

World grapples for response as battles divide Libya (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 09:26 PM PST

Reuters - World leaders condemned Muammar Gaddafi's bloody crackdown on a revolt that has split Libya, but took little action to halt the bloodshed from the latest upheaval reshaping the Arab world.

CIA, Pakistani cooperation scaled back after shooting (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 02:18 AM PST

Reuters - Cooperation between the American and Pakistani spy agencies has been scaled back because of an incident involving a CIA contractor shooting two Pakistanis, Pakistani intelligence officials said on Thursday.

FACTBOX - Selected excepts from ISI letter on CIA (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 01:53 AM PST

Reuters - Signs of strain between the CIA and Pakistan's powerful spy agency were revealed recently in a letter sent by the Pakistanis to the Wall Street Journal after the paper published a story on differences between the agencies.

PROFILE - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:25 PM PST

Reuters - Position: Prime Minister of India

South Africa's Smith elects to field (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 01:15 AM PST

Reuters - South Africa captain Graeme Smith won the toss and asked West Indies to bat first in a World Cup Group B match at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on Thursday.

Review system sapping umpire confidence - Hair (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:25 PM PST

Reuters - Cricket's decision referral system is sapping the confidence of match officials and should be scrapped, according to former Australian test umpire Darrell Hair.