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• No sign yet of joint BRICS IMF candidate: Govt source (Reuters)
• Sania Mirza, Vesnina lose women's doubles final (Reuters)
• Mayawati unveils pro-farmer land bill (Reuters)
• Bahrain reinstated, India to end season (Reuters)
• Pakistan, U.S. agree to resume joint intel ops - Foreign Ministry (Reuters)
• Music festivals rock India as middle-class grows (Reuters)
• Sukanya Roy wins U.S. spelling bee with 'cymotrichous' (Reuters)
• 30 years on, AIDS fight may tilt more to treatment (Reuters)
• Hackers attack another Sony network, post data (Reuters)
• Reliance disappoints at shareholder meet, shares fall (Reuters)
• Bahrain decision not about money - Ecclestone (Reuters)
• Abracadabra! Taiwan magician survives burial stunt (Reuters)
• Reliance Inds sees govt approval for BP deal in few weeks (Reuters)
• Airline recovery threatened by weak global economy (Reuters)
• Reliance Industries chair says to aggressively invest in retail (Reuters)
• Global study reveals climate picture of peril for millions of poor (Reuters)
• Indian services growth slides to 20-month low - PMI (Reuters)

No sign yet of joint BRICS IMF candidate: Govt source (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 04:47 AM PDT Reuters - The BRICS group of fast-growing economies has yet to build consensus behind an emerging markets candidate to head the International Monetary Fund, two Indian sources said, a sign that efforts to nominate a joint candidate may be losing steam.

Sania Mirza, Vesnina lose women's doubles final (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 10:15 AM PDT Reuters - Unseeded Czech duo Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka won the women's doubles final at the French Open on Friday after dominating India's Sania Mirza and Russia's Elena Vesnina 6-4 6-3.

Mayawati unveils pro-farmer land bill (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:52 PM PDT Reuters - Mayawati, chief minister of India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, has unveiled a new land acquisition policy, local media reported on Friday, making it easier and more lucrative for farmers to sell land in the face of growing anger over land acquisition for industry.

Bahrain reinstated, India to end season (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 08:32 AM PDT Reuters - The Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix, postponed in March due to violent civil unrest, will go ahead on Oct. 30 with India moving to the end of the season, the governing FIA said on Friday.

Pakistan, U.S. agree to resume joint intel ops - Foreign Ministry (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 11:14 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan and the United States have agreed to resume joint intelligence operations against Islamist militants, the Pakistani foreign ministry said on Friday, in a first step toward rebuilding trust between the two countries.

Music festivals rock India as middle-class grows (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 09:45 AM PDT Reuters - For much of the year, the central Himalayan town of Naukuchiatal sees a steady trickle of tourists who come for its majestic nine-cornered lake and lush, green landscape.

Sukanya Roy wins U.S. spelling bee with 'cymotrichous' (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:00 AM PDT Reuters - Most people could not spell "cymotrichous" with a dictionary, but a 14-year-old girl from Pennsylvania, Sukanya Roy, spelled the word on Thursday to win the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

30 years on, AIDS fight may tilt more to treatment (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 01:04 AM PDT Reuters - After 30 years of AIDS prevention efforts, global leaders may now need to shift their focus to spending more on drugs used to treat the disease as new data show this is also the best way to prevent the virus from spreading.

Hackers attack another Sony network, post data (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:49 AM PDT Reuters - Hackers broke into Sony Corp's computer networks and accessed the information of more than 1 million customers to show the vulnerability of the electronic giant's systems, the latest of several security breaches undermining confidence in the company.

Reliance disappoints at shareholder meet, shares fall (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 03:53 AM PDT Reuters - Reliance Industries will work with BP Plc to address production issues at its key gas block in India, its chairman said at the firm's annual meeting on Friday, but its shares fell as investors were disappointed by a lack of specifics.

Bahrain decision not about money - Ecclestone (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 02:41 AM PDT Reuters - A decision on whether to reschedule the postponed Bahrain grand prix will have nothing to do with money and is about satisfying safety concerns, Formula One commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Friday.

Abracadabra! Taiwan magician survives burial stunt (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:20 PM PDT Reuters - A Taiwan magician who had himself buried alive under tonnes of dirt, leaving only his hand free, successfully reached his goal of enduring for 100 hours despite an apparent panic attack only three hours after beginning.

Reliance Inds sees govt approval for BP deal in few weeks (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 02:41 AM PDT Reuters - India's largest listed firm Reliance Industries expects government approval for its deal with BP Plc in the next few weeks, Chairman Mukesh Ambani said at the company's annual shareholder meeting on Friday.

Airline recovery threatened by weak global economy (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:06 PM PDT Reuters - Global airline executives may be forced to slash industry profit expectations at their major annual conference next week as fears grow of a relapse in the world economy.

Reliance Industries chair says to aggressively invest in retail (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2011 12:00 AM PDT Reuters - Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries plans to invest aggressively in its retail business and will launch cash-and-carry, or wholesale, outlets, Chairman Mukesh Ambani said at the company's annual shareholder meeting on Friday.

Global study reveals climate picture of peril for millions of poor (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 05:40 PM PDT Reuters - Millions of people already living in poverty are on a collision course with hotter and more variable weather that threatens crop yields and livestock, a global study on climate change "hotspots" has found.

Indian services growth slides to 20-month low - PMI (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:38 PM PDT Reuters - India's services sector expanded at its slowest pace in 20 months in May as soaring prices and interest rate hikes gnawed at new business growth and reduced the level of optimism, a survey showed on Friday.

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