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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-35284220080902?edition-redirect=in
Iran women activists see victory on polygamy bill
Iran women activists see victory on polygamy bill By Fredrik Dahl3 Min Read TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran’s parliament has indefinitely delayed a vote on a bill on families, a move women’s rights activists said on Tuesday was a victory in their drive to block legislation they fear would encourage polygamy. The conservative-c...
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Arrests after fire at UK publisher of Mohammad book
Arrests after fire at UK publisher of Mohammad book By Reuters Staff3 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - British police said they had arrested three men on suspicion of terrorism on Saturday after a fire at the office of a London firm that is about to publish a controversial novel about the Prophet Mohammad’s child bride. Arm...
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Oil markets oversupplied, price too low - Iran
Oil markets oversupplied, price too low - Iran By Parisa Hafezi3 Min Read TEHRAN (Reuters) - Oil producers are pumping too much oil to the market and a price under $100 is too low, Iran’s oil minister said on Saturday. Iran's Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari is seen at a ministerial session during the World Petroleum ...
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'Posh' Beckham cover girl for India’s Vogue
'Posh' Beckham cover girl for India’s Vogue By Reuters Staff1 Min Read A handout picture of Victoria Beckham on the cover of Vogue India's November issue. REUTERS/Handout MUMBAI (Reuters) - Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham graces the cover of Vogue India’s November issue, trading in her western outfits for a traditio...
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Star buys majority in Asianet; forms JV with Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Star buys majority in Asianet; forms JV with Rajeev Chandrasekhar By Team VCC3 Min Read Star’s acquisition of majority stake in Asianet shows the importance of growing South Indian media. Asianet Communications Ltd (ACL), Malayalam’s first entertainment television company, has finally landed in the hands of Rupert Murd...
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India wonders how deep "Hindu terrorism" goes
India wonders how deep "Hindu terrorism" goes By Bappa Majumdar4 Min Read NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Reports that Hindu militants may be involved in bomb attacks first blamed on Islamists may open a Pandora’s Box for India’s beleaguered security services and become a key voter issue before general elections next year. Plain...
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Egyptian offers daughter to Iraqi shoe-thrower
Egyptian offers daughter to Iraqi shoe-thrower By Reuters Staff1 Min Read A handout video grab shows Iraqi TV journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi during a talk show presented by Zaven Kouyoumjian that was taped November 26, 2008, and will be broadcast on Lebanon's Future Television December 22, 2008. REUTERS/Future Television...
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U.S. 'appalled' by Sri Lanka attacks on journalists
U.S. 'appalled' by Sri Lanka attacks on journalists By Reuters Staff2 Min Read Upali Tennakoon, editor of Sri Lankan newspaper Rivira, lies on a hospital trolley in Colombo January 23, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said it was “appalled” by violence against journalists in Sri Lanka, af...
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"Billu Barber" now "Billu" as film faces hairdressers' ire
"Billu Barber" now "Billu" as film faces hairdressers' ire By Reuters Staff2 Min Read Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan attends a news conference at a hotel in Mumbai in this April 23, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Manav Manglani/Files MUMBAI (Reuters) - Taking a cue from protests over the title of Oscar-nominated film “Slumdo...
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Qaeda figure calls for attacks on new Somali govt
Qaeda figure calls for attacks on new Somali govt By Reuters Staff1 Min Read DUBAI (Reuters) - An al Qaeda leader, in a video released on Islamist websites on Friday, urged Somali militants to step up attacks against Somalia’s new moderate government, which he dismissed as U.S.-backed. “Aim your arrows towards them...,...
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Varun Gandhi arrested over Muslim hate speech
Varun Gandhi arrested over Muslim hate speech By Reuters Staff2 Min Read LUCKNOW (Reuters) - Police in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday arrested Varun Gandhi, a great-grandson of the country’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, over allegations he made inflammatory comments against Muslims. Varun Gandhi, great-grandson of...
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Injured Williams upset by Zakopalova in Marbella
Injured Williams upset by Zakopalova in Marbella By Reuters Staff1 Min Read BARCELONA (Reuters) - An injury-hampered world number one Serena Williams suffered a shock 6-4 3-6 6-1 defeat to Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic in the first round of the Andalucia Tennis Championships on Wednesday. The top seed had clea...
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Afghan women demonstrate over controversial law
Afghan women demonstrate over controversial law By Emma Graham-Harrison4 Min Read KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan women staged rival demonstrations on Wednesday for and against a new family law, which opponents denounce as a step back towards the oppressiveness of the Taliban era but supporters say defends Islamic justice. Af...
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Singapore bureaucracy best in Asia, India worst - survey
Singapore bureaucracy best in Asia, India worst - survey By Reuters Staff3 Min Read SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s civil servants are the most efficient among their Asian peers, a business survey on 12 economies released on Wednesday showed, but they tend to clam up unhelpfully when things go wrong. A view of the In...
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Argentine priest gets 15 years prison for sex abuse
Argentine priest gets 15 years prison for sex abuse By Hilary Burke2 Min Read BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A well-known Argentine priest was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday for sexually abusing a boy at his “Happy Children” foundation, in the latest pedophilia case to hit the Roman Catholic Church. Argentine R...
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Two Canada hog workers hit by new non-pandemic flu
Two Canada hog workers hit by new non-pandemic flu By Rod Nickel3 Min Read SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (Reuters) - Two farm workers in Western Canada have become infected with a new flu virus, health officials said on Tuesday, stressing the strain was not related to the H1N1 pandemic. Women wearing protective masks to avoi...
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The gay factor in Indian cinema
The gay factor in Indian cinema By Shilpa Jamkhandikar3 Min Read MUMBAI (Reuters) - Love blooms at a home for destitute women in a remote Indian village. Bollywood actor John Abraham poses for a picture during a promotional event of his movie 'Dostana' at a multiplex in Mumbai November 13, 2008. REUTERS/Manav Manglani/...
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Russian anti-corruption campaigners held over blog
Russian anti-corruption campaigners held over blog By Reuters Staff2 Min Read MOSCOW (Reuters) - Four bloggers who documented corruption by officials in western Russia have been detained for extremism, local authorities said. On their site www.ufagub.com, which exposes graft amongst authorities in the Bashkortostan reg...
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Govt unveils cap and trade market worth $15 bln
Govt unveils cap and trade market worth $15 bln By Krittivas Mukherjee3 Min Read NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has approved in principle new trading plans centred on energy efficiency as part of efforts to shift to a greener economy to fight climate change, opening up a potential market worth more than $15 billion by 201...
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Japan's Hatoyama: may form cabinet on Sept 16 or 17
Japan's Hatoyama: may form cabinet on Sept 16 or 17 By Reuters Staff1 Min Read Japan's main opposition Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama speaks to journalists at his residence in Tokyo August 31, 2009. Hatoyama may form cabinet on Sept 16 or 17. REUTERS/Kyodo TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s next leader, Yukio Hatoyama,...
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Sex Pistol singer John Lydon to reform Public Image
Sex Pistol singer John Lydon to reform Public Image By Reuters Life!2 Min Read LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Punk rock singer John Lydon, formerly known as Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, is re-forming his band Public Image Ltd -- or PiL -- after a 17 year hiatus with a five-date tour in December, according to media repor...
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Liuzzi replaces Fisichella at Force India
Liuzzi replaces Fisichella at Force India By Alan Baldwin3 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi will race for Force India from his home Grand Prix on Sunday following the departure of compatriot Giancarlo Fisichella to Ferrari, the Formula One team said on Monday. A file photo of Italy's Vitantonio Liu...
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U.S.' Geithner says time to shift strategy to growth
U.S.' Geithner says time to shift strategy to growth By Glenn Somerville, David Lawder4 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday the economy has regained enough strength to allow a shift in the government’s strategy from rescue to preparing for future growth. U.S. Treasu...
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Court acquits Nithari accused Moninder Singh Pandher
Court acquits Nithari accused Moninder Singh Pandher By Reuters Staff3 Min Read NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Allahabad High Court on Friday overturned the death sentence of Moninder Singh Pandher for the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl on the outskirts of the capital, lawyers and relatives said. Businessman Moninder...
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Williams sign Barrichello and Hulkenberg for 2010
Williams sign Barrichello and Hulkenberg for 2010 By Alan Baldwin3 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - Brazilian Rubens Barrichello will begin a new chapter in his record-breaking Formula One career next year as a Williams driver alongside German rookie Nico Hulkenberg. Brawn GP Formula One driver Rubens Barrichello of Brazil ...
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FEATURE - Doubts rise over Spanish poet Lorca's remains
FEATURE - Doubts rise over Spanish poet Lorca's remains By Raquel Castillo4 Min Read MADRID (Reuters) - The barren, rocky hills of southern Spain have failed over months of digging to yield the remains of Spanish poet Frederico Garcia Lorca, whose 1936 killing became a symbol of a brutal civil war. Now, hope is fading ...
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FACTBOX - What was agreed and left unfinished in U.N. climate deal
FACTBOX - What was agreed and left unfinished in U.N. climate deal By 5 Min Read REUTERS - A conference of 193 countries agreed on Saturday to “take note” of a new Copenhagen Accord to fight global climate change, after two weeks of U.N. talks in the Danish capital. A worker walks past a billboard as the United Nations...
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Stimulus exit must be gradual - PM econ adviser
Stimulus exit must be gradual - PM econ adviser By Reuters Staff2 Min Read MUMBAI (Reuters) - India is in no hurry to roll back economic stimulus measures in one go but efforts will be made in the budget later this month to lower the fiscal deficit, a top government adviser said on Friday. An employee arranges currency...
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India to test 5000-km Agni-V missile within year
India to test 5000-km Agni-V missile within year By Bappa Majumdar3 Min Read NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India aims to test a new nuclear-capable missile with a 5000-km (3,100-mile) range, a top military scientist said on Wednesday, a move that could complicate security in a volatile region. Nuclear-capable Agni-III missile ...
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-46122820100212?edition-redirect=in
Kenya police stop gay wedding, make arrests
Kenya police stop gay wedding, make arrests By Reuters Staff2 Min Read MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan police halted a gay wedding on the Indian Ocean coast on Friday and arrested several suspected homosexuals, police said. Homosexuality is illegal in the east African country. The wedding between two men had been sch...
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Food prices falling, to dip further - Pawar
Food prices falling, to dip further - Pawar By Reuters Staff2 Min Read Vendors arrange vegetables on their carts at a wholesale vegetable market in Chandigarh in this November 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Ajay Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Food prices in India, which rose an annual 18 percent in January, have started falling...
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Saudi cleric backs gender segregation with fatwa
Saudi cleric backs gender segregation with fatwa By Reuters Staff3 Min Read RIYADH (Reuters) - A prominent Saudi cleric has issued an edict calling for opponents of the kingdom’s strict segregation of men and women to be put to death if they refuse to abandon their ideas. Shaikh Abdul-Rahman al-Barrak said in a fatwa t...
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First leader of Georgian rebel region Abkhazia dies
First leader of Georgian rebel region Abkhazia dies By Reuters Staff3 Min Read TBILISI (Reuters) - Vladislav Ardzinba, who wrenched Abkhazia from Georgian government control after the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Thursday after years of serious illness. The 64-year-old died at the Central Clinical Hospital in ...
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ANALYSIS - ECB collateral rule major boon for Greece
ANALYSIS - ECB collateral rule major boon for Greece By Reuters Staff4 Min Read FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank’s decision to extend its looser collateral rules offers a major reprieve to Greece, ditching the guillotine hanging over the country should it suffer another ratings downgrade. The ECB lowered...
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John Paul backed praise for hiding abuse - cardinal
John Paul backed praise for hiding abuse - cardinal By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor3 Min Read VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A former Vatican cardinal who congratulated a French bishop for hiding a sexually abusive priest has said he acted with the approval of the late Pope John Paul, a Spanish newspaper reported on Saturda...
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Indonesian police barred from penis enlargement
Indonesian police barred from penis enlargement By Reuters Staff2 Min Read JAKARTA (Reuters) - Forget about getting a job as a police officer in Indonesia’s Papua if you have had your penis enlarged. You won’t get it, according to local media reports citing the Papua police chief. An applicant “will be asked whether or...
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FACTBOX - Who are Hizbul Islam?
FACTBOX - Who are Hizbul Islam? By 3 Min Read REUTERS - Somali insurgent group Hizbul Islam seized the pirate haven of Haradheere on Sunday without a fight and pledged to take control of more towns in the region, the rebel group said. Here are some key facts about the group: ORIGINS: * The group was founded on Feb. 4, ...
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TEXT - Excerpts of Lukashenko's interview with Reuters
TEXT - Excerpts of Lukashenko's interview with Reuters By Reuters Staff9 Min Read MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko spoke to Reuters on Tuesday in an interview in which he strongly criticised the West and said he would not extradite Kyrgyzstan’s toppled President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. Following are ...
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Q+A - What happens if no party gets a majority in UK election?
Q+A - What happens if no party gets a majority in UK election? By Reuters Staff4 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - Results from the British general election indicate that no party is likely to have an overall majority, meaning the country will have its first “hung parliament” since 1974. A selection of British newspapers wit...
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Security guards drugged in $5 mln Iraq bank robbery
Security guards drugged in $5 mln Iraq bank robbery By Reuters Staff2 Min Read NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Robbers in Iraq stole 6.5 billion Iraqi dinars ($5.5 million) from a state-owned bank on Friday, assisted by a security guard who spiked his colleagues’ tea, police officials said. “According to the information availa...
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ANALYSIS - Pressure on Iran to cut crude prices as glut grows
ANALYSIS - Pressure on Iran to cut crude prices as glut grows By Florence Tan, Judy Hua6 Min Read SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Iran is under pressure to cut oil prices to win back Asian buyers who favour alternatives from the Gulf to Russia, even as it struggles to raise income with sanctionss limiting its ability to lift out...
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Arabs seek U.N. push to end Israel's Gaza blockade
Arabs seek U.N. push to end Israel's Gaza blockade By Marwa Awad2 Min Read CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab states will ask the U.N. Security Council to demand an end to Israel’s blockade of Gaza, the Arab League chief said on Thursday after ministers met to respond to Israel’s attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. Arab Foreign M...
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Euro ministers add final stitch to debt safety net
Euro ministers add final stitch to debt safety net By Jan Strupczewski, Brian Love5 Min Read LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Finance ministers from the debt-stricken euro zone sought to restore financial markets’ confidence on Monday by agreeing how to deploy a vast anti-contagion programme if needed by struggling members. Inte...
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Yemen army clashes with tribesmen, hunts al Qaeda
Yemen army clashes with tribesmen, hunts al Qaeda By Mohamed Sudam2 Min Read SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni forces fought gunbattles in the east with tribesmen and shelled the home of a suspected al Qaeda operative on Wednesday, a government official said, adding that dozens had been wounded on both sides. The military opera...
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Algeria captain Mansouri dropped for opener
Algeria captain Mansouri dropped for opener By David Clarke3 Min Read UVONGO, South Africa (Reuters) - Algeria captain Yazid Mansouri has been dropped for their opening World Cup match against Slovenia, coach Rabah Saadane said on Thursday. Algeria's Yazid Mansouri is seen before their international friendly soccer mat...
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North Korea earn moral victory, KCNA hails effort
North Korea earn moral victory, KCNA hails effort By Peter Rutherford2 Min Read JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - North Korea did not get the win over Brazil they were confidently predicting before their Group G opener but they earned a moral victory by scoring against the five-times world champions on Tuesday. North Korea's Ji...
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EA hopes less is more when it comes to games
EA hopes less is more when it comes to games By Gabriel Madway5 Min Read LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Electronic Arts defended its decision to slash its release slate for this fiscal year and focus instead on fewer blockbuster titles and a booming digital and mobile business, saying it was a response to a changing reality i...
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Chile police use water cannon, detain 70
Chile police use water cannon, detain 70 By Reuters Staff1 Min Read SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Police used water cannon to disperse bottle-throwing fans and said they detained around 70 people in the Chilean capital on Monday after the country’s 1-0 win over Switzerland. Thousands of fans waving Chilean flags, blowing horns ...
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Murdered Congo leader's son seeks Belgian justice
Murdered Congo leader's son seeks Belgian justice By Reuters Staff3 Min Read BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A son of Congo’s first democratically elected leader, Patrice Lumumba, will seek the prosecution on war crimes of 12 Belgian officials suspected of aiding his father’s assassination in 1961. Francois Lumumba (R), the son o...
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ECB's Trichet: austerity plans don't risk stagnation
ECB's Trichet: austerity plans don't risk stagnation By Reuters Staff4 Min Read FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Budget austerity plans will not drag the euro zone economy into stagnation, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet was quoted on Thursday as saying. European Central Bank Chairman Jean-Claude Trichet appea...
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Headscarf ban upsets devout Muslims in Kosovo
Headscarf ban upsets devout Muslims in Kosovo By Fatos Bytyci5 Min Read PRISTINA (Reuters) - The leader of a protest against Kosovo’s ban on headscarves in public schools says devout Muslims could resort to violence to get their way, though Islam is not central to the lives of most Kosovo Albanians. Kosovo Muslim women...
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Former coach Serra Ferrer buys struggling Real Mallorca
Former coach Serra Ferrer buys struggling Real Mallorca By Reuters Staff2 Min Read MADRID (Reuters) - A group headed by former coach Llorenc Serra Ferrer have decided to buy the majority shareholding in Real Mallorca, the cash-strapped Spanish club said on Tuesday. Mallorca are in the process of going into voluntary ad...
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Three killed as anti-India protests spread in Kashmir
Three killed as anti-India protests spread in Kashmir By Sheikh Mushtaq3 Min Read SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Indian troops fired at anti-India protesters, killing at least three people in troubled Kashmir, police said, as tensions rose in a region at the core of Delhi’s dispute with nuclear-armed neighbour Pakistan. P...
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No Palestinian state before 2012 - Israeli formin
No Palestinian state before 2012 - Israeli formin By Reuters Staff2 Min Read Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman (L) and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov hold a joint news conference after their meeting in Jerusalem June 29, 2010. REUTERS/Baz Ratner JERUSALEM (Reuters) - No Palestinian state will be founde...
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Israel plan to raze homes illegal, U.N. rights envoy says
Israel plan to raze homes illegal, U.N. rights envoy says By Stephanie Nebehay4 Min Read GENEVA (Reuters) - Israel’s plan to demolish some 20 Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem is illegal and reflects its systematic bid to drive Palestinians out of the holy city, a U.N. human rights expert charged on Tuesday. Left win...
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Australia govt, opposition battle over asylum policy
Australia govt, opposition battle over asylum policy By Michael Perry5 Min Read SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled a new asylum policy on Tuesday aimed at allaying voter fears about rising boatpeople numbers ahead of elections, with the centrepiece a possible East Timor processing centr...
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FACTBOX - L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt
FACTBOX - L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt By 2 Min Read REUTERS - France’s wealthiest woman, Liliane Bettencourt, 87, is at the centre of a political storm after secret recordings made by her ex-butler over her tax situation were leaked in June, embroiling French Labour Minister Eric Woerth and his wife. French pho...
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ANALYSIS - WikiLeaks cuts a new, wired path for journalism
ANALYSIS - WikiLeaks cuts a new, wired path for journalism By Robert MacMillan, Peter Griffiths5 Min Read NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said it could take weeks to determine how much damage WikiLeaks’ release of military documents on the war in Afghanistan did to national security. It took only minutes to ga...
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Biden says no plans to nation-build in Afghanistan
Biden says no plans to nation-build in Afghanistan By Sue Pleming3 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Thursday the United States was not in Afghanistan to “nation-build” but for the sole purpose of defeating al Qaeda in the border areas with Pakistan. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spe...
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Vietnam says China violates its sovereignty in sea
Vietnam says China violates its sovereignty in sea By Reuters Staff3 Min Read HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam accused China on Thursday of violating its sovereignty by conducting seismic exploration near disputed islands in the South China Sea and urged Beijing to do more to promote peace, stability and healthy bilateral rel...
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ANALYSIS - Venezuela's PDVSA at crossroads
ANALYSIS - Venezuela's PDVSA at crossroads By Marianna Parraga, Daniel Wallis7 Min Read CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA is at a crossroads: act now to salvage the skills and equipment that once made it a rival to Brazilian giant Petrobras, or risk tipping irrevocably into the type of decline suf...
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Hard choices on flood spending for NW Pakistan
Hard choices on flood spending for NW Pakistan By Michael Georgy4 Min Read ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Failure to meet the immediate needs of flood victims in a key province in northwest Pakistan could fuel the Taliban insurgency and pose a major regional security threat, the provincial chief minister said on Tuesday. Villag...
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No-ball drama set to cost Asif film role
No-ball drama set to cost Asif film role By Shilpa Jamkhandikar2 Min Read MUMBAI (Reuters) - Mohammad Asif may be dropped from an Indian film in which he was supposed to play a cricket coach after it emerged he was one of the three Pakistani players embroiled in a spot-fixing scandal. Pakistan's Mohammad Asif fields th...
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FACTBOX - Prince Nayef one of most powerful Saudi princes
FACTBOX - Prince Nayef one of most powerful Saudi princes By 4 Min Read REUTERS - Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz is one of the most powerful players in leading oil exporter Saudi Arabia. Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz (C), brother of Saudi King Abdullah, is greeted upon his arrival a...
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Google calls for pressure on Internet censors
Google calls for pressure on Internet censors By Reuters Staff3 Min Read SEATTLE (Reuters) - Google Inc’s legal chief called for pressure on governments that censor the Internet, such as China and Turkey, arguing that their blocking access to websites not only violates human rights but unfairly restrains U.S. trade. Th...
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KSK Energy ties up $3.6 bln for Chhattisgarh power project
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Netherlands drops anti-Islam case against cartoonist
Netherlands drops anti-Islam case against cartoonist By Reuters Staff2 Min Read AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch cartoonist arrested for publishing cartoons on the Internet targeting Muslims will not be charged, the Dutch prosecutor said on Tuesday. Cartoonist Gregorius Nekschot’s case has been closely monitored as anti-I...
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Commonwealth Games chief says all countries will take part
Commonwealth Games chief says all countries will take part By Amlan Chakraborty, Sudipto Ganguly5 Min Read NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Commonwealth Games Federation chief said on Saturday there was a lot of work to be done amid security concerns before India’s showcase event opens on Oct. 3, but that all countries were e...
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Latin American nations demand global push on drugs
Latin American nations demand global push on drugs By Helen Popper3 Min Read UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Latin American leaders at the United Nations this week called for more coherent global policies to fight drug trafficking and increased aid to help crack down on the trade. Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli cal...
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Japan export growth slows to underline yen woes
Japan export growth slows to underline yen woes By Kaori Kaneko4 Min Read TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s annual exports growth slowed in August for the sixth straight month, underlining government concerns about the yen’s strength that led authorities to sell the currency this month to ease pressure on the economy. Workers ...
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Islamic finance relies on too few of its scholars
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India closes in on free trade deal with Japan
India closes in on free trade deal with Japan By Reuters Staff2 Min Read A mobile crane prepares to stack a cargo container at Sanand in Gujarat, July 1, 2010. India on Tuesday moved one step closer to signing a free trade agreement with Japan as the cabinet cleared a deal which could increase bilateral commerce tenfol...
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China census aims to count floating migrant population
China census aims to count floating migrant population By Lucy Hornby3 Min Read BEIJING (Reuters) - They are the face of China’s cities, building the skyscrapers and staffing the restaurants, but until now China’s census takers have counted migrant workers as if they were still planting rice on the farm. Passengers rus...
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Two killed in fierce gunbattle in Srinagar
Two killed in fierce gunbattle in Srinagar By Reuters Staff3 Min Read SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Troops shot dead two separatist militants on Thursday in a fierce nine-hour firefight on the outskirts of Srinagar, where popular protests against Indian rule have mounted in recent months. A soldier takes his position during a g...
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U.S. awards $500 mln contract to expand Afghan embassy
U.S. awards $500 mln contract to expand Afghan embassy By Reuters Staff3 Min Read KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has awarded a contract worth more than half a billion dollars to expand its embassy in Afghan capital Kabul, a project it says will create hundreds of jobs and reflect its dedication to Afghanis...
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TIMELINE - Gold's history as a currency standard
TIMELINE - Gold's history as a currency standard By 9 Min Read Reuters - Leading economies should consider readopting a modified global gold standard to guide currency movements, said World Bank president Robert Zoellick. Gold bars are pictured at the Ginza Tanaka store in Tokyo October 23, 2009. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Fil...
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BofA, female brokers settle bias case over bonuses
BofA, female brokers settle bias case over bonuses By Jonathan Stempel, Jonathan Spicer2 Min Read NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America CorpBAC.N has settled a federal lawsuit alleging it discriminated against female brokers at the former Merrill Lynch & Co by offering them lower retention bonuses than male counterparts...
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Sunshine Policy failed to change N.Korea - Seoul
Sunshine Policy failed to change N.Korea - Seoul By Reuters Staff2 Min Read A South Korean soldier (R) keeps watch northwards as he stands guard on the south side of the truce village of Panmunjom separating the two Koreas in Paju, north of Seoul April 28, 2010, while a North Korean soldier (top) keeps watch southwards...
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Uzbek stripped of silver medal for doping
Uzbek stripped of silver medal for doping By Ian Ransom3 Min Read GUANGZHOU (Reuters) - Uzbek judo silver medallist Shokir Muminov has been disqualified after testing positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine, an Olympic Council of Asia official said on Friday. South Korea's Kim Jae Bum (in blue) competes aga...
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Two judokas promoted to silver
Two judokas promoted to silver By Ian Ransom1 Min Read South Korea's Kim Jae Bum (in blue) competes against Uzbekistan's Shokir Muminov in the men's judo -81kg event at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, November 14, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Lee GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Two bronze winners at the Asian Games judo tourn...
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Britons want William, not Charles as next king - Poll
Britons want William, not Charles as next king - Poll By Reuters Staff3 Min Read Britain's Princes Charles and his son Prince William leave after attending a Service of Commemoration to mark the end of combat operations in Iraq, at St Paul's Cathedral in London October 9, 2009. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor/Files LONDON (Reut...
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Support for U.N. vote against defaming religion wanes
Support for U.N. vote against defaming religion wanes By Louis Charbonneau4 Min Read UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. General Assembly committee once again voted to condemn the “vilification of religion” on Tuesday, but support narrowed for a measure that Western powers say is a threat to freedom of expression. The no...
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U.S. senators press for vote on China currency bill
U.S. senators press for vote on China currency bill By Doug Palmer3 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators on Monday called for a vote on a bill to get tough with China over its currency practices, while a U.S. business coalition warned the legislation would backfire on the United States. An employee counts ...
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Varanasi temple blast kills one – police
Varanasi temple blast kills one – police By Reuters Staff2 Min Read LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - A blast outside a temple in Varanasi killed at least one person and injured several people, police said on Tuesday. At least three TV stations, citing “reports”, said some 20 people had been injured, including several foreign...
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Climate talks end with modest steps, no Kyoto deal
Climate talks end with modest steps, no Kyoto deal By Alister Doyle, Gerard Wynn5 Min Read CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - The world’s governments agreed on Saturday to modest steps to combat climate change and give more money to poor countries, but they put off until next year tough decisions on cutting greenhouse gas emis...
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State run companies to import onion
State run companies to import onion By Reuters Staff1 Min Read A worker packs onion bags at a wholesale vegetable market in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh December 21, 2010. REUTERS/Ajay Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian state-run trading firms like MMTC Ltd and State Trading Corp of India have been asked to e...
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RBI urges banks to keep lending to microfinance firms
RBI urges banks to keep lending to microfinance firms By Reuters Staff2 Min Read Fifteen-year-old Saira (C) cuts shirt threads inside a garment factory in Mumbai August 3, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/Files MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India urged commercial banks to continue lending to the microfinance sect...
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ANALYSIS - EU hands tied ahead of Battle of Spain
ANALYSIS - EU hands tied ahead of Battle of Spain By Paul Taylor5 Min Read PARIS (Reuters) - In the euro zone’s simmering debt crisis, the Battle of Spain will likely be decisive in 2011. But the European Union is preparing to fight it with one hand tied behind its back because Germany is blocking any financial lifelin...
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New steps on Spain needed to contain euro crisis
New steps on Spain needed to contain euro crisis By Jan Strupczewski7 Min Read BRUSSELS (Reuters) - More than a year after Europe’s debt crisis erupted, the region has a chance to halt the spread of the instability -- but only if governments take more radical action to protect Spain. A demonstrator burns a five euro no...
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ANALYSIS - Risky Rosneft tie-up shows BP's zeal for a deal
ANALYSIS - Risky Rosneft tie-up shows BP's zeal for a deal By Tom Bergin6 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) - BP’s share swap and arctic exploration deal with Rosneft show the London-based oil major is ready to take commercial risks rivals might shun even after its battering from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP agreed on Frid...
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Lawyer releases list of priests accused of sex abuse
Lawyer releases list of priests accused of sex abuse By Lauren Keiper, Reuters Life!3 Min Read BOSTON (Reuters Life!) - A Boston-area attorney for hundreds of clients who say they were abused by priests released a list on Wednesday of what he says are 117 members of the clergy or religious orders accused of abusing min...
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Orissa allows 6 iron ore mines to resume ops
Orissa allows 6 iron ore mines to resume ops By Jatindra Dash3 Min Read BHUBANESWAR (Reuters) - India’s top iron ore producing state said on Monday it has allowed six mines to restart, three days after they were ordered to shut down in a crackdown on illegal mining. The six were among 23 mines closed down on Friday pen...
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Facebook says has seen drop in traffic from Egypt
Facebook says has seen drop in traffic from Egypt By Reuters Staff1 Min Read The Facebook logo is shown at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California May 26, 2010. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/Files SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook has seen a drop in traffic to its Web site from Egypt on Thursday amid anti-government...
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Global construction growth to outpace GDP this decade - PwC
Global construction growth to outpace GDP this decade - PwC By Greg Roumeliotis, European Infrastructure Correspondent4 Min Read AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Global construction will outpace GDP growth over the next 10 years, with China and India accounting for 38 percent of the $4.8 trillion increase in output by 2020, Price...
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Far from the quake, Toyota City's suppliers on life support
Far from the quake, Toyota City's suppliers on life support By Chang-Ran Kim, Asia autos correspondent8 Min Read TOYOTA CITY, Japan (Reuters) - For Fumihiro Shimizu and his family-owned auto parts plant in this company town, being a second-tier supplier for Japan’s top car makers has never been easy. Toyota Motor Corp'...
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Syria's Assad ends state of emergency
Syria's Assad ends state of emergency By Khaled Yacoub Oweis5 Min Read AMMAN (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad ended Syria’s state of emergency, in effect for nearly 50 years, on Thursday in an attempt to defuse mass protests against his authoritarian rule that have gripped Syria for over a month. A Syrian proteste...
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Syrian tanks deploy in town; hundreds detained
Syrian tanks deploy in town; hundreds detained By Khaled Yacoub Oweis6 Min Read AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian tanks and armoured vehicles deployed around the town of Rastan on Wednesday, witnesses said, raising fears of another crackdown on protests challenging President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. Protesters hold up signs duri...
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Death toll rises as storm Aere exits the Philippines
Death toll rises as storm Aere exits the Philippines By Reuters Staff2 Min Read MANILA (Reuters) - The death toll from tropical storm Aere climbed to 15 people as emergency workers rushed to restore electricity and telephone services in the central Philippines, disaster officials said on Tuesday. Aere, which caused min...
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ISI helped LeT in 26/11 Mumbai attacks - Headley
ISI helped LeT in 26/11 Mumbai attacks - Headley By Andrew Stern5 Min Read CHICAGO (Reuters) - American citizen David Headley who has admitted scouting targets for the 2008 assault on Mumbai by Pakistani militants testified on Monday that the plot was hatched with at least one Pakistani intelligence official and a navy...
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Demand for personal Geiger counters soars in Japan
Demand for personal Geiger counters soars in Japan By Chiaki Kawase, Reuters Life!3 Min Read TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - With a nuclear plant just 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo still leaking radiation, demand for personal Geiger counters has skyrocketed in the Japanese capital and manufacturers are struggling to keep u...