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Reuters South Asia News Highlights 1008 GMT, Jan 19

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Wednesday, 19 January 2011 10:08 GMT

India PM to reshuffle cabinet amid graft, inflation

NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will reshuffle his cabinet on Wednesday in a mid-term effort to refresh a coalition snared by corruption scandals and year-high food inflation as it faces keystate elections.

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Afghan poll court seeks to delay parliament formation

KABUL - A special court established to hear fraud complaints from Afghanistan's September parliamentary election has asked President Hamid Karzai to delay the formation of a new parliament to give it more time for investigations.

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India may finalise Iran oil payment route soon

NEW DELHI - India may finalise routing of funds as payment towards Iran oil imports in the next few days, Oil Secretary S. Sundareshan said on Wednesday.

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Big quake shakes Pakistan; no casualties, minor damage

QUETTA - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.2 shook southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, jolting residents of cities as far apart as New Delhi and Dubai, but doing little damage in the sparsely populated region. (Compiled by World Desk Asia, +65 6870-3815)

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