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| India's Wipro signals demand pick-up after profit rise | | | BANGALORE (Reuters) - Wipro, India's third-largest software services exporter, sounded upbeat about demand for its outsourcing services, after posting an 11 percent rise in quarterly net profit helped by an increase in large contracts. |
| Singer-songwriter JJ Cale dead at 74 after heart attack | | | NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter JJ Cale, one of the most versatile musicians of his era who played guitar and spanned music genres from rock 'n' roll to blues and jazz, has died after suffering a heart attack, his official website said on Saturday. |
| Norway's Arctic idyll shivers at oil plans | | | SVOLVAER, Norway (Reuters) - Oil companies seeking new Arctic areas for exploration face a battle with environmentalists, fishermen and hotel owners over Norwegian islands where jagged snow-capped peaks rise sheer from the sea. |
| World Bank says global food prices fell again in latest period | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global food prices fell by 2 percent in the latest four-month period, marking the third straight period of declines, as declining imports in the Middle East and North Africa, and lower demand pushed prices down 12 percent from their August 2012 peak, the World Bank said on Thursday. |
| Can a team win 79-0? | | | Two Nigerian matches that produced an incredible 146 goals are referred by the country's football authorities to the police as a "criminal matter." |
| Russia loses $200 million satellites as launch ends in flames | | | ALMATY, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A Russian rocket carrying three navigation satellites worth around $200 million crashed shortly after lift-off from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan on Tuesday after its engines suddenly switched off. |
| Was 'recklessness' to blame for Spanish train crash? | | | SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (Reuters) - Spanish police were investigating on Friday if the driver of a train that crashed in Santiago de Compostela killing dozens had been driving at reckless speed when he took a tight curve. |
| Egypt's new national hero? | | | For many Egyptians armed forces chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is a hero, despite allegations about his past. |
| Syrian rebels appeal to Russia at UN | | | July 26 - Rebels say they have overrun military outposts throughout Syria and urged Russia to stop its support to President Bashar al Assad. Deborah Gembara reports. |
| Meyer, Ohio St Talk of the Big Ten on Season's Eve | | | Urban Meyer was hailed as a savior when he agreed to take over Ohio State in the wake of the tattoo scandal that sullied the program. That support became even more frenzied when he coached the Buckeyes to a 12-0 record in his first season. |
| College Enrollment Falls as Economy Recovers | | | The college-age population is dropping after more than a decade of sharp growth, and many adults who avoided the job market and went back to school during the recession have been drawn back to work. |
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