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  • Singhs call Daiichi Sankyo's accusation "false and baseless" Reuters
    Singhs call Daiichi Sankyo's accusation "false and baseless"

    By Tony Munroe MUMBAI (Reuters) - Shares in Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd fell as much as 10.7 percent on Thursday after majority shareholder Daiichi Sankyo Co said it believed former shareholders of the company hid information regarding U.S. regulatory probes. Last week, Ranbaxy pleaded guilty to felony charges related to drug safety and agreed to pay $500 million in civil and criminal fines under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice. Daiichi Sankyo did not name the shareholders in its statement late on Wednesday. In 2008, Japan's No. 3 drugmaker bought 63.9 percent of Ranbaxy for $4. ...

  • Global stocks fall on China growth woes, U.S. Fed concerns Reuters
    Global stocks fall on China growth woes, U.S. Fed concerns

    By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock markets worldwide fell sharply on Thursday as surprisingly weak data from China and Europe raised worries about slow growth a day after U.S. Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke broached the possibility of reducing stimulus that has buoyed investor confidence. Japanese shares were hit hardest in overnight action, with the Nikkei losing 7.3 percent, its biggest one-day fall in two years. Investors retreated to safe-haven currencies. ...

  • Obama may limit drone use, discuss Guantanamo in major speech Reuters
    Obama may limit drone use, discuss Guantanamo in major speech

    By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will vow on Thursday to be more open to the public about the U.S. fight against terrorism and may lay out limits for the use of lethal drones abroad while sketching a vision for closing the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In a major foreign policy speech after some two weeks of dealing with domestic scandals, Obama will underline his support for civil liberties in the face of recent criticism that his administration is secretive and bullies opponents. ...

  • Prominent Chechen advocate shot dead in Turkish capital Reuters

    ANKARA (Reuters) - A prominent figure in the Chechen diaspora in Turkey was shot at his Ankara office late on Wednesday, a North Caucasus refugee association said, the latest in a series of killings of Chechens and their sympathisers in the country in recent years. Many refugees and separatists have settled in Turkey from Russia's North Caucasus, which fought two bloody wars with Moscow in the 1990s, including opponents of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, an ex-rebel turned Kremlin loyalist, and the brother of Moscow's most-wanted militant leader Doku Umarov. ...

  • Killing of British soldier stirs tension in poor corner of London Reuters
    Killing of British soldier stirs tension in poor corner of London

    By Andrew Osborn and Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - The gory killing of a British soldier at the hands of two suspected Islamist militants has shone a spotlight on Woolwich, the London district where it happened, stirring racial tensions in one of the most ethnically diverse parts of Britain. Tucked away inside a bend of the River Thames to the southeast of central London, Woolwich has changed as quickly as the British capital itself in the last 20 years as successive waves of immigrants attracted by the area's cheaper housing have made it their home. ...

  • Congo has chance for peace, U.N. ready to enforce - Ban Reuters
    Congo has chance for peace, U.N. ready to enforce - Ban

    By Jonny Hogg GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - T roubled eastern Congo has the best chance in years to secure a lasting peace but the United Nations stands ready to pacify the region by force if need be, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday. Fighting that erupted on Monday near Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's largest city, has killed at least 20 people and ended an uneasy six-month calm between the army and fighters from the M23 rebel group. ...

  • Raikkonen would rather be left alone Reuters
    Raikkonen would rather be left alone

    By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - Kimi Raikkonen would much rather be left alone but he is happy to admit that sometimes he does not know what he is doing. Social media is never going to be the Finn's thing and the Lotus driver has never hidden his distaste for interviews but he overcame his reluctance and spoke to Reuters at the Monaco Grand Prix - albeit stressing: "That's not the reason why I am here. ...

  • Graphic sex in applauded lesbian love story gets Cannes buzzing Reuters
    Graphic sex in applauded lesbian love story gets Cannes buzzing

    By Alexandria Sage CANNES (Reuters) - An intimate love story between two young women received rave reviews from critics at the Cannes film festival despite explicit lesbian sex scenes that could limit the film's distribution. "La Vie d'Adele - Chapitre 1 & 2" ("Blue is the Warmest Colour") is a poignant tale of love and sexuality centred on 15-year-old Adele, in a breakout performance by Adele Exarchopoulos, and her lover Emma (Lea Seydoux), set to premiere on Thursday evening. ...

  • Spot copper treatment charges up on Sterlite output cut - Aurubis Reuters
    Spot copper treatment charges up on Sterlite output cut - Aurubis

    HAMBURG (Reuters) - Global spot copper ore treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) are rising because of a production stop at Sterlite copper smelter, Europe's biggest copper producer Aurubis said on Thursday. Global spot TC/RCs have risen by $5 a tonne in the past few weeks to $85 a tonne and 8.5 cents a pound, Aurubis said. TC/RCs are fees paid by miners to smelters to refine concentrate into metal and are a key part of the global copper industry's earnings. Spot fees had been around $80 a tonne and 8 cents a pound in March and April. ...

  • Malaysian police arrest opposition figures in crackdown Reuters
    Malaysian police arrest opposition figures in crackdown

    By Siva Sithraputhran and Stuart Grudgings KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian police arrested three opposition politicians and activists on Thursday and charged another with sedition, launching a crackdown on dissent three weeks after an election exposed deep divisions in the country and sparked a series of opposition protest rallies. The arrests and the charging of a student activist under the country's Sedition Act signal a hardening stance by the government after the May 5 poll, which it won in unconvincing style that has highlighted electoral system problems. ...

  • London attackers known to British security services Reuters
    London attackers known to British security services

    By Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Two British men of Nigerian descent accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries were known to security services, a source close to the investigation said Thursday. One man, filmed calmly justifying the killing as he stood by the body holding a knife and meat cleaver in bloodied hands, was named by acquaintances as 28-year-old Londoner Michael Adebolajo - a British-born convert to radical Islam. So frenzied was the attack, some witnesses thought they tried to behead the victim. ...

  • Micro-breweries give cheer to British beer drinkers Reuters
    Micro-breweries give cheer to British beer drinkers

    By Jonathan Cable BRENTWOOD, England (Reuters) - Britain's love affair with quirkily named real ales and their demand for locally produced goods has led to a growing trend in micro-breweries that cater to the more discerning palate. More than 1,000 brewers now operate across the country compared to just over 800 in late 2011, some working out of little more than a large garage but competing for drinkers with giants such as SABMiller and Greene King in a 16.5 billion pound industry. "We offer something different. ...

  • Wockhardt hit by FDA import alert on drug plant Reuters
    Wockhardt hit by FDA import alert on drug plant

    MUMBAI (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration imposed an "import alert" on a plant operated by generic drugmaker Wockhardt Ltd, sending its shares down 20 percent on Thursday to their lowest level in seven months. An "import alert", effectively a ban, results in detention without physical examination of drugs from firms that have not met so-called good manufacturing practices, according to the FDA website. ...

  • New Zealand opt for Bracewell over Vettori for second test Reuters
    New Zealand opt for Bracewell over Vettori for second test

    By Justin Palmer LEEDS, England (Reuters) - New Zealand will go with a four-seamer attack and will not risk spinner Daniel Vettori for the second and final test against England starting at Headingley on Friday, captain Brendon McCullum said. Doug Bracewell, who missed the first two drawn tests of the series against England in New Zealand this year after cutting his foot on glass, and was not selected for the third test, will come into the side. New Zealand lost the first test at Lord's by 170 runs on Sunday after being skittled out for 68 in their second innings. ...

  • UEFA agrees tougher sanctions to combat racism Reuters
    UEFA agrees tougher sanctions to combat racism

    By Mike Collett LONDON (Reuters) - Players or officials found guilty of racist offences in European club matches or internationals will face a minimum ban of 10 matches under tougher disciplinary regulations approved by UEFA's executive committee on Thursday. The executive will also propose to their annual Congress in London on Friday that all their 53 national associations adopt the same sanction, although the English FA announced last week it would be imposing a minimum five-match ban for racist offences. ...

  • After Rahul rap, Delhi Congress vouches for unity IANS

    New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Leaders of the faction-ridden Delhi Congress Thursday said they will drop their differences and fight the coming assembly elections unitedly following a stern talking to by party vice president Rahul Gandhi.

  • East Bengal beat Mohun Bagan 3-2, win Kolkata League IANS

    Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) Riding on their Nigerian firepower, East Bengal made a hattrick of Kolkata premier division soccer league titles with a 3-2 win over arch-rivals Mohun Bagan here Thursday.

  • Cabinet approves classical language status for Malayalam IANS

    New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The cabinet Thursday approved classical language status for Malayalam, subject to the outcome of a case in the Madras High Court, an official statement said.

  • Driver held for Ghaziabad family's massacre IANS

    Ghaziabad, May 23 (IANS) Cracking the gruesome killings of seven members of a businessman's family in Ghaziabad two days ago, Uttar Pradesh Police Thursday arrested the family's former driver who confessed to the murders, police said.

  • 'Quadricycles may increase road deaths' IANS

    New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The government's decision to allow quadricycles, a category of four-wheelers on Indian roads, is fraught with the danger of further deteriorating road safety and pollution, a global not-for-profit organisation said Thursday.

  • Anti-tax agitation called off in Maharashtra IANS

    Mumbai, May 23 (IANS) Wholesalers, retailers and manufacturers across Maharashtra called off their month-long agitation against the local body tax (LBT) imposed by civic agencies following talks with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan here Thursday.

  • Cabinet nod to 20,751 new Income Tax posts IANS

    New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Cabinet Thursday approved creation of 20,751 additional posts in the Income Tax department, at a cost of Rs.449.71 crore, to help it collect increased revenue and provide better services to tax payers, an official statement said.

  • Delhi Police seek details of Sreesanth seizures IANS

    New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Delhi Police Thursday contacted their counterparts in Mumbai seeking details about the articles seized from the hotel where tainted cricketer S. Sreesanth stayed, said a police official.

  • Noose tightens around Gurunath, umpire Rauf removed IANS

    Mumbai/Chennai/New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The mess in the Indian Premier League (IPL) just got bigger as Mumbai police Thursday ordered Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of Indian cricket board chief N. Srinivasan, to get in touch with them by Friday evening, while top Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf, who has been officiating in IPL matches, was removed from next month's ICC Champions Trophy.

  • Bomb hoax in Delhi IANS

    New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Panic gripped people in a multi-storey building here after a letter warning of a bomb inside was recovered Thursday afternoon, police said. However, the threat turned out to be a hoax.

  • Cabinet nod to filling up of reserved vacancies IANS

    New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The cabinet Thursday approved a special recruitment drive to fill up the backlog in vacancies reserved under the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) quota, an official statement said.

  • 25 killed, 30 injured in suicide attacks in Niger IANS

    Niamey, May 23 (IANS) At least 25 people were killed and 30 got injured after two suicide bomb attacks Thursday at a military base and a plant run by French nuclear giant Areva in northern Niger, reported Xinhua.

  • Chandila got Rs.12 lakh for spot fixing in 2012 IPL: Cops IANS

    New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Ajit Chandila, arrested Rajasthan Royals player, had received Rs.12 lakh for spot fixing in IPL 2012 matches, Delhi Police said Thursday.

  • Syria's Assad stresses resolve to keep fighting 'terrorism' IANS

    Damascus, May 23 (IANS) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stressed Thursday his resolve to continue fighting "terrorism" in tandem with efforts for a political solution to the country's 26-month-old crisis, reported Xinhua citing state-run SANA news agency.

  • Mumbai cops want to question Meiyappan by Friday evening IANS

    Mumbai/Chennai, May 23 (IANS) Widening the probe into the IPL spot fixing scam, Mumbai police have ordered Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of Indian cricket board chief N. Srinivasan, to get in touch with them by Friday evening, an official said in Mumbai.