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• Obdurate Kallis lifts South Africa (Reuters)
• iGate cancels briefing at which Patni deal was expected (Reuters)
• Ashes decided but pride on the line in Sydney (Reuters)
• Fears high prices will push Afghans back to opium trade (Reuters)
• Iran says no gap in oil exports to India (Reuters)
• Blatter to set up anti-corruption committee (Reuters)
• Pakistan's main govt coalition partner quits (Reuters)
• Pope calls Egypt church attack vile gesture (Reuters)
• Amla fires his way to half-century (Reuters)
• Zaheer dismisses Smith for sixth time in nine tests (Reuters)

Obdurate Kallis lifts South Africa (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2011 10:22 AM PST Reuters - An assured unbeaten 81 by Jacques Kallis put South Africa in command on the first day of the deciding third test against India at Newlands on Sunday.

iGate cancels briefing at which Patni deal was expected (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2011 08:37 AM PST Reuters - U.S. software firm iGate said it cancelled a press conference it had scheduled for Monday, at which it was expected to announce a deal with Apax Partners for a majority stake in India's Patni Computer Services for more than $900 million.

Ashes decided but pride on the line in Sydney (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2011 12:56 AM PST Reuters - The fate of the Ashes was decided last week in Melbourne but with the series and a huge amount of pride still on the line, neither Australia or England are calling this week's fifth test in Sydney a dead rubber.

Fears high prices will push Afghans back to opium trade (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:51 AM PST Reuters - Opium prices have almost doubled after a blight halved production in 2010, Afghan officials said on Sunday, raising fears more farmers would turn to the illicit crop in the absence of profitable alternatives.

Iran says no gap in oil exports to India (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2011 03:33 AM PST Reuters - A senior Iranian Oil Ministry official said on Sunday Iran's oil exports to long-time trading partner India had continued despite a dispute over the method of payment, student news agency ISNA reported.

Blatter to set up anti-corruption committee (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2011 06:28 AM PST Reuters - FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Sunday he wanted to set up an anti-corruption committee after the allegations which shook soccer's governing body last year.

Pakistan's main govt coalition partner quits (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2011 09:08 AM PST Reuters - Pakistan's Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), the second largest party in the ruling coalition, will leave the governing alliance and sit in opposition at the federal level, the party said on Sunday.

Pope calls Egypt church attack vile gesture (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2011 05:00 AM PST Reuters - Pope Benedict on Sunday condemned a bomb blast outside a church in Egypt which killed at least 21 people, the latest in a series of attacks on Christians in the Middle East and Africa.

Amla fires his way to half-century (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2011 07:00 AM PST Reuters - Carefree Hashim Amla fired his way to a half-century but fell before tea as South Africa reached 125 for three at the interval on the first day of the third and decisive test against India at Newlands on Sunday.

Zaheer dismisses Smith for sixth time in nine tests (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jan 2011 03:43 AM PST Reuters - Pace bowler Zaheer Khan dismissed South Africa captain Graeme Smith for the sixth time in nine tests before rain forced the players off the field after only nine overs on the opening day of the third test on Sunday.

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