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• PM sees economy growing at near 8 pct in 2011/12 (Reuters)
• Iranians charged in U.S. over assassination plot (Reuters)
• BlackBerry problems hit four continents (Reuters)
• WHO says world TB cases decline for first time (Reuters)
• Decision review system no longer mandatory, says ICC (Reuters)
• Aurobindo uses patent pool for generic AIDS drugs (Reuters)
• Balfour says Tata tie-up "significant" for growth (Reuters)
• Humanists, atheists drive for wider global impact (Reuters)
• Rajaratnam faces court reckoning for trading crimes (Reuters)
• British, U.S. forces free hijacked ship (Reuters)
• RIM restores BlackBerry services day after outage (Reuters)
• Wal-Mart, Facebook unveil partnership (Reuters)
• Unitech files petition against partner Telenor (Reuters)
• Pakistan's governor escapes missile attack (Reuters)
• Thailand races to defend Bangkok from floods (Reuters)
• HK student says Jobs tribute logo not copied (Reuters)

PM sees economy growing at near 8 pct in 2011/12 (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 05:05 AM PDT Reuters - The economy will achieve near 8 percent growth in the current financial year despite the global slowdown, while lowering inflation remains a challenge in the short term, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in a statement on Tuesday.

Iranians charged in U.S. over assassination plot (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 05:09 PM PDT Reuters - The United States accused Iran on Tuesday of backing a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington, escalating tensions with Tehran and stirring up a hornet's nest in the Gulf, where Saudi Arabia and Iran have long jostled for power.

BlackBerry problems hit four continents (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 05:42 PM PDT Reuters - Millions of BlackBerry customers across four continents are without email, messaging and browsing service on their smartphones after a series of failures in Research In Motion's private network.

WHO says world TB cases decline for first time (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:18 PM PDT Reuters - The number of people getting sick with tuberculosis has dropped for the first time, while the death toll from the disease reached its lowest level in a decade, helped by progress in countries like China, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.

Decision review system no longer mandatory, says ICC (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 08:40 AM PDT Reuters - The controversial decision review system (DRS) will no longer be mandatory and its use will be left to bilateral agreements between participating boards, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday.

Aurobindo uses patent pool for generic AIDS drugs (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:24 AM PDT Reuters - Aurobindo Pharma has become the first major generic drugmaker to join a patent pool designed to make HIV/AIDS treatments more widely available to the poor, paving the way for it to sell cheap medicines in many countries.

Balfour says Tata tie-up "significant" for growth (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 05:46 AM PDT Reuters - Balfour Beatty Plc said a tie-up with Tata Projects, part of Tata Group, will contribute to a huge slab of growth in the long term, as it targets projects in high-growth markets such as India and Africa.

Humanists, atheists drive for wider global impact (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 06:27 AM PDT Reuters - When Switzerland goes to the polls to elect a new parliament later this month, voters in Zurich will for the first time in the country's history have the chance to cast their ballot for a slate of Freethinkers.

Rajaratnam faces court reckoning for trading crimes (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:24 AM PDT Reuters - One-time hedge fund tycoon Raj Rajaratnam may get the longest prison sentence to date for insider trading, sending a harsh warning to anyone else who considers becoming a master of trading on confidential information.

British, U.S. forces free hijacked ship (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 10:19 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. and British naval forces freed the crew of a hijacked Italian cargo ship in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday and captured 11 pirates in a notable success against Somali gangs who cost the world economy billions of dollars each year.

RIM restores BlackBerry services day after outage (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:51 AM PDT Reuters - Research in Motion said on Tuesday it had restored BlackBerry services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, some 20 hours after users in EMEA and India first reported problems with email and BlackBerry Messenger.

Wal-Mart, Facebook unveil partnership (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2011 10:53 PM PDT Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Facebook Inc unveiled a partnership on Tuesday to help the world's largest retailer connect customers with its local stores.

Unitech files petition against partner Telenor (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:37 AM PDT Reuters - Telenor's India mobile phone joint-venture partner, Unitech, said on Tuesday it had filed a petition before the Company Law Board in India, alleging mismanagement of the venture by the Norwegian firm and its key executives, escalating a rift between the partners.

Pakistan's governor escapes missile attack (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:23 AM PDT Reuters - Militants fired two missiles at a rally led by the governor of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding four, but the governor was not hurt, security officials said.

Thailand races to defend Bangkok from floods (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:00 AM PDT Reuters - Thailand raced on Tuesday to build floodwalls on the outskirts of Bangkok to prevent the worst floods in half a century from inundating parts of the capital later this week when water flowing from the north reaches the low-lying city.

HK student says Jobs tribute logo not copied (Reuters) Posted: 10 Oct 2011 10:53 PM PDT Reuters - A Hong Kong design student's tribute to Steve Jobs that generated a buzz in cyberspace following the death of the co-founder of Apple last week is not original, but it is not a rip-off, the teenager said.

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