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• Dayanidhi Maran quits over telecoms case - source (Reuters)
• Hack job! Murdoch axes paper to save deal (Reuters)
• Pakistan may have okayed journalist's death - Mullen (Reuters)
• China warns U.S. officials not to meet Dalai Lama (Reuters)
• Rain halts India as Harbhajan claims 400th wicket (Reuters)
• Pushing Western medicine with fear in India (Reuters)
• India says EU deal won't hit AIDS drugs supply - U.N. (Reuters)
• Pakistan denies N.Korea bribe for nuclear technology (Reuters)
• Fuel, food inflation ease; price pressures remain (Reuters)
• Panel okays bill calling for mining profit share (Reuters)
• U.S. now believes Qaeda leader Kashmiri is dead (Reuters)
• Harbhajan crucial for India in England, says Gambhir (Reuters)
• Monsoon rains 25 pct below normal in past week (Reuters)
• News Corp to close News of the World (Reuters)
• Inspired by Hollywood, Bollywood flirts with technology (Reuters)
• Murdoch hacking crisis deepens with war dead outcry (Reuters)
• India to sell Bangladesh power, build coal plant (Reuters)
• At least 31 killed in Uttar Pradesh rail accident (Reuters)

Dayanidhi Maran quits over telecoms case - source (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 02:37 AM PDT Reuters - Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran has resigned, a source in the prime minister's office said on Thursday, a day after the CBI said they were investigating him for his role in a multi-billion dollar telecoms corruption scandal.

Hack job! Murdoch axes paper to save deal (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 02:24 PM PDT Reuters - In an astonishing response to a scandal engulfing his media empire, Rupert Murdoch shut down the News of the World on Thursday, Britain's biggest selling Sunday newspaper.

Pakistan may have okayed journalist's death - Mullen (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 03:19 PM PDT Reuters - The slaying of a Pakistani journalist in late May apparently was sanctioned by elements of the Islamabad government, the top-ranking U.S. military officer said on Thursday, adding that he could not confirm involvement of the country's powerful intelligence service.

China warns U.S. officials not to meet Dalai Lama (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 04:34 PM PDT Reuters - China's Foreign Ministry warned U.S. officials on Thursday not to meet with visiting exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, saying it hoped Washington "appropriately dealt" with Tibet-related issues.

Rain halts India as Harbhajan claims 400th wicket (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 03:32 PM PDT Reuters - India bowled out West Indies for 204 on a second rain-affected day of the third test in Dominica on Thursday as fast bowler Ishant Sharma finished with figures of five for 77.

Pushing Western medicine with fear in India (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 10:54 AM PDT Reuters - If you sleep less than six hours a night, you are increasing your risk of developing or dying from heart disease by 48 percent.

India says EU deal won't hit AIDS drugs supply - U.N. (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:52 AM PDT Reuters - India has promised not to link a proposed trade deal with the European Union with limiting its production of generic HIV/AIDS drugs, the United Nations said on Thursday, giving hope to millions of infected patients but underlining the hurdles for the controversial pact.

Pakistan denies N.Korea bribe for nuclear technology (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 10:54 AM PDT Reuters - A retired Pakistani general strongly denied on Thursday a report that he took $3 million in cash in exchange for helping smuggle nuclear technology to North Korea in the late 1990s, while the nation's foreign office called the story "preposterous."

Fuel, food inflation ease; price pressures remain (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 03:05 AM PDT Reuters - Fuel inflation eased in late June on lower petrol and other decontrolled (or market-determined) fuel prices, but the recent hike in state-set fuel prices is seen keeping headline inflation high and pressure the Reserve Bank to raise rates further later this month.

Panel okays bill calling for mining profit share (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 09:19 AM PDT Reuters - A panel of ministers on Thursday approved a new bill calling for coal miners to share a maximum 26 percent of their profits with local communities, a government source said.

U.S. now believes Qaeda leader Kashmiri is dead (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 09:59 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. counter-terrorism agencies have concluded that a senior al Qaeda leader implicated in terrorist plots in South Asia and Europe is dead, a U.S. official said, following weeks of conflicting reports on his fate.

Harbhajan crucial for India in England, says Gambhir (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 09:59 AM PDT Reuters - Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh will shrug off his indifferent form and will be a crucial bowler for India during their tour of England, vice-captain Gautam Gambhir said on Thursday.

Monsoon rains 25 pct below normal in past week (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 04:22 AM PDT Reuters - India's key monsoon rains were 25 percent below normal in the week to July 6, a sharp reversal from the 10 percent above average rains in the previous week, the weather office said on Thursday, reflecting a predicted lull in the monsoon's progress.

News Corp to close News of the World (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 10:13 AM PDT Reuters - Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation will close its tabloid News of the World after this Sunday's edition, as a result of an escalating phone hacking scandal, James Murdoch said on Thursday.

Inspired by Hollywood, Bollywood flirts with technology (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:28 AM PDT Reuters - Don't look for an Indian "Avatar" anytime soon, but Bollywood, inspired by the success of blockbusters such as "Transformers," is starting to take special effects seriously.

Murdoch hacking crisis deepens with war dead outcry (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 06:30 AM PDT Reuters - A scandal rocking Rupert Murdoch's media empire deepened on Thursday with claims his best-selling News of the World paper hacked the phones of relatives of British soldiers killed in action.

India to sell Bangladesh power, build coal plant (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:26 AM PDT Reuters - India will sell 500 megawatts of electricity to Bangladesh and half of it will be available by the end of 2012 or early 2013, Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna said on Thursday.

At least 31 killed in Uttar Pradesh rail accident (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jul 2011 09:51 PM PDT Reuters - At least 31 people were killed in Uttar Pradesh when a train rammed into a bus driving over a railway crossing, officials said on Thursday.

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