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• Plotters shifted Mumbai targets - David Headley (Reuters)
• BRICs: scrap 'obsolete' IMF deal on European chief (Reuters)
• France's Lagarde to launch IMF bid on Wed - source (Reuters)
• Up to 12 mln girls aborted in India over last 30 years - study (Reuters)
• Raina, Morkel power Chennai into IPL final (Reuters)
• India offers $5 bln to Africa, keen to boost ties (Reuters)
• Pakistan returns U.S. helicopter from bin Laden raid (Reuters)
• Netanyahu says will give up some land for peace (Reuters)
• Nadal and Clijsters enjoy contrasting wins (Reuters)
• Men still behaving badly in "Hangover Part II" (Reuters)
• Court rejects bail for Shahid Balwa in telecoms case (Reuters)
• Infosys says gets subpoena from U.S. court on visas (Reuters)
• How did six Pakistan Taliban hold off 100 security forces for 16 hours? (Reuters)
• SPECIAL REPORT - Beyond bin Laden: Britain's fight against jihad (Reuters)
• ANALYSIS - Pakistan militant attack - blueprint for nuclear base raid? (Reuters)
• Giggs misses Manchester United training session (Reuters)
• Pranab: in touch with other finmins to select IMF chief (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - Major deals between India and African countries (Reuters)
• China says unaware of Pakistan naval port proposal (Reuters)

Plotters shifted Mumbai targets - David Headley (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 04:35 PM PDT Reuters - David Headley, the star witness in the U.S. case against the accused planners of the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, said on Tuesday that the list of targets changed as the raids grew near, irritating his Pakistani intelligence contact.

BRICs: scrap 'obsolete' IMF deal on European chief (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 02:15 PM PDT Reuters - IMF directors for five key emerging market economies on Tuesday said it was time to scrap an "obsolete unwritten convention" that requires the head of the International Monetary Fund to be a European.

France's Lagarde to launch IMF bid on Wed - source (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 02:15 PM PDT Reuters - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is planning to announce her candidacy on Wednesday to be the new head of the IMF after the European Union reached a consensus on backing her, diplomatic sources told Reuters.

Up to 12 mln girls aborted in India over last 30 years - study (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 04:16 AM PDT Reuters - Up to 12 million girls were aborted over the last three decades in India by parents that tended to be richer and more educated, a large study in India found, and researchers warned that the figure could rise with falling fertility rates.

Raina, Morkel power Chennai into IPL final (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 12:09 PM PDT Reuters - Suresh Raina and Albie Morkel powered holders Chennai Super Kings into the Indian Premier League final after a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday.

India offers $5 bln to Africa, keen to boost ties (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 06:42 AM PDT Reuters - India stepped up its push to deepen its economic ties with Africa and emerge from the shadow of rival China by offering $5 billion to help the continent rich with minerals and commodities.

Pakistan returns U.S. helicopter from bin Laden raid (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 03:25 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistan has returned to the United States wreckage of a U.S. helicopter destroyed during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, a Pentagon official told Reuters on Tuesday, but the gesture was expected to do little to improve strained ties.

Netanyahu says will give up some land for peace (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 02:15 PM PDT Reuters - Israel is prepared to make "painful compromises" for peace with the Palestinians, including the handover of land they seek for a state, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.S. Congress on Tuesday.

Nadal and Clijsters enjoy contrasting wins (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 02:15 PM PDT Reuters - Rafa Nadal suffered a severe fright before punching the air with both fists in joy as he began his French Open defence on Tuesday with a dogged win over John Isner, while fit-again Kim Clijsters sauntered through her first match.

Men still behaving badly in "Hangover Part II" (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 12:09 PM PDT Reuters - Forget the old line about comedy not getting any respect.

Court rejects bail for Shahid Balwa in telecoms case (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 03:38 AM PDT Reuters - A court on Tuesday rejected for the second time the bail application of Shahid Balwa, the vice chairman of Etisalat's Indian arm, who is charged in the country's biggest corruption scandal.

Infosys says gets subpoena from U.S. court on visas (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 06:29 AM PDT Reuters - Software services exporter Infosys Technologies said on Tuesday it received a subpoena from a grand jury in a U.S. district court that requires the company to provide certain documents and records related to B1 business visas.

How did six Pakistan Taliban hold off 100 security forces for 16 hours? (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 06:15 AM PDT Reuters - A Pakistani Navy commando was the first to detect Taliban militants attacking a naval aviation base in the city of Karachi on Sunday night. He was dead within seconds.

SPECIAL REPORT - Beyond bin Laden: Britain's fight against jihad (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 12:04 AM PDT Reuters - In a community centre in the British Midlands, 12 teenage boys -- all of south Asian descent -- watch intently as Jahan Mahmood unzips a canvas bag and pulls out the dark, angular shape of a World War Two machine gun.

ANALYSIS - Pakistan militant attack - blueprint for nuclear base raid? (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 06:42 AM PDT Reuters - A group of highly-trained militants with night-vision goggles and the collusion of sympathetic Islamist military officials storm a heavily-guarded navy base situated only a few miles from where a unstable Pakistan stores some of its nuclear weapons.

Giggs misses Manchester United training session (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 11:28 AM PDT Reuters - Ryan Giggs missed Manchester United's open training session on Tuesday a day after being named in Parliament as the player at the centre of a high-profile privacy case.

Pranab: in touch with other finmins to select IMF chief (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 12:41 AM PDT Reuters - Indian finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday he was in touch with other finance ministers for the selection of the next IMF chief.

FACTBOX - Major deals between India and African countries (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 06:15 AM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is on a six-day trip to Africa, aiming to strike deeper economic ties with a continent rich in minerals and commodities, but where Asia's third-largest economy lags rival China.

China says unaware of Pakistan naval port proposal (Reuters) Posted: 24 May 2011 05:21 AM PDT Reuters - China said on Tuesday it had not heard of Pakistan's proposal for Beijing to help it build a naval port, pouring cold water on a plan that would likely stoke regional jitters about the two countries' relationship.

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