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2011-12-01 07:05

In world's biggest democracy, parliament doesn't work (Reuters)

Parliament building is pictured behind marigold flowers on the opening day of the winter session in New Delhi November 22, 2011.  REUTERS/B MathurReuters - India's parliament has always been a boisterous and chaotic place that, like the country itself, still somehow worked: these days, it's not even muddling through.


2011-12-01 07:05

India says breaks up militant cell, arrests Pakistani (Reuters)

Firefighters examine the site of a bomb blast at the German Bakery restaurant in Pune February 13, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Police on Wednesday arrested six alleged members of a banned militant group, including one Pakistani man, in connection with three bomb blasts and a shootout last year.


2011-12-01 07:05

Earthquake recorded off India's Nicobar Islands (Reuters)

Reuters - A 5.8 magnitude earthquake, at a depth of one kilometre, was recorded off India's remote Nicobar Islands at 1942 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

2011-12-01 07:05

State cos to cut petrol prices from Thursday (Reuters)

An employee fills an iconic yellow ambassador taxi with diesel at a fuel station in Kolkata June 24, 2011.  REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - State-run oil firms will cut petrol prices by 0.78 rupees a litre, or nearly 1.2 percent from Thursday, Indian Oil Corp said, the second cut this month, reflecting global prices and potentially easing near double-digit inflation.


2011-11-30 14:26

Australia backs security pact with U.S., India (Reuters)

Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd (C) is pictured between U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (L) during a parliamentary dinner at Parliament House in Canberra, November 16, 2011.  REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - Australia's foreign minister on Wednesday backed the formation of a security pact with India and the United States, a tie-up that could fuel China's worries of being fenced in by wary neighbours.


2011-11-30 14:26

Funding crunch puts progress on AIDS at risk (Reuters)

Children run past a mural painting of an Aids ribbon at a school in Khutsong Township, 74 km west of Johannesburg, August 22, 2011. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/FilesReuters - The international community has made extraordinary progress in the past decade in the fight against AIDS, but a funding crisis is putting those gains at risk, the United Nations health agencies said on Wednesday.


2011-11-30 14:26

Pakistan army says NATO attack was blatant aggression (Reuters)

Protestors, who are demonstrating against a NATO cross-border attack, burn an effigy representing the U.S. in Karachi November 27, 2011.  REUTERS/Athar HussainReuters - A senior Pakistani army official has said a NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24 soldiers was a deliberate, blatant act of aggression, hardening Pakistan's stance on an incident that could hurt efforts to stabilise Afghanistan.


2011-11-30 14:26

Retail sector reform freezes dysfunctional parliament (Reuters)

The parliament building is pictured behind marigold flowers on the opening day of the winter session of parliament in New Delhi November 22, 2011.  REUTERS/B MathurReuters - The government refused to allow a parliamentary vote on Wednesday on rolling back controversial retail reforms, and the current legislative session now faces more disruption, making it unlikely that any significant laws will be passed this year.


2011-11-30 14:26

GDP growth at 6.9 pct in Q2, slowest in more than 2 years (Reuters)

A worker moves iron pipes to make way after unloading them at a factory in the outskirts of Jammu August 30, 2011.  REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - India's economy grew at its weakest pace in more than two years in the quarter that ended in September, revealing the heavy toll that stubborn inflation, rising interest rates and crisis-hit global capital markets are having on Asia's third-biggest economy.


2011-11-29 21:50

Pakistan PM: No more 'business as usual' with U.S. (Reuters)

Protestors, who are demonstrating against a NATO cross-border attack, burn an effigy representing the U.S. in Karachi November 27, 2011.  REUTERS/Athar HussainReuters - Pakistan's prime minister ruled out "business as usual" with the United States on Monday after a NATO attack killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and the army threatened to curtail cooperation over the war in Afghanistan.


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