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Anna Hazare leaves jail to huge cheers (Reuters)
Kerala temple treasure brings riches, challenges (Reuters)
Indian stocks hit by U.S. selloff in short term - Pranab (Reuters)
Record high price mutes gold demand in India (Reuters)
Actor who played super-hero ill with cancer (Reuters)
Bowling prospect Varun Aaron on fast-track to success (Reuters)
Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets president - govt source (Reuters)
FY12 GDP growth seen at over 8 pct - Ahluwalia (Reuters)
Under-fire oilmin to face PM scrutiny - paper (Reuters)
Scientists find how "sticky" egg captures sperm (Reuters)
BSE Sensex joins global equities rout; techs plunge (Reuters)
Water reservoirs at 67 pct of capacity - govt (Reuters)

Anna Hazare leaves jail to huge cheers (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:14 AM PDT

Reuters - A vast and jubilant crowd cheered as Gandhian activist Anna Hazare walked out of jail in New Delhi on Friday to carry on a hunger strike in public, the latest act in a drama of popular fury over corruption that has put India's government in a bind.

Kerala temple treasure brings riches, challenges (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:57 AM PDT

Reuters - A stream of bare-chested religious devotees step gingerly through metal detectors at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala as armed commandos with AK-47s guard perhaps one of the world's greatest treasures to surface in recent times.

Indian stocks hit by U.S. selloff in short term - Pranab (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 04:46 AM PDT

Reuters - India's stock markets have been affected by the U.S. market sentiments in the short term, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in a statement released after market hours on Friday.

Record high price mutes gold demand in India (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 04:31 AM PDT

Reuters - MUMBAI (Reuters) Indias benchmark gold futures extended gains by more than 2 percent on Friday tailing a rally in the world market, hitting a new peak of 27,887 rupees per 10 grams, and discouraging physical buyers ahead of a slew of festivals and weddings, dealers said.

Actor who played super-hero ill with cancer (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 02:36 AM PDT

Reuters - For Shafiq Sheikh, the irony is tragic.

Bowling prospect Varun Aaron on fast-track to success (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 01:39 AM PDT

Reuters - As India cries out for a pace bowler to add some much-needed bite to its depleted attack, one man in the frame to become a future new ball spearhead believes speed alone cannot guarantee success.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets president - govt source (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 03:05 AM PDT

Reuters - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi met President Thein Sein on Friday, a government source said, the first meeting between the two and the latest olive branch from the army-backed regime that came to power this year after five decades of direct military rule.

FY12 GDP growth seen at over 8 pct - Ahluwalia (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:42 AM PDT

Reuters - The economy is expected to grow at more than 8 percent in the current fiscal year to end-March 2012, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, said on Friday.

Under-fire oilmin to face PM scrutiny - paper (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:28 AM PDT

Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will review the functioning of the oil ministry amid criticism over falling output from a key gas field as well as poor performance of state-run oil firms, the Economic Times reported on Friday quoting unnamed government officials.

Scientists find how "sticky" egg captures sperm (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 11:33 PM PDT

Reuters - Scientists have uncovered exactly how a human egg captures an incoming sperm to begin the process of fertilisation and say their discovery could in future help couples who suffer from infertility.

BSE Sensex joins global equities rout; techs plunge (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:28 AM PDT

Reuters - The BSE Sensex fell as much as 2.2 percent on Friday and is on course to log their fourth straight weekly loss, dragged by a battering of global equities on growing worries that the U.S. economy was sliding back into recession.