| Online brainteaser helps send rice to Pakistan
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 Reuters - Help for millions affected by the recent floods in Pakistan may be coming from an unusual source: an online vocabulary game that feeds the hungry.
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| Weightlifter Sanamacha Chanu fails dope test, faces life ban
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 Reuters - Indian weightlifter Sanamacha Chanu has failed a dope test for a second time and could be banned for life, a top official said on Wednesday.
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| A Minute With: Aamir Khan and his Midas touch
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 Reuters - One of India's most popular actors, Aamir Khan, is considered Bollywood's man with the Midas touch.
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| Bombay High Court rules against Vodafone in tax case
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 Reuters - The tax department has jurisdiction over tax bills in cross-border mergers, a court ruled, dismissing a petition by Vodafone and setting a precedent for overseas firms looking to buy into Indian companies.
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| Qureshi gives Pakistani sports fans something to cheer
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 Reuters - For a nation devastated by floods, rocked by terrorism and embarrassed over a cricket corruption scandal, Pakistanis are pinning their hopes on an unlikely sporting star to give the country something to cheer.
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| ArcelorMittal may get land for $6.4 bln Karnataka plant by Dec
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 Reuters - ArcelorMittal, the world's top steelmaker, can start building its $6.4 billion steel plant in Karnataka by December after local authorities compensate displaced farmers, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
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| Essex police clear Kaneria over betting allegations
(Reuters) |
 Reuters - Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has been cleared by Essex police of betting during an English county match last season, his lawyer said.
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| RBI: No timeframe for freeing savings rate
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 Reuters - The RBI has not set any timeframe for deregulation of deposit rates on savings bank accounts, Deputy Governor Usha Thorat said on Wednesday.
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| Fines of $7 in "tough" new China anti-smoking rules
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 Reuters - China's "toughest" ever smoking ban which aims to stop people lighting up during November's Asian Games will carry fines of $7, state media said on Wednesday, a limited deterrent to smokers in one of China's richest cities.
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| Book Talk: Self-help author finds animals give twist on life
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Reuters - Heard the one about the pair of ducks who moved into a New Jersey home? Or the doe that stopped a woman in the woods as her fawn was stuck in a fence? |
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| John Lennon's killer refused parole for sixth time
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 Reuters - John Lennon's killer was denied parole for the sixth time on Tuesday, three months before the 30th anniversary of the former Beatle's death.
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| U.S. religious leaders condemn 'anti-Muslim' frenzy
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 Reuters - U.S. religious leaders on Tuesday condemned an "anti-Muslim frenzy" in the United States, including plans by a Florida church to burn a Koran on Sept. 11, an act a top general said could endanger American troops abroad.
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