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• Strauss-Kahn maid makes appeal as civil suit looms (Reuters)
• Cabinet drafts anti-graft bill, activists slam as weak (Reuters)
• Food prices to pinch Indians during festive season (Reuters)
• Search for bodies on Norwegian island ends (Reuters)
• SEBI raises threshold for mandatory takeover offer (Reuters)
• Flu "super antibody" may bring universal shot closer (Reuters)
• Monsoon rains slacken in past week (Reuters)
• ONGC posts higher profit in Q1, sees income rising (Reuters)
• BJP in damage control over $3.6 bln mining scandal (Reuters)
• Vodafone, Idea up prepaid call tariffs - sources (Reuters)
• Maruti Suzuki workers end strike - spokesman (Reuters)
• Food inflation at 7.33 pct y/y as on July 16 - govt (Reuters)
• China's PM visits train crash site, vows through probe (Reuters)
• Ford bets big on India, to build plant at Sanand in Gujarat (Reuters)
• Former India goalie Baljit Singh says exclusion one-eyed (Reuters)
• Playboy Hugh Hefner accuses ex of lying about sex life (Reuters)
• Maruti workers at Manesar plant on strike (Reuters)
• Argentine Aguero says has joined Manchester City (Reuters)
• Which superhero power would you like most of all? (Reuters)
• Norway police face review, think killer acted alone (Reuters)

Strauss-Kahn maid makes appeal as civil suit looms (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2011 12:23 PM PDT Reuters - The hotel maid who accused ex-IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her made an emotional public appeal on Thursday for people to believe her story as her lawyer threatened a civil lawsuit.

Cabinet drafts anti-graft bill, activists slam as weak (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2011 07:45 AM PDT Reuters - India's cabinet finished drafting on Thursday a bill aimed at curbing graft in government, but activists slammed it saying it was not tough enough to fight widespread corruption which poses a risk to economic growth.

Food prices to pinch Indians during festive season (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2011 05:00 AM PDT Reuters - Indian consumers are likely to feel the pinch of rising food prices in the upcoming festive season, as erratic rainfall in growing areas and thin stocks coupled with high demand could push up prices further.

Search for bodies on Norwegian island ends (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2011 01:55 PM PDT Reuters - Norwegian police on Thursday ended a six-day search for bodies on the island where Anders Behring Breivik shot dead 68 people, and said they were increasingly certain he acted alone.

SEBI raises threshold for mandatory takeover offer (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2011 08:27 AM PDT Reuters - The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Thursday raised the ownership trigger for a mandatory takeover offer in a company to 25 percent from 15 percent now, a move that could draw more private equity and other investors into listed companies.

Flu "super antibody" may bring universal shot closer (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2011 12:37 PM PDT Reuters - Scientists have found a flu "super antibody" called FI6 that can fight all types of influenza A viruses that cause disease in humans and animals and say their discovery may be a turning point in the development of new flu treatments.

Monsoon rains slacken in past week (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2011 08:13 AM PDT Reuters - Monsoon rains in August will be crucial for India, one of the world's biggest producers and consumers of sugar and rice, after rainfall was 23 percent below normal in the week to July 27 in a sharp reversal from the previous week.

ONGC posts higher profit in Q1, sees income rising (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2011 08:12 AM PDT Reuters - State-run explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corp on Thursday posted a 12 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by higher crude oil and gas price and held out hope of improving realisations in coming quarters as its subsidy bill eases.

BJP in damage control over $3.6 bln mining scandal (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2011 03:53 AM PDT Reuters - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called on B.S. Yediyurappa, the chief minister of Karnataka, on Thursday to resign over a $3.6 billion illegal mining scandal, trying to regain the initiative as it seeks to tap public anger against widespread graft that could undermine economic growth.

Vodafone, Idea up prepaid call tariffs - sources (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2011 03:53 AM PDT Reuters - Mobile carriers Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular have raised prepaid call tariffs in some regions by about 20 percent, three sources with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

Maruti Suzuki workers end strike - spokesman (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2011 05:13 AM PDT Reuters - Workers at Maruti Suzuki's plant in Haryana ended a strike on Thursday, a spokesman for the company said, adding that production had resumed at the facility after halting for a few hours.

Food inflation at 7.33 pct y/y as on July 16 - govt (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2011 12:07 AM PDT Reuters - India's food price index rose 7.33 percent and the fuel price index climbed 12.12 percent in the year to July 16, government data on Thursday showed.

China's PM visits train crash site, vows through probe (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2011 07:58 AM PDT Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday vowed a thorough and transparent probe into last week's train crash that killed at least 39 people, visiting the crash site in a bid to calm public outrage at the government's handling of the disaster.

Ford bets big on India, to build plant at Sanand in Gujarat (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2011 03:53 AM PDT Reuters - Ford Motor Co plans to build a $900 million production plant at Sanand in Gujarat, doubling its investment in the country, as the U.S. carmaker seeks to catch up with rivals in the second-fastest growing auto market in the world.

Former India goalie Baljit Singh says exclusion one-eyed (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2011 01:04 AM PDT Reuters - Former India goalkeeper Baljit Singh continues to parry shots as well as retirement talk despite being told he was surplus to requirements after damaging his eye two years ago.

Playboy Hugh Hefner accuses ex of lying about sex life (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 09:57 PM PDT Reuters - Playboy founder Hugh Hefner says his former fiance is lying about their sex life, or lack of it.

Maruti workers at Manesar plant on strike (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2011 03:53 AM PDT Reuters - Workers went on strike at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant in Haryana, halting production on Thursday, a spokesman for the company said.

Argentine Aguero says has joined Manchester City (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:49 PM PDT Reuters - Argentina forward Sergio Aguero has completed his move to big-spending Manchester City from Atletico Madrid, he said on his Twitter feed on Wednesday.

Which superhero power would you like most of all? (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jul 2011 03:53 AM PDT Reuters - Of all the powers of all the superheros in all the world, film fans think the most impressive is the quick healing ability of Wolverine, according to a poll.

Norway police face review, think killer acted alone (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jul 2011 07:24 PM PDT Reuters - Police are increasingly certain that mass killer Anders Behring Breivik acted alone, but are leaving no stone unturned in the hunt for collaborators as they try to close one of the bloodiest chapters in Norway's history.

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