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• Japanese engineers aim to restore power to avert catastrophe (Reuters)
• U.N. council approves no-fly zone over Libya (Reuters)
• BJP demands PM resign over cash-for-votes scandal (Reuters)
• Dalai Lama vows to devolve power, says leadership outdated (Reuters)
• Kate Middleton dress fetches $105,000 at auction (Reuters)
• Thrilling Windies win keeps England afloat (Reuters)
• Shoaib Akhtar decides time is right to call it quits (Reuters)
• Air India operates more, bigger flights to Japan (Reuters)
• Dream run ends on a losing high for Devvarman (Reuters)
• RBI raises interest rates, further moves seen (Reuters)
• Inflation seen easing to 7-7.5 pct in March: Pranab (Reuters)
• Chinese writer Bi Feiyu wins top Asian book prize (Reuters)
• Japan dumps water on overheating reactor; tries to reconnect power (Reuters)
• Rajaratnam lawyer: information public, not secret (Reuters)
• HCL Tech to send team to Japan; employees can work from home (Reuters)
• England set West Indies 244 to win (Reuters)
• Too early to assess Japan crisis impact - Trade min (Reuters)
• Food inflation at 9.42 pct y/y on March 5 - govt (Reuters)
• Injured Shahzad ruled out of World Cup (Reuters)
• Global alarm mounts as Japan races against time to cool reactors (Reuters)

Japanese engineers aim to restore power to avert catastrophe (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PDT Reuters - Japanese engineers raced on Friday to restore a power cable to a crippled nuclear power plant in the hope of restarting pumps desperately needed to pour cold water on overheating fuel rods and avert a catastrophic release of radiation.

U.N. council approves no-fly zone over Libya (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 04:34 PM PDT Reuters - The U.N. Security Council voted on Thursday to authorize a no-fly zone over Libya and "all necessary measures" -- code for military action -- to protect civilians against leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces.

BJP demands PM resign over cash-for-votes scandal (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 04:33 AM PDT Reuters - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forced parliament to adjourn on Thursday and demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resign over a WikiLeaks report that his party paid bribes to win a confidence vote in 2008, a fresh blow to the scandal-tainted coalition.

Dalai Lama vows to devolve power, says leadership outdated (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PDT Reuters - The Dalai Lama said on Thursday that his leadership was as outdated as a monarchy and insisted he would relinquish a four-century old tradition of power despite opposition from within the Tibetan government-in-exile.

Kate Middleton dress fetches $105,000 at auction (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 01:43 PM PDT Reuters - A dress worn by Prince William's fiancee Kate Middleton at a university fashion show in 2002 which reportedly sparked the royal's interest in his bride-to-be fetched 65,000 pounds ($105,000) on Thursday.

Thrilling Windies win keeps England afloat (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PDT Reuters - England could not overcome their taste for cliffhangers but at least they survived another one against West Indies on Thursday to give themselves a chance of making it to the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

Shoaib Akhtar decides time is right to call it quits (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:54 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar will retire from international cricket after the World Cup, closing one of the most colourful careers in the sport.

Air India operates more, bigger flights to Japan (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 04:47 AM PDT Reuters - State carrier Air India has started flights with bigger capacities to Tokyo and has increased their frequency to help bring back Indians from Japan as concerns about the spreading nuclear crisis worsened.

Dream run ends on a losing high for Devvarman (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 01:27 AM PDT Reuters - Indian qualifier Somdev Devvarman ended a dream run at the Indian Wells ATP tournament on Wednesday on a high, despite losing 7-5 6-4 to world number one Rafa Nadal in the fourth round.

RBI raises interest rates, further moves seen (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 03:41 AM PDT Reuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised interest rates on Thursday for the eighth time since last March, in line with expectations, and warned both of inflationary pressures and emerging risks to growth.

Inflation seen easing to 7-7.5 pct in March: Pranab (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 03:02 AM PDT Reuters - India's headline inflation may ease to 7-7.5 percent in March and the central bank's latest rate increase will have an impact on inflationary pressures, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday.

Chinese writer Bi Feiyu wins top Asian book prize (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 09:32 AM PDT Reuters - Chinese writer Bi Feiyu's account of life during the Cultural Revolution won the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize on Thursday, making a hat-trick of wins for Chinese writers since the prize's inception in 2007.

Japan dumps water on overheating reactor; tries to reconnect power (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 08:08 AM PDT Reuters - Japanese military helicopters and fire trucks poured water on an overheating nuclear facility on Thursday and the plant operator said electricity to part of the crippled complex could be restored in a desperate bid to avert catastrophe.

Rajaratnam lawyer: information public, not secret (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 10:14 PM PDT Reuters - Accused hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam did not get secrets about Advanced Micro Devices Inc and eBay Inc from a former high-placed friend because the information was already public, his lawyer argued at trial on Wednesday.

HCL Tech to send team to Japan; employees can work from home (Reuters) Posted: 16 Mar 2011 11:20 PM PDT Reuters - HCL Technologies said it will send a senior level delegation to quake-hit Japan to support its employees, and the Indian software services firm will also give employees an option to work from alternate locations.

England set West Indies 244 to win (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 06:21 AM PDT Reuters - England set West Indies 244 to win after none of their batsmen could reach the half-century mark in the World Cup Group B match on Thursday.

Too early to assess Japan crisis impact - Trade min (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 02:22 AM PDT Reuters - It is too early to determine the impact of Japanese crisis on trade with India, Trade Minister Anand Sharma said on Thursday.

Food inflation at 9.42 pct y/y on March 5 - govt (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 12:07 AM PDT Reuters - The food price index rose 9.42 percent and the fuel price index climbed 12.79 percent in the year to March 5, government data on Thursday showed.

Injured Shahzad ruled out of World Cup (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 04:07 AM PDT Reuters - England fast bowler Ajmal Shahzad was ruled out of the World Cup on Thursday with a hamstring problem to add to his team's injury woes, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said in a statement.

Global alarm mounts as Japan races against time to cool reactors (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 12:07 AM PDT Reuters - Operators of a quake-crippled nuclear plant in Japan dumped water on overheating reactors on Thursday while the United States expressed growing alarm about leaking radiation and said it was sending aircraft to help Americans leave the country.

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