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Jadeja hits IPL jackpot, England players ignored
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja fetched a bid worth more than $2 million, the highest in Saturday's Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, while there was no taker for frontline England players.
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F1 title race could be an ugly battle
LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One cars are not a sight for sore eyes this season but, on the basis of the first four launches, at least one ugly duckling looks likely to turn into a swan as the year progresses.
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Congress wins court reprieve over 2G telecoms scandal
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government won some rare relief on Saturday when a Delhi court threw out the corruption case against Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram ahead of crucial elections in Uttar Pradesh next week.
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Civilian deaths in Afghan war up for fifth straight year - UN
KABUL (Reuters) - More than 3,000 civilians were killed in the war in Afghanistan in 2011, the fifth year in a row the number has risen, the United Nations said on Saturday in a report likely to revive tension between the Afghan government and its Western backers.
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Sahara withdraws team India sponsorship, IPL team
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Sahara Group has pulled out of its sponsorship deal with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pune franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the diversified business conglomerate said on Saturday.
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Fighter deals intensify global aerial arms race
REUTERS - Big decisions on warplane purchases by Japan and India have intensified competition in the multi-billion-dollar global market, with Western defense firms scrambling for orders in Asia and the Middle East as their home-country budgets shrivel.
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Malaria kills twice as many as thought - study
LONDON (Reuters) - Malaria kills more than 1.2 million people worldwide a year, nearly twice as many as previously thought, according to new research published on Friday that questions years of assumptions about the mosquito-borne disease.
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SC ruling to trigger telecoms industry shakeout
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Vodafone , for one, is wasting little time in capitalising on a blockbuster Supreme Court verdict that's likely to shake up the world's second-largest mobile phone market.
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India's military build up may be too little too late?
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's 1.3 million-strong armed forces, hobbled by outdated equipment and slow decision-making, are undergoing an overhaul as defence priorities shift to China from traditional rival Pakistan.
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FACTBOX - India's growing defence market
REUTERS - India plans to spend about $100 billion over the next 10 years to upgrade its largely Soviet-era military equipment, as Asia's third largest economy looks to match its military power with its economic clout.
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