Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

---

• Pakistan relying too much on China against U.S. (Reuters)
• U.S. avoids default but fails to dispel economy fears (Reuters)
• India's extra spending won't impact fiscal gap target-finmin (Reuters)
• HIV epidemics emerging in M.East, N.Africa - study (Reuters)
• U.S. debt fight nears end; downgrade threat remains (Reuters)
• HDFC raises retail lending rate by 50 bps (Reuters)
• Pakistan, U.S. try to narrow differences as officials meet (Reuters)
• Sehwag flies in to join England tour for final two tests (Reuters)
• Harbhajan, Fletcher face wrath after Trent Bridge defeat (Reuters)
• SPECIAL REPORT - In Breivik's past, few clues to troubled future (Reuters)
• U.S. House passes debt bill, wards off default risk (Reuters)

Pakistan relying too much on China against U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 08:01 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's quick response to charges by China that militants involved in attacks in Xinjiang had trained on its soil shows the importance of its ties with Beijing, but it could be a mistake for Islamabad if it relies too much on China.

U.S. avoids default but fails to dispel economy fears (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:13 PM PDT Reuters - The United States stepped back from the brink of default on Tuesday but congressional approval of a last-gasp deficit-cutting plan failed to dispel fears of a credit downgrade and future feuds over taxes and spending.

India's extra spending won't impact fiscal gap target-finmin (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 05:03 AM PDT Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) The government on Tuesday sought parliamentary approval for a net 90.16 billion rupees ($2.04 billion) extra spend in the current fiscal year ending March and said the additional expenses will not impact its fiscal deficit and borrowing targets.

HIV epidemics emerging in M.East, N.Africa - study (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 04:52 PM PDT Reuters - Epidemics of HIV are emerging among gay and bisexual men in the Middle East and North Africa and high levels of risky sexual behaviour threaten to spread the AIDS virus further in the region, researchers said on Tuesday.

U.S. debt fight nears end; downgrade threat remains (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 08:39 AM PDT Reuters - Congress was poised on Tuesday to grant final approval to a deficit-cutting package that will avert a U.S. debt default but may not be enough to prevent a damaging downgrade of the top-notch American credit rating.

HDFC raises retail lending rate by 50 bps (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 08:40 AM PDT Reuters - Housing Development Finance Corp, India's top mortgage lender, said it had raised its retail prime lending rate on housing loans by 50 basis points with effect from Aug 1.

Pakistan, U.S. try to narrow differences as officials meet (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 02:28 PM PDT Reuters - The United States and Pakistan are working to smooth over travel curbs which Islamabad has imposed on U.S. diplomats, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday, the latest strain in ties that have worsened since the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Sehwag flies in to join England tour for final two tests (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 12:48 AM PDT Reuters - Virender Sehwag will join his Indian team mates on Wednesday, boosting the tourists' hopes of fielding their regular openers for the remaining two tests against a dominant England side, who have already raced to a 2-0 lead in the four-match series.

Harbhajan, Fletcher face wrath after Trent Bridge defeat (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 11:47 PM PDT Reuters - India's morale-sapping second test humiliation against England has triggered a desperate wave of soul-searching back home with some former players questioning spinner Harbhajan Singh's place in the side and the appointment of coach Duncan Fletcher.

SPECIAL REPORT - In Breivik's past, few clues to troubled future (Reuters) Posted: 02 Aug 2011 07:47 AM PDT Reuters - On a taxi ride to his farmhouse the day before he killed 77 people, Anders Behring Breivik talked easily of a future he must have known would never come.

U.S. House passes debt bill, wards off default risk (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 08:21 PM PDT Reuters - A last-gasp deal to raise the U.S. borrowing limit cleared its biggest hurdle in Congress on Monday, warding off the risk of a debt default after weeks of partisan feuding that damaged America's image abroad.

You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610