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Reuters - India will be on next year's Formula One calendar, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone told the sport's governing body on Thursday.

Reuters - Pakistan's entire World Cup squad have announced their international retirement after finishing last at the 12-team tournament in India.

Reuters - Several drug firms have agreed a landmark deal to supply up to 200 million doses a year of cut-price pneumococcal vaccines to developing nations, according to the global immunisation alliance that is overseeing the deal.

Reuters - Russian state diamond monopoly Alrosa plans to supply about $1 billion worth of unpolished stones to India this year, enough to generate almost a third of its total revenues, an Alrosa spokesman said on Thursday.

Reuters - Olympic champions Germany thrashed England 4-1 in the semi-finals of the men's hockey World Cup on Thursday to stay on course for a third successive title.

Reuters - Afghanistan does not want a proxy war between Pakistan and India or anybody else fought on its soil, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday during a visit to Pakistan.

Reuters - The court martial of defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka will begin next week on charges of engaging in politics while army chief and procurement malpractices, officials said on Thursday.

Reuters - Russia is considering inviting India's state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp to develop oil and gas fields in Russia, the government said on Thursday, ahead of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to India.

Reuters - Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ejaz Butt defended the punishments imposed on seven top players, saying strong action was needed to stamp out indiscipline in the national side.

Reuters - Lewis Hamilton may dream about being cast in the role of James Bond, but seven-times Formula One champion Michael Schumacher said on Thursday the role was already his.

Reuters - Myanmar's military government on Thursday officially annulled the results of the country's 1990 general election, a poll it chose to ignore at the time when the main opposition party won by a landslide.

Reuters - The food prices moderated slightly while fuel price inflation accelerated in late February adding pressure on Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to raise rates at its April policy review.

Reuters - Chinese officials reacted with anger to a speech by exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in which he said Buddhists were living in prison-like conditions and expressed sympathy with the people of Xinjiang.

Reuters - The record government borrowing for the fiscal year starting April 1 is unlikely to be a huge challenge, Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn said on Thursday.

Reuters - India is in the process of revamping its mining laws in a bid to attract more foreign mining and exploration companies to invest in its domestic mining sector, said a Indian top policymaker on Tuesday.

Reuters - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the new richest person in the world, knocking Microsoft founder Bill Gates into second spot, Forbes said on Wednesday.

Reuters - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, knocking Microsoft founder Bill Gates into second spot, as the wealth of the world's billionaires grew by 50 percent over the last year, Forbes magazine said on Wednesday.

Reuters - Mexico's Carlos Slim, named the world's richest man on Wednesday, first showed a talent for business as a 10-year-old kid when he filled his pockets with pesos selling drinks and snacks to his family.

Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that a group of national science academies would review U.N. climate science to restore trust after a 2007 global warming report was found to have errors.