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Zardari wins Pakistan election amid violence
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, won Pakistan’s presidential elections amid violence that killed at least 16 people and injured dozens
Tata considers steel asset spin-off
Move could fund unit’s expansion
Indian customers lured by gold’s lower price
Yellow metal sustains at $800 an ounce
Top food exporters ease restrictions
Hopes for end to year-long crisis
Last-ditch talks on Tata factory
West Bengal government and opposition set to meet
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Joe Leahy, Mumbai correspondent, visits the besieged Tata car plant in West Bengal which has become a symbol of clashing values in modern India
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