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• Another HSBC client pleads guilty to tax evasion (Reuters)
• India, China take steps to ease disputes, enhance trade (Reuters)
• Stillbirth: A silent tragedy haunts the world's poor (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - Some facts about stillbirths (Reuters)
• Valthaty hits ton, Punjab and Pune record home victories (Reuters)
• Rajaratnam trial prosecutor raises temperature (Reuters)
• Brain shrinks a decade before Alzheimer's appears (Reuters)
• "BRICS" to reject use of force in Middle East, N.Africa (Reuters)
• Tamil Nadu goes to polls in test for Congress (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - State polls, a test for scandal-tainted Congress (Reuters)
• Lashkar-e-Taiba expanding, India still main target (Reuters)
• Kashmiri militants watch India-Pakistan talks but ready to fight (Reuters)
• Russian buys historic space capsule for $2.9 million (Reuters)
• Rajaratnam defence takes aim at Goldman evidence (Reuters)
• Raja, other executives go on trial; court defers hearing (Reuters)
• Court puts Raja, others on trial in 2G scam (Reuters)
• Residential property prices to dip as buyers stay away (Reuters)
• First official monsoon forecast April 19 - Met office (Reuters)

Another HSBC client pleads guilty to tax evasion (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 02:14 PM PDT Reuters - A client of HSBC Holdings Plc's India unit pleaded guilty to tax evasion on Wednesday, the latest case to potentially enmesh the UK bank in the expanding U.S. probe of banks that lure tax dodgers.

India, China take steps to ease disputes, enhance trade (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 07:38 AM PDT Reuters - India and China have agreed to restore defence ties and will exchange visits by their top leaders as well as take steps to enhance their balance of trade, India's National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon said on Wednesday.

Stillbirth: A silent tragedy haunts the world's poor (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 04:06 PM PDT Reuters - More than 2.6 million pregnancies a year end in stillbirth, a tragedy which mostly hits women in poor countries and accounts for more deaths than AIDS and malaria combined, researchers said on Wednesday.

FACTBOX - Some facts about stillbirths (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 04:17 PM PDT Reuters - Some 2.6 million stillbirths occurred worldwide in 2009, according to the first comprehensive set of estimates published on Wednesday in a series of papers in the Lancet medical journal.

Valthaty hits ton, Punjab and Pune record home victories (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 12:28 PM PDT Reuters - Paul Valthaty struck the first century of the fourth Indian Premier League as Kings XI Punjab humbled Chennai Super Kings while Pune Warriors also claimed a home victory against Kochi Tuskers Kerala on Wednesday.

Rajaratnam trial prosecutor raises temperature (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 03:20 PM PDT Reuters - A prosecutor took a combative tone with a key defense witness at Raj Rajaratnam's insider trading trial on Wednesday, trying to poke holes in arguments that the Galleon Group founder's trades were based on research and published reports.

Brain shrinks a decade before Alzheimer's appears (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 04:29 PM PDT Reuters - Brain scans of healthy people showed signs that the brain was shrinking in Alzheimer's-affected areas nearly a decade before the disease was diagnosed, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

"BRICS" to reject use of force in Middle East, N.Africa (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 08:36 AM PDT Reuters - Leaders from five of the world's largest emerging economies will reject the use of force in the Middle East and North Africa at a summit on Thursday, urging instead dialogue and non-intervention, according to a draft statement.

Tamil Nadu goes to polls in test for Congress (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 07:48 AM PDT Reuters - Tamil Nadu went to the polls on Wednesday in an election that is seen as testing the extent of public anger against the ruling Congress party battling a string of corruption scandals and high food prices.

FACTBOX - State polls, a test for scandal-tainted Congress (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 02:12 AM PDT Reuters - Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry went to the polls on Wednesday, the first test for the ruling Congress party since it was hit by corruption scandals and high food prices last year.

Lashkar-e-Taiba expanding, India still main target (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 07:00 AM PDT Reuters - A top U.S. military commander expressed concern to Congress on Tuesday about the expanding reach of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, warning it was no longer solely focused on India or even South Asia.

Kashmiri militants watch India-Pakistan talks but ready to fight (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 12:58 AM PDT Reuters - Militants on the Pakistan side of divided Kashmir say they will give new talks with India a chance but they have little faith they will succeed and believe it is only a matter of time before they will have to fight again.

Russian buys historic space capsule for $2.9 million (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 07:36 AM PDT Reuters - A Russian businessman bought a piece of history when he paid nearly $2.9 million at auction for the Vostok 3KA-2 capsule the Soviet Union launched on a test flight before sending the first human into space.

Rajaratnam defence takes aim at Goldman evidence (Reuters) Posted: 12 Apr 2011 10:37 PM PDT Reuters - Hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam's trial defence on Tuesday tried to deflect prosecution evidence that he traded on inside information about Wall Street's most influential bank, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, at the height of the 2008 financial crisis.

Raja, other executives go on trial; court defers hearing (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 10:32 AM PDT Reuters - Former telecoms minister Andimuthu Raja and six business executives indicted in the country's biggest case of corruption went on trial on Wednesday, but the hearing was deferred to settle last- minute bail applications from the defendants.

Court puts Raja, others on trial in 2G scam (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 07:00 AM PDT Reuters - A special CBI court on Wednesday put on trial the first set of officials and businessmen indicted in the country's biggest corruption case, a multi-billion dollar telecoms scandal that has weakened the government and put off some foreign investors.

Residential property prices to dip as buyers stay away (Reuters) Posted: 13 Apr 2011 03:12 AM PDT Reuters - Weighed down by a piling up inventory as customers stay away, property prices in India's key markets are slated to decline, while in other cities the trend is likely to be divergent .

First official monsoon forecast April 19 - Met office (Reuters) Posted: 12 Apr 2011 11:35 PM PDT Reuters - The first official forecast for the June to September monsoon will be made on April 19, Ajit Tyagi, director general of the India Meteorological Department, said on Wednesday.

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