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Clinton wants to improve economic ties in India visit (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 03:17 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Fener Patriarchate in Istanbul July 16, 2011. REUTERS/Osman OrsalReuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hopes to cement gains in ties with emerging global power India during talks in New Delhi on Tuesday while heading off new frictions with fragile U.S. ally Pakistan.


Cameron to fly home as corruption storm builds (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 01:26 PM PDT

John Yates appears before a parliamentary hearing into phone hacking in London July 12, 2011. REUTERS/Parbul TV via Reuters TVReuters - David Cameron cut short a trip to Africa and will fly home on Tuesday to defend himself from a scandal that has battered Rupert Murdoch's media empire, forced British police chiefs to resign and raised doubts about the prime minister's judgment.


S.Africa searches for Mandela's moral compass (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 08:55 AM PDT

South African President Jacob Zuma presents former President Nelson Mandela with a gift as Mandela celebrates his 93rd birthday at his home in Qunu in this handout picture taken July 18, 2011. REUTERS/Ntswe Mokoena/GCIS/HandoutReuters - South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday on Monday with songs by millions of children and calls for public service, but the nation he led out of apartheid is divided by poverty and his ANC movement seems to many to be losing its moral compass.


More attacks as Petraeus hands over command in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 10:19 AM PDT

Commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan U.S General David Petraeus rehearse before a change of command ceremony in Kabul July 11, 2011. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniReuters - U.S. General David Petraeus, Washington's new intelligence chief, handed over command of foreign troops in Afghanistan on Monday but worsening violence cast a shadow over the tentative start of a process to transfer security to Afghan forces.


Iran warns India over oil export (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 08:31 AM PDT

A worker holds a fuel nozzle at a petrol pump in Mumbai June 11, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - Iran warned India on Monday that it would stop exporting oil to India from August 1 if a financial dispute over payment was not resolved, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.


India inches forward on major tax reform (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 04:27 AM PDT

An employee counts Indian rupee notes at a cash counter inside a bank in Agartala December 31, 2010. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey/FilesReuters - The Congress-led government and main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took a small step towards forging consensus on Monday on introducing the country's first ever nationwide indirect tax, a reform seen as a major tool for faster economic growth in Asia's third largest economy.


Panel to discuss cash infusion in Air India next week (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 03:59 AM PDT

Passengers speak to ticketing staff through the only open counter at the Air India ticket office at the domestic airport in Mumbai April 27, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/FilesReuters - A panel of ministers will meet next week to discuss infusing equity in loss-making state carrier Air India, Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi said on Monday.


Indian economic growth seen hurt by inflation, rate pressures (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 02:36 AM PDT

A vendor (R) sells vegetables to a customer next to a parked road roller on a roadside in Kolkata March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - Economists have scaled down their growth expectations and raised inflation forecasts for the Indian economy, compared with their outlook just 10 weeks ago, a Reuters quarterly poll showed.


Two beheaded, bomb kills police chief in Afghan violence (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 04:40 AM PDT

Reuters - Two people were beheaded in western Afghanistan on Monday, a week after they were kidnapped with 33 others for apparently supporting the Afghan government, and a police chief in the south of the country was killed by a bomb, officials said.

Bihar finance minister Modi to head GST panel - Mukherjee (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 12:32 AM PDT

Reuters - Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday Sushil Modi, finance minister of Bihar, will head the panel on Goods and Services Tax, replacing Asim Dasgupta.

MCX gold futures extend gains to record; demand muted (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 02:24 AM PDT

A woman checks a gold waist belt inside a jewellery shop in Hyderabad May 6, 2011. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - India gold extended gains to a record high on Monday afternoon following firm overseas market and on a weaker rupee, pushing traders to the sidelines in the middle of a seasonally weak demand period, dealers said.


Pakistan Taliban release video showing forces' execution (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 04:27 AM PDT

Reuters - The Taliban have released a video showing the execution of more than a dozen Pakistani security forces in the northwest last month.

Hacking scandal fells Britain's top policeman (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 01:12 AM PDT

File photo of Paul Stephenson at a conference in Manchester, northern England, July 9, 2009. London's police commissioner resigned on Sunday over allegations about the police's handling of phone hacking investigations. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis/FilesReuters - A phone-hacking scandal centred on Rupert Murdoch's News Corp cost Britain's top policeman his job and renewed questions on Monday about Prime Minister David Cameron's judgment.


UN court orders Thai, Cambodia troops from temple area (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 03:47 AM PDT

Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong (R), Deputy Agent Var Kimhong (C) and Secretary of State Long Visalo of Cambodia are seen in the courtroom in the dispute over the ownership of the Temple of Preah Vihear at the International Court of Justice in the Hague July18, 2011.  REUTERS/Michael KoorenReuters - The highest U.N. court ordered Thailand and Cambodia on Monday to pull their soldiers out of a newly defined demilitarised zone around a disputed temple and to revive talks to resolve the decades-old conflict.


Fresh Afghan killings mar quiet transition (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 10:15 PM PDT

Afghan National Army soldiers march towards the Intercontinental hotel during a battle between Afghan security forces and suicide bombers and Taliban insurgents in Kabul June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood/FilesReuters - Gunmen killed an adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a gunbattle in Kabul on Sunday, officials said, hours after a long-promised transition process from foreign troops to Afghan control began under a shroud of secrecy.


Former top Murdoch exec Brooks released on bail - police (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 08:15 PM PDT

Then-chief executive of News International, Rebekah Brooks, arrives at Rupert Murdoch's flat in central London in a July 10, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Olivia Harris/FilesReuters - Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News Corp's British newspaper arm News International, was released on bail early on Monday after being questioned over the phone-hacking scandal, the Metropolitan police said in a statement on Monday.


Irish eyes smiling again as Clarke wins Open (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 08:28 PM PDT

Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland kisses the Claret Jug after winning the British Open golf championship at Royal St George's in Sandwich, southern England July 17, 2011.   REUTERS/Russell CheyneReuters - Darren Clarke repelled a dynamic charge from Phil Mickelson to complete a runaway three-shot win at the British Open on Sunday, claiming his first major title and becoming the first home winner of the championship for 12 years.


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