NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Seven thousand fewer girls are born in India each day than the global average would suggest, largely because female fetuses are aborted after sex determination tests, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.

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LONDON (Reuters) - To mark next year's bicentenary of the slave trade being abolished across the British Empire, London is to open its first gallery dedicated to the trade.

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MINSK (Reuters) - A jailed Belarussian opposition activist has ended a 53-day hunger strike aimed at rallying opposition to President Alexander Lukashenko, his wife said on Tuesday, declaring that he sounded in good spirits.

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The former Enron chief executive said he was made a scapegoat and is seeking to remain free on bail while he appeals his conviction.
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Take-Two Interactive Software said Monday it improperly dated stock options for as long as nine years and would report undetermined expenses to correct compensation costs.
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The former chief financial officer of U.S. Foodservice, Michael J. Resnick, was sentenced yesterday to three years?’ probation for his role in an accounting fraud.
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