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• Home Minister Chidambaram offers to resign - TV (Reuters)
• Activists threaten industry shutdown in Hyderabad (Reuters)
• Power to fight global slowdown lacking - Subbarao (Reuters)
• Reality punctures India's wishful economic thinking (Reuters)
• SPECIAL REPORT - How a rogue trader crashed UBS (Reuters)
• Libyan interim government forces close in on Sirte (Reuters)
• Blackburn to tour India early next month (Reuters)
• Latin Grammys name Shakira person of the year (Reuters)
• More youngsters having unsafe sex - global study (Reuters)
• Charlie Sheen settles lawsuit over "Men" firing (Reuters)
• Cancer cost "becoming unsustainable" in rich nations (Reuters)
• India silver, gold slide with world markets (Reuters)
• Defence ministry puts Mazagon-Pipavav JV on ice (Reuters)
• High inflation 'inimical to growth' - Subbarao (Reuters)
• Elmo and Harry Potter among top 20 holiday toys (Reuters)
• Olympian Carl Lewis drops New Jersey political race (Reuters)

Home Minister Chidambaram offers to resign - TV (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 08:59 AM PDT Reuters - Several TV channels said Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram offered to resign on Monday, days after a document emerged suggesting he failed to stop the multi-billion dollar telecoms scam that has rocked the government.

Activists threaten industry shutdown in Hyderabad (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 08:20 AM PDT Reuters - Protesters leading a massive public sector strike that has caused power cuts, delayed trains and shut schools threatened on Monday to shut down business in Hyderabad for a day later this week.

Power to fight global slowdown lacking - Subbarao (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 11:27 AM PDT Reuters - Policymakers around the world lack the monetary and fiscal fire power they possessed in 2008 to fight a renewed global slowdown, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) chief said on Monday.

Reality punctures India's wishful economic thinking (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 03:29 AM PDT Reuters - To plan based on the best-case scenario is to tempt fate, as India's economic policymakers have learned the hard way.

SPECIAL REPORT - How a rogue trader crashed UBS (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 11:13 AM PDT Reuters - Late last Friday afternoon, as Formula One teams readied their cars for a practice session ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix, the entrance hall of the nearby Ritz-Carlton buzzed with activity.

Libyan interim government forces close in on Sirte (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:13 PM PDT Reuters - Libyan provisional government forces have closed in on Muammar Gaddafi loyalists holed up in Sirte, one of the last two bastions of the deposed leader.

Blackburn to tour India early next month (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 02:26 AM PDT Reuters - Blackburn Rovers will visit India early next month, having cancelled their July trip at the last minute following blasts in Mumbai, the Indian owners of the English Premier League side said on Monday.

Latin Grammys name Shakira person of the year (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:39 PM PDT Reuters - Organizers for the Latin Grammys, the top honors for Latin music, on Monday named Colombian superstar Shakira as their person of the year to be feted at the group's annual awards show in November.

More youngsters having unsafe sex - global study (Reuters) Posted: 25 Sep 2011 09:18 PM PDT Reuters - Young people across the globe are having more unprotected sex and know less about effective contraception options, a multinational survey revealed on Monday.

Charlie Sheen settles lawsuit over "Men" firing (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:12 PM PDT Reuters - Charlie Sheen has settled a lawsuit with the makers and creators of "Two and A Half Men" over the actor's dismissal from the top-rated U.S. television comedy earlier this year, Warner Bros. said on Monday.

Cancer cost "becoming unsustainable" in rich nations (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 07:23 AM PDT Reuters - An explosion of new technologies and treatments for cancer coupled with a rapid rise in cases of the disease worldwide mean cancer care is rapidly becoming unaffordable in many developed countries, oncology experts said on Monday.

India silver, gold slide with world markets (Reuters) Posted: 25 Sep 2011 11:14 PM PDT Reuters - Silver futures in India fell more than 11 percent on Monday morning tracking weak world markets, while gold futures lost 4 percent.

Defence ministry puts Mazagon-Pipavav JV on ice (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:58 AM PDT Reuters - India's defence ministry has decided to put on hold a joint venture between the state-run Mazagon Dock and private sector shipbuilder Pipavav Defence and Offshore Ltd after reports of lack of transparency in the deal.

High inflation 'inimical to growth' - Subbarao (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:43 AM PDT Reuters - Indian inflation of around 9 percent is "inimical to growth," justifying the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) recent monetary tightening campaign, the RBI chief said on Monday.

Elmo and Harry Potter among top 20 holiday toys (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:32 AM PDT Reuters - A dancing and singing Sesame Street character and a Harry Potter-based DVD game could be the top toys during the 2011 holiday season, according to an industry guide released on Monday.

Olympian Carl Lewis drops New Jersey political race (Reuters) Posted: 26 Sep 2011 07:23 AM PDT Reuters - Olympic track star Carl Lewis said on Friday he was dropping his run for political office in New Jersey after a court ruled that he had not established proper residency to run for the post he sought.

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