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BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will appeal to the elite in the Chinese-run Himalayan region in a speech on Wednesday, inviting them to visit communities of exiled Tibetans.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian iron ore producer Atlas Iron is seeking to acquire Aurox Ltd in a A$143 million ($130.8) scrip offer to secure additional port capacity as it beefs up production to meet Chinese demand.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Iron ore prices are headed as much as 35 percent higher this year and will likely pressure the profit margins of steel companies, Tata Steel Ltd Vice Chairman B. Muthuraman said on Tuesday.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian junior miner Aurox said on Wednesday it had agreed to an all-scrip merger with Atlas Iron, an emerging iron ore producer.

REUTERS - China and India signed up to the Copenhagen Accord for fighting climate change on Tuesday, joining almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters in endorsing the non-binding pact.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters on Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favoured by the United States.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Netherlands reached the men's hockey World Cup semi-finals despite losing 2-1 to South Korea as they edged out their opponents on goal difference on Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Premier Vladimir Putin will offer a traditional cocktail of arms and oil deals when he travels to India on Thursday to persuade a Cold War ally to buy new weapons amid rising competition with the United States.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Congress party head Sonia Gandhi said on Tuesday its ruling coalition was intact, despite a key ally breaking ranks to abstain as a bill to reserve a third of parliamentary seats for women was passed by the Rajya Sabha.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Veteran British singer Cliff Richard will mark his 70th birthday with the release of an album of jazz and swing music, he announced on Tuesday.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will appeal to the elite in the Chinese-run Himalayan region in a speech on Wednesday, inviting them to visit communities of exiled Tibetans.

BOSTON (Reuters Life!) - Fueled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and flax, the world's first sustainable Formula 3 racing car has a top speed of 135 miles per hour and can go from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds.

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Indian movie distributor Eros International Plc plans to invest $300 million over three years to tap growing demand for Bollywood films at home and overseas, its executive chairman said on Tuesday.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India is widely expected to increase short-term interest rates at its policy review in April and a slight majority of analysts surveyed also see it further increasing banks' reserve requirements.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and finance ministry officials will meet in end-March to decide on the government's borrowing plan for the fiscal year 2010/11, a senior official said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government will continue with economic reforms to strengthen the economy, Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena told parliament in a written reply on Tuesday.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Japan's Honda will invest 4.7 billion rupees ($103 million) to build a second production plant in India, with an annual capacity of 600,000 units, to meet rising demand in the world's second-largest motorcycle market.

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, March 9 (Reuters) - Bangladesh have omitted veteran batsman and former captain Mohammad Ashraful from the 14-man squad named for the two-test series against England starting in Chittagong on Friday.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States has not raised the issue of gasoline sales by Reliance Industries to Iran, but New Delhi has told the U.S. government that issues with Tehran should be settled by talks, not sanctions, the junior oil minister Jitin Prasada said.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Shares in Tata Motors fell nearly 6 percent on Tuesday morning after a series of block deals, which one source said was German carmaker Daimler AG selling its holding in the vehicle maker.