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• Clinton wants to improve economic ties in India visit (Reuters)
• Cameron to fly home as corruption storm builds (Reuters)
• S.Africa searches for Mandela's moral compass (Reuters)
• More attacks as Petraeus hands over command in Afghanistan (Reuters)
• Iran warns India over oil export (Reuters)
• India inches forward on major tax reform (Reuters)
• Panel to discuss cash infusion in Air India next week (Reuters)
• Indian economic growth seen hurt by inflation, rate pressures (Reuters)
• Two beheaded, bomb kills police chief in Afghan violence (Reuters)
• Bihar finance minister Modi to head GST panel - Mukherjee (Reuters)
• MCX gold futures extend gains to record; demand muted (Reuters)
• Pakistan Taliban release video showing forces' execution (Reuters)
• Hacking scandal fells Britain's top policeman (Reuters)
• UN court orders Thai, Cambodia troops from temple area (Reuters)
• Fresh Afghan killings mar quiet transition (Reuters)
• Former top Murdoch exec Brooks released on bail - police (Reuters)
• Irish eyes smiling again as Clarke wins Open (Reuters)

Clinton wants to improve economic ties in India visit (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2011 03:17 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hopes to cement gains in ties with emerging global power India during talks in New Delhi on Tuesday while heading off new frictions with fragile U.S. ally Pakistan.

Cameron to fly home as corruption storm builds (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2011 01:26 PM PDT Reuters - David Cameron cut short a trip to Africa and will fly home on Tuesday to defend himself from a scandal that has battered Rupert Murdoch's media empire, forced British police chiefs to resign and raised doubts about the prime minister's judgment.

S.Africa searches for Mandela's moral compass (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2011 08:55 AM PDT Reuters - South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday on Monday with songs by millions of children and calls for public service, but the nation he led out of apartheid is divided by poverty and his ANC movement seems to many to be losing its moral compass.

More attacks as Petraeus hands over command in Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2011 10:19 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. General David Petraeus, Washington's new intelligence chief, handed over command of foreign troops in Afghanistan on Monday but worsening violence cast a shadow over the tentative start of a process to transfer security to Afghan forces.

Iran warns India over oil export (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2011 08:31 AM PDT Reuters - Iran warned India on Monday that it would stop exporting oil to India from August 1 if a financial dispute over payment was not resolved, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

India inches forward on major tax reform (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2011 04:27 AM PDT Reuters - The Congress-led government and main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took a small step towards forging consensus on Monday on introducing the country's first ever nationwide indirect tax, a reform seen as a major tool for faster economic growth in Asia's third largest economy.

Panel to discuss cash infusion in Air India next week (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2011 03:59 AM PDT Reuters - A panel of ministers will meet next week to discuss infusing equity in loss-making state carrier Air India, Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi said on Monday.

Indian economic growth seen hurt by inflation, rate pressures (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2011 02:36 AM PDT Reuters - Economists have scaled down their growth expectations and raised inflation forecasts for the Indian economy, compared with their outlook just 10 weeks ago, a Reuters quarterly poll showed.

Two beheaded, bomb kills police chief in Afghan violence (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2011 04:40 AM PDT Reuters - Two people were beheaded in western Afghanistan on Monday, a week after they were kidnapped with 33 others for apparently supporting the Afghan government, and a police chief in the south of the country was killed by a bomb, officials said.

Bihar finance minister Modi to head GST panel - Mukherjee (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2011 12:32 AM PDT Reuters - Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday Sushil Modi, finance minister of Bihar, will head the panel on Goods and Services Tax, replacing Asim Dasgupta.

MCX gold futures extend gains to record; demand muted (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2011 02:24 AM PDT Reuters - India gold extended gains to a record high on Monday afternoon following firm overseas market and on a weaker rupee, pushing traders to the sidelines in the middle of a seasonally weak demand period, dealers said.

Pakistan Taliban release video showing forces' execution (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2011 04:27 AM PDT Reuters - The Taliban have released a video showing the execution of more than a dozen Pakistani security forces in the northwest last month.

Hacking scandal fells Britain's top policeman (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2011 01:12 AM PDT Reuters - A phone-hacking scandal centred on Rupert Murdoch's News Corp cost Britain's top policeman his job and renewed questions on Monday about Prime Minister David Cameron's judgment.

UN court orders Thai, Cambodia troops from temple area (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jul 2011 03:47 AM PDT Reuters - The highest U.N. court ordered Thailand and Cambodia on Monday to pull their soldiers out of a newly defined demilitarised zone around a disputed temple and to revive talks to resolve the decades-old conflict.

Fresh Afghan killings mar quiet transition (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 10:15 PM PDT Reuters - Gunmen killed an adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a gunbattle in Kabul on Sunday, officials said, hours after a long-promised transition process from foreign troops to Afghan control began under a shroud of secrecy.

Former top Murdoch exec Brooks released on bail - police (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 08:15 PM PDT Reuters - Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News Corp's British newspaper arm News International, was released on bail early on Monday after being questioned over the phone-hacking scandal, the Metropolitan police said in a statement on Monday.

Irish eyes smiling again as Clarke wins Open (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2011 08:28 PM PDT Reuters - Darren Clarke repelled a dynamic charge from Phil Mickelson to complete a runaway three-shot win at the British Open on Sunday, claiming his first major title and becoming the first home winner of the championship for 12 years.

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