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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Bharti Airtel’s $10.7 billion bid for the Africa assets of Kuwait’s Zain gives India’s largest telecom company a new chance to realize its dream of becoming an intercontinental emerging- market phone giant as business grows tougher at home. The planned deal, confirmed by both companies Monday, demonstrates India Inc.’s appetite to expand and marks a retreat back to the Arab world for Zain.
