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Analysis – As bad loans mount, India gets tough on ‘wilful’ default

YoopyaNov 29, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Kemrock Industries and Exports(KEMR.NS) owns a golf course near its plant in western India and its chairman, Kalpesh Patel, talks of the high

Analysis: Déjà vu with a difference as Thai PM faces down protesters

YoopyaNov 29, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – The French have the best phrase for Thailand’s turbulent politics: déjà vu. Five years ago, a Thai government led by Somchai Wongsawat, the

Iran shakes up foundation controlled by Ayatollah’s business empire

YoopyaNov 29, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – A multi-billion dollar organization controlled by Iran’s supreme leader shook up the management of its charity division, appointing as its new chief a

India sex assault case spotlights powerful predators

YoopyaNov 28, 2013December 31, 20230

NEW DELHI, Nov 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The man at the center of a sexual assault scandal that has whipped India’s media into a

Bomb attacks in Iraq kill 5 troops near Baghdad

YoopyaNov 25, 2013February 3, 20240

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a suicide car bomb and another bombing near Baghdad have killed five members of the country’s security forces. Police

Afghanistan, U.S. reach draft security agreement

YoopyaNov 21, 2013March 6, 20240

(Reuters) – The United States and Afghanistan reached a draft agreement on Wednesday laying out the terms under which U.S. troops may stay beyond 2014, one day

Gold bars worth $1.1m found in plane toilet in India

YoopyaNov 20, 2013January 31, 20240

A stash of 24 gold bars worth more than $1.1m has been discovered in the toilet compartment of a commercial plane in eastern India. Cleaners

Mumbai police look to Bollywood for image makeover

YoopyaNov 19, 2013February 3, 20240

Mumbai’s police department has deployed an unusual strategy to revamp its sagging reputation and to counter criticism that it hasn’t done a good job at

Two blasts target Iranian embassy in Beirut, kill 18

YoopyaNov 19, 2013February 3, 20240

(Reuters) – Two explosions targeting the Iranian embassy hit the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday killing 18 people and damaging buildings around the embassy compound,

Philippines to split up typhoon relief zone country by country

YoopyaNov 19, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – The Philippines will divide up the typhoon-ravaged central Visayas between countries to maximize relief efforts, a senior officer said, as President Benigno Aquino