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• Siachen focus of India, Pakistan talks (Reuters)
• Monsoon rains hit mainland two days early (Reuters)
• Clashes over Sri Lanka pension plan hurt 23 (Reuters)
• FIFA scandal deepens, Blatter denies crisis talk (Reuters)
• Sacked Afridi quits international arena (Reuters)
• India takes unique path to lower carbon emissions (Reuters)
• Suicide bombers launch twin attacks in west Afghanistan (Reuters)
• Iran hopes to agree oil payments with India by Tuesday (Reuters)
• Vettel rules in crash-hit Monaco (Reuters)
• NATO air strike kills civilians, Afghans say most were (Reuters)
• FIFA hit by "bought" World Cup claim (Reuters)
• India, Pakistan talk demilitarising Siachen glacier (Reuters)
• Blatter cleared, top FIFA officials suspended (Reuters)

Siachen focus of India, Pakistan talks (Reuters) Posted: 30 May 2011 07:02 AM PDT Reuters - A military standoff on the world's highest battlefield is the focus of a fresh round of talks between India and Pakistan, and any progress on one of the least thorny issues may give a boost to a tortuous peace process between the nuclear-armed rivals.

Monsoon rains hit mainland two days early (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2011 10:17 PM PDT Reuters - India's annual monsoon rains have hit Kerala two days earlier than expected, weather officials said on Sunday, boosting prospects for a harvest that could spur Asia's third-largest economy.

Clashes over Sri Lanka pension plan hurt 23 (Reuters) Posted: 30 May 2011 12:08 PM PDT Reuters - Sri Lanka's trade unions on Monday threatened to shut down the Indian Ocean nation's free trade zones after clashes between police and workers striking over a private pension proposal left at least 23 injured.

FIFA scandal deepens, Blatter denies crisis talk (Reuters) Posted: 30 May 2011 03:23 PM PDT Reuters - FIFA president Sepp Blatter, facing a deepening corruption scandal including accusations that Qatar bought the right to stage the 2022 World Cup, denied there was a crisis and described the problems as local difficulties on Monday.

Sacked Afridi quits international arena (Reuters) Posted: 30 May 2011 01:42 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who was recently sacked as one-day captain, announced his retirement from international cricket on Monday.

India takes unique path to lower carbon emissions (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2011 08:08 PM PDT Reuters - With four times the population of the United States, an economy growing 8-9 percent a year and surging energy demand, India's race to become an economic power has propelled it to No. 3 in the list of top carbon polluters.

Suicide bombers launch twin attacks in west Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 30 May 2011 09:16 AM PDT Reuters - Taliban insurgents led by suicide bombers launched attacks on an Italian military base and near a government building in the main city in Afghanistan's west on Monday, killing four people and wounding dozens, officials said.

Iran hopes to agree oil payments with India by Tuesday (Reuters) Posted: 30 May 2011 05:13 AM PDT Reuters - Iran hopes to resolve a payments impasse with India over oil shipments by Tuesday, the country's envoy to India, Seyed Mahdi Nabizadeh, said on Monday.

Vettel rules in crash-hit Monaco (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2011 10:50 PM PDT Reuters - Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel notched up his fifth victory in six races after winning a thrilling crash-hit Monaco Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday.

NATO air strike kills civilians, Afghans say most were (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2011 09:03 PM PDT Reuters - An air strike by NATO-led troops in southern Afghanistan killed at least nine civilians, NATO and Afghan officials said on Sunday, and many of the victims were children.

FIFA hit by "bought" World Cup claim (Reuters) Posted: 30 May 2011 07:49 AM PDT Reuters - Accusations that Qatar bought the right to stage the 2022 World Cup deepened the corruption crisis at the heart of FIFA on Monday just as an apparently unscathed Sepp Blatter prepared to claim another term as president.

India, Pakistan talk demilitarising Siachen glacier (Reuters) Posted: 30 May 2011 12:57 AM PDT Reuters - India and Pakistan on Monday began their first attempt in three years to demilitarise the Siachen glacier, the world's highest battlefield in the Himalayan region, that has claimed the lives of hundreds of soldiers.

Blatter cleared, top FIFA officials suspended (Reuters) Posted: 29 May 2011 09:14 PM PDT Reuters - FIFA's ethics committee cleared president Sepp Blatter of any wrongdoing as two of soccer's most senior officials were suspended on Sunday in the worst corruption scandal to blight the sport's governing body.

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