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• Ratan Tata appears before PAC in 2G scam probe (Reuters)
• India kicks off state polls in first big test for Congress (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - Charges filed telecoms case (Reuters)
• World Cup cut to 10 teams for 2015 and 2019 (Reuters)
• Rajaratnam-Chiesi phone taps spice up trial (Reuters)
• Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes northern India (Reuters)
• Working long hours? Watch out for your heart (Reuters)
• Libya wounded describe siege hell,Turkey seeks peace (Reuters)
• Sept. 11 suspects to be tried at Guantanamo Bay (Reuters)
• U.S. says no deal with BP as it seeks to drill again (Reuters)
• Obama declares himself candidate for re-election (Reuters)
• SC hearing on Karnataka iron ore export ban continues Tuesday (Reuters)
• Japan seeks Russian help to end nuclear crisis (Reuters)
• Japan releases radioactive seawater, uses bath salts to find leak (Reuters)
• Dozens hurt in Bangladesh as protest on women's policy dispersed (Reuters)
• Norway PM seeks to help Telenor in India telco row (Reuters)
• Food inflation seen easing to 8 pct by end-March: adviser (Reuters)

Ratan Tata appears before PAC in 2G scam probe (Reuters) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 07:07 AM PDT Reuters - Ratan Tata appeared on Monday before the parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which is probing the multi-billion dollar telecoms graft scandal that has badly dented the government's credibility and alarmed investors in Asia's third largest economy.

India kicks off state polls in first big test for Congress (Reuters) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 06:07 AM PDT Reuters - Tens of thousands of people in insurgency-racked Assam cast votes on Monday for a state assembly, with the ruling Congress seen as the early favourite in its first big test since it became embroiled in several corruption scandals.

FACTBOX - Charges filed telecoms case (Reuters) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 06:30 AM PDT Reuters - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have charged three telecoms firms, former telecoms minister Andimuthu Raja and several government and company officials with a range of crimes in the multi-billion dollar telecoms licensing scandal, potentially the biggest graft case in Indian history.

World Cup cut to 10 teams for 2015 and 2019 (Reuters) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 10:19 AM PDT Reuters - The 2015 and 2019 World Cups will be contested by 10 teams after the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday confirmed their decision to cut four nations from the tournament.

Rajaratnam-Chiesi phone taps spice up trial (Reuters) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 04:08 PM PDT Reuters - The jury in the high-profile Raj Rajaratnam insider trading trial heard plenty of racy language on phone taps on Monday, even though the judge had deleted portions as being too risque.

Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes northern India (Reuters) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 05:23 AM PDT Reuters - A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck parts of northern India on Monday, officials said, but no damage was immediately reported.

Working long hours? Watch out for your heart (Reuters) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 03:45 PM PDT Reuters - People who regularly work long hours may be significantly increasing their risk of developing heart disease, the world's biggest killer, British scientists said on Monday.

Libya wounded describe siege hell,Turkey seeks peace (Reuters) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 04:19 PM PDT Reuters - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are staging a "massacre" in the besieged city of Misrata, evacuees said on Monday, as Turkey said it was trying to broker a ceasefire to halt the bloodshed.

Sept. 11 suspects to be tried at Guantanamo Bay (Reuters) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 03:57 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama yielded to political opposition on Monday, agreeing to try the self-professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks in a military tribunal at Guantanamo and not in a civilian court as he had promised.

U.S. says no deal with BP as it seeks to drill again (Reuters) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 11:40 AM PDT Reuters - The U.S. government lashed out at companies at the heart of last year's Gulf oil spill on Monday, denying reports it had negotiated a deal with BP to resume drilling.

Obama declares himself candidate for re-election (Reuters) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 12:26 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama declared himself a candidate for re-election in 2012 on Monday, jumping ahead of a slow-starting Republican field and hoping an economic recovery will boost his case for a new term.

SC hearing on Karnataka iron ore export ban continues Tuesday (Reuters) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 05:01 AM PDT Reuters - The Supreme Court will continue a hearing of an appeal against a ban on iron ore exports from Karnataka on Tuesday, judges in the court said on Monday.

Japan seeks Russian help to end nuclear crisis (Reuters) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 10:31 AM PDT Reuters - Japan has asked nuclear superpower Russia to send a special radiation treatment ship used to decommission nuclear submarines to help in its fight to contain the world's worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl, Japanese media said late on Monday.

Japan releases radioactive seawater, uses bath salts to find leak (Reuters) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 07:42 AM PDT Reuters - Japanese engineers were forced on Monday to release radioactive water into the sea while resorting to desperate measures such as using bath salts to try to find the source of leaks at a crippled nuclear power complex hit by a tsunami on March 11.

Dozens hurt in Bangladesh as protest on women's policy dispersed (Reuters) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 01:12 AM PDT Reuters - Dozens of people were injured and over 50 detained as Bangladesh police on Monday clashed with Islamists protesting against a government policy to empower women in the mainly Muslim country, police and witnesses said.

Norway PM seeks to help Telenor in India telco row (Reuters) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 02:17 AM PDT Reuters - Norway's prime minister has lobbied his Indian counterpart to ensure that Norwegian mobile operator Telenor ASA receives "fair treatment" from Indian authorities in a telecoms graft scandal.

Food inflation seen easing to 8 pct by end-March: adviser (Reuters) Posted: 04 Apr 2011 12:26 AM PDT Reuters - The prospect of a good winter harvest is likely to bring down food inflation in India to about 8 percent by end-March, a senior government adviser said on Monday.

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