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• Congress sees victory in several state votes (Reuters)
• Dhoni leads with example, Chennai close to IPL playoff (Reuters)
• SPECIAL REPORT - The bin Laden kill plan (Reuters)
• Rana trial may raise tensions with Pakistan (Reuters)
• Three traders up for next U.S. insider trading trial (Reuters)
• U.S. visa system reform seen key to wooing tourists (Reuters)
• PM Singh says backs Afghan peace plan (Reuters)
• Injured Woods withdraws from Players Championship (Reuters)
• SPECIAL REPORT - "Big Sister" Mamata set to evict Left from Kolkata (Reuters)
• Rahul Gandhi arrested over land conflict (Reuters)
• New Tibetan PM to stick to policy of negotiation with Beijing (Reuters)
• U.S. attacks militants in Pakistan as pressure grows (Reuters)
• Sri Lanka to launch own version of IPL on July 19 (Reuters)
• FEATURE - As China rises, "grand strategy" talk back in style (Reuters)
• Dark drama about school killing spree jolts Cannes (Reuters)
• INTERVIEW - SBI to raise $3-$4 bln offshore this year (Reuters)
• Pakistan praises China ties, opens second nuclear reactor (Reuters)
• Obama urges companies to hire, studies housing moves (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - Regional political heavyweights in India (Reuters)

Congress sees victory in several state votes (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 12:44 PM PDT Reuters - The Congress party's top ally, the Trinamool party, is likely to win West Bengal, a key swing state in India when election results come out on Friday, giving the ruling coalition a basis to hit back at a resurgent opposition.

Dhoni leads with example, Chennai close to IPL playoff (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 12:31 PM PDT Reuters - Chennai Super Kings virtually sealed a playoff berth after fifties from skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Subramaniam Badrinath took them to an 18-run victory over Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League on Thursday.

SPECIAL REPORT - The bin Laden kill plan (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 03:15 PM PDT Reuters - A pivotal moment in the long, tortuous quest to find Osama bin Laden came years before U.S. spy agencies discovered his hermetic compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Rana trial may raise tensions with Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 03:33 AM PDT Reuters - A Pakistani-born man accused of aiding militants in the 2008 Mumbai attacks is set to go on trial in Chicago next week in a legal battle that may worsen strained relations between the United States and Pakistan.

Three traders up for next U.S. insider trading trial (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 03:28 PM PDT Reuters - One frequent courtroom observer of hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam's lengthy insider trading trial was one of his former employees, Zvi Goffer -- and for good reason.

U.S. visa system reform seen key to wooing tourists (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 03:14 PM PDT Reuters - The complicated U.S. visa system hurts tourism and must be reformed if the United States wants to attract lucrative tourism from countries like China, India and Brazil, travel industry officials said on Thursday.

PM Singh says backs Afghan peace plan (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 09:27 AM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on a visit to Afghanistan on Thursday, said India strongly supported a plan by Kabul to reconcile with Taliban-led insurgents, New Delhi's first public backing of the plan.

Injured Woods withdraws from Players Championship (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 03:16 PM PDT Reuters - Tiger Woods' troubles continued as he withdrew from the Players Championship on Thursday through injury after slipping to six over par after the opening nine holes.

SPECIAL REPORT - "Big Sister" Mamata set to evict Left from Kolkata (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 05:51 AM PDT Reuters - Mamata Banerjee clasped a microphone with both hands, beads of sweat clinging to her brow, bathroom sandals on her feet as the crowd of mainly women shouted her campaign slogan, "Mother, Earth, People". Many raised their mobile phones to take pictures, like fans at a rock concert.

Rahul Gandhi arrested over land conflict (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 02:26 AM PDT Reuters - Rahul Gandhi, the heir-apparent of Congress party, was briefly arrested after he joined farmers protesting against land being taken over for a $2 billion highway, underscoring how land disputes are emerging as a political issue.

New Tibetan PM to stick to policy of negotiation with Beijing (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 08:15 AM PDT Reuters - Tibet's government-in-exile is willing to negotiate with Beijing "anytime, anywhere", its new prime minister said on Thursday, suggesting his leadership of the independence movement will not be radically different from that of the Dalai Lama.

U.S. attacks militants in Pakistan as pressure grows (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 10:40 AM PDT Reuters - A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles at militants in Pakistan on Thursday, killing eight of them, Pakistani officials said, in the third such attack since U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden in his Pakistani hideout.

Sri Lanka to launch own version of IPL on July 19 (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 06:06 AM PDT Reuters - Sri Lanka will begin its own version of a Twenty20 league tournament similar to the successful Indian Premier League (IPL) on July 19, the island nation's cricket governing body said on Thursday.

FEATURE - As China rises, "grand strategy" talk back in style (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 09:41 AM PDT Reuters - As China and other new powers rise, foreign ministries, think tanks and international relations schools are focusing once again on interstate "grand strategy" in a way not seen since the Cold War.

Dark drama about school killing spree jolts Cannes (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 06:05 AM PDT Reuters - Wanton cruelty and twisted family dynamics took centre stage in Cannes on Thursday with "We Need to Talk About Kevin", a dark drama in which Tilda Swinton plays the mother of a sadistic son.

INTERVIEW - SBI to raise $3-$4 bln offshore this year (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 07:30 AM PDT Reuters - State Bank of India (SBI) will borrow $3 billion to $4 billion overseas this year and plans a slew of initiatives to reinforce its dominant market position, including entering local bond underwriting, its new chairman told Reuters.

Pakistan praises China ties, opens second nuclear reactor (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 05:36 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's prime minister opened the country's second Chinese-made nuclear power reactor on Thursday, praising "unwavering" support from its long-time ally as Pakistan faces pressure over the discovery of Osama bin Laden.

Obama urges companies to hire, studies housing moves (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2011 05:51 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama urged businesses to "step up" and hire workers, pressing banks and other corporations to do more to help an economy that he said would take "several years" to recover fully.

FACTBOX - Regional political heavyweights in India (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 09:49 PM PDT Reuters - In many states across India's federal system, maverick politicians campaigning on local issues have successfully challenged powerful national parties at the ballot box.

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