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| Bomber kills 11 Shi'ite pilgrims north of Baghdad - police |
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| BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 11 people and wounded 23 others when he detonated explosives in a crowd of Shi'ite pilgrims walking north of Baghdad to the shrine city of Samarra, police and medical officials said. The Shi'ite faithful had stopped at a tent serving pilgrims in Taji on Baghdad province's northern edge, the officials said. "Suddenly a powerful explosion shook the area," said bystander Hatem Aziz. "I saw police and civilian cars packed with wounded rushing away." (Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed and Ned Parker) |
| India considers emergency orders to ease land deals, auction minerals |
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 By Nigam Prusty and Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is considering passing emergency executive orders to ease land-acquisition rules and auction minerals such as iron ore to kickstart hundreds of billions of dollars in stalled projects, though investments are unlikely to flow in immediately. Restrictions on buying land, under a law championed by the last Congress government, are among barriers holding up projects worth almost $300 billion in sectors such as rail, steel, mining and roads. ...
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| Fire damages Swedish mosque in second suspected arson attack |
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 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Fire ripped through a Swedish mosque early on Monday in the second suspected arson attack on a Muslim centre in four days in a country caught up in a fierce debate on immigration. Firefighters extinguished the blaze in the southern town of Eslov and no one was injured, local media reported. "We ... are working under the assumption it is arson," police officer Marie Keismar told the TT news agency. Five people were injured when fire broke out in another mosque in the Swedish town of Eskilstuna on Christmas day. ...
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| China looking at deal with U.S. to recover dirty assets |
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 BEIJING (Reuters) - China is looking at signing an agreement with the United States to target assets illegally taken out of China by corrupt officials, a newspaper said on Monday, as the government tightens the screws in its anti-graft battle. China has vowed to pursue a search, dubbed Operation "Fox Hunt," beyond its borders for corrupt officials and business executives, and their assets. But Western countries have balked at extradition deals with China, partly out of concern about the integrity of its judicial system and treatment of prisoners. ...
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| Bharti Airtel drops move to charge more for VoIP calls |
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 REUTERS - Bharti Airtel Ltd dropped a plan on Monday to charge clients extra for Internet communication services such as Skype, amid a debate on allowing equal access to web content and a backlash from subscribers. India's largest telecommunications carrier by subscribers said last week that Internet or data plans that give customers discounted rates will be valid for Internet browsing but will exclude Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. VoIP services include communications applications such as Skype, Line and Viber that typically let users make free calls through the Internet. ...
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