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• Anna Hazare "allowed to fast for 15 days" (Reuters)
• India faces risk of its own Arab Spring over anti-graft protests (Reuters)
• China speeds past India's slow train to Himalayas (Reuters)
• Beetel launches 9,999 rupee tablet computer (Reuters)
• Strauss optimistic that Anderson will play fourth Test (Reuters)
• Asia's wealthy park cash in cars, homes, art and wine (Reuters)
• England refocus after reaching cricket summit (Reuters)
• Govt may consider more rice exports - food min (Reuters)
• "Lost" penguin heading home in style on NZ research ship (Reuters)
• Protests swell as Anna Hazare fasts (Reuters)
• Anna Hazare fasts in stand-off with government (Reuters)

Anna Hazare "allowed to fast for 15 days" (Reuters) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 05:27 PM PDT Reuters - Anna Hazare, whose jailing sparked protests across the country, has accepted a police offer to fast in a New Delhi park for 15 days, the leading anti-graft campaigner's aide Kiran Bedi said on Thursday.

India faces risk of its own Arab Spring over anti-graft protests (Reuters) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 05:42 AM PDT Reuters - An anti-corruption movement led by the feisty 74-year-old social activist Anna Hazare is snowballing into one of the biggest challenges in decades for the ruling Congress party and if not contained risks sparking India's own version of an Arab Spring revolt.

China speeds past India's slow train to Himalayas (Reuters) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:49 PM PDT Reuters - India's struggle to build a railway to troubled Kashmir has become a symbol of the infrastructure gap with neighbouring China, whose speed in building road and rail links is giving it a strategic edge on the mountainous frontier.

Beetel launches 9,999 rupee tablet computer (Reuters) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 06:24 AM PDT Reuters - Beetel Teletech, part of Bharti Enterprises that controls top mobile carrier Bharti Airtel, launched a tablet computer priced at 9,999 rupees ($220) on Wednesday.

Strauss optimistic that Anderson will play fourth Test (Reuters) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 10:06 AM PDT Reuters - England captain Andrew Strauss expressed optimism on Wednesday that his leading strike bowler James Anderson will be fit for the fourth and final test against India at the Oval.

Asia's wealthy park cash in cars, homes, art and wine (Reuters) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 08:40 PM PDT Reuters - Adrian Tan owns two Mercedes sedans and is looking to buy a third car. The 36-year-old financial trader was shopping with his wife on a Singapore street lined with luxury car dealerships and said he may stick with Mercedes or go for an Audi or a BMW.

England refocus after reaching cricket summit (Reuters) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 07:40 PM PDT Reuters - England have already set new goals after reaching the coveted number one spot in the world rankings at the expense of India who face an unenviable task in the fourth test starting on Thursday.

Govt may consider more rice exports - food min (Reuters) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 02:26 AM PDT Reuters - The government may consider more non-basmati rice exports in addition to one million tonnes already approved, Food Minister K.V. Thomas said on Wednesday, as part of its efforts to trim bulging stocks.

"Lost" penguin heading home in style on NZ research ship (Reuters) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 09:20 PM PDT Reuters - A young Emperor penguin that captured global attention when it washed up on a New Zealand beach after straying thousands of kilometres from home will be head back to the subantarctic aboard a research vessel and in a specially designed cage.

Protests swell as Anna Hazare fasts (Reuters) Posted: 17 Aug 2011 07:46 AM PDT Reuters - Protests swelled across India on Wednesday in support of self-styled Gandhian Anna Hazare fasting to the death in jail, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's struggling government at a loss over how to end the standoff.

Anna Hazare fasts in stand-off with government (Reuters) Posted: 16 Aug 2011 09:20 PM PDT Reuters - India's leading anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare fasted in Tihar jail on Wednesday after refusing a police release order, a stand-off that has sparked nationwide demonstrations and widespread derision at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government.

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