2008年9月10日星期三

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India orders probe as S.Asia floods, disease strike (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 04:47 AM CDT

Flood-affected people queue up for free milk at a flood relief camp in Purniya, Bihar, September 8, 2008. Authorities battling devastating floods in Bihar ordered a probe on Wednesday to determine whether negligence contributed to the disaster, while more people drowned and diseases spread across South Asia. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Authorities battling devastating floods in Bihar ordered a probe on Wednesday to determine whether negligence contributed to the disaster, while more people drowned and diseases spread across South Asia.


Scientists send first beam round particle-smasher (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 04:04 AM CDT

A scientist looks at computer screens at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) control center of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research in Geneva September 3, 2008. Scientists at CERN started up a huge particle-smashing machine on Wednesday, aiming to re-enact the conditions of the Reuters - Scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) started up a huge particle-smashing machine on Wednesday, aiming to re-enact the conditions of the "Big Bang" that created the universe.


India says can resolve trade issues with EU - paper (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 03:52 AM CDT

Trade Minister Kamal Nath is seen during a news conference in New Delhi in this July 16, 2008 file photo. India can resolve its differences with the European Union on trade policy, but faces a bigger dispute with the United States over farm subsidies, Nath told a German newspaper. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India can resolve its differences with the European Union on trade policy, but faces a bigger dispute with the United States over farm subsidies, Trade Minister Kamal Nath told a German newspaper.


FACTBOX - What is the Big Bang? (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 03:19 AM CDT

In this artist's impression provided by the journal Science, swirling clouds of hydrogen and helium gases are illuminated by the first starlight to shine in the universe after the Big Bang. REUTERS/David Aguilar (CfA)/HandoutReuters - The European Organisation for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, on Wednesday began an experiment to recreate conditions surrounding the Big Bang, which scientists believe gave birth to the universe.


RIM launches first flip-phone version of BlackBerry (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 11:34 PM CDT

Research in Motion (RIM) co-CEO Jim Balsillie is silhouetted while speaking at the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation Technology Showcase, in Ottawa in this March 7, 2007 file photo. RIM is launching a flip version of its popular BlackBerry Pearl smartphone, a move that reasserts its push into the retail consumer market. REUTERS/Chris WattieReuters - Research In Motion Ltd is launching a flip version of its popular BlackBerry Pearl smartphone, a move that reasserts its push into the retail consumer market.


Rice presses Congress on India nuclear deal (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 07:50 PM CDT

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice talks to reporters in Rabat September 7, 2008. Rice plans to meet key U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to discuss how to speed passage of the U.S.-India civil nuclear agreement, sources said. REUTERS/Rafael MarchanteReuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday launched an all-out effort to persuade the U.S. Congress to approve an agreement to end a three-decade ban on nuclear trade with India this year.


Fresh protest looms over Nano car factory (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 12:18 AM CDT

Tata Group's Reuters - Farmers threatened on Tuesday to resume protests that have blocked construction of a factory to build Tata Motors' super-cheap Nano car unless talks to resolve a dispute over land produce results soon.


Adiga favourite to win Booker - but not Rushdie (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 11:27 AM CDT

Reuters - Tales from rural India, secretive Ireland and strike-riven northern England are all vying for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, one of the world's most prestigious literary awards.

Twenty-five wounded in Kashmir violence (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 08:50 AM CDT

A policeman holds a shield against stone-pelting protesters in Srinagar September 9, 2008. REUTERS/Fayaz KabliReuters - More than two dozen people, including 10 policemen, were injured in Kashmir on Tuesday when police clashed with hundreds of demonstrators in fresh protests against Indian rule, police and witnesses said.


Scientists start up giant particle-smashing machine (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 02:58 AM CDT

The last element, weighing 100 tonnes, of the ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC Apparatus) experiment is lowered into the cave at the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN (Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire) in Meyrin, near Geneva in this February 29, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/FilesReuters - Scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) started up a huge particle-smashing machine on Wednesday, aiming to re-enact the conditions of the "Big Bang" that created the universe.


China says India border solution an "arduous" task (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 08:31 AM CDT

China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi is seen during his meeting with his Indian counterpart, Pranab Mukherjee, in New Delhi September 8, 2008. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - China said on Tuesday negotiating a settlement of its border disputes with India was an "arduous and complex" task, but added it was willing to work for a wider regional cooperation to achieve peace in South Asia.


Mysteries of universe to be probed in giant project (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 11:31 PM CDT

Visitors look at the first element of the huge magnet of the Compact Muon Solenoid experimental site at the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN (Centre Europeen de Recherche Nucleaire) before its lowering on Thursday in the French village of Cessy near the Swiss city of Geneva November 29, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/FilesReuters - International physicists at a vast underground complex near Geneva launch a 20-year project on Wednesday to re-enact the "Big Bang" to try to explain the origins of the universe and how it came to harbour life.


Malaria campaigners hopeful on drugs pricing deal (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 01:10 PM CDT

Reuters - Anti-malaria campaigners are confident that a deal can be reached with pharmaceuticals groups to cut the cost of new drugs needed to fight a disease estimated to kill more than 1 million people a year.

'The Last Lear' to open in Maharashtra despite boycott threat producers (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 01:04 PM CDT

Amitabh Bachchan smiles during a promotional event of an online gaming portal in Mumbai, April 27, 2008. The producers of Bachchan-starrer Reuters - The producers of a new Amitabh Bachchan-starrer said on Tuesday the film would open in cinemas in Maharashtra this week despite a local political party's threat to boycott films by the actor and his family.


New RBI head sees signs of inflation slowdown (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 10:09 PM CDT

RBI governor Duvvuri Subbarao smiles during a news conference in Mumbai September 9, 2008. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - India's inflation is showing signs of moderating but it is too early to conclude whether this is a trend, the new governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Tuesday, signalling he would wait and see before taking any fresh steps.


Mysteries of universe at focus of giant project (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 07:54 AM CDT

The last element, weighing 100 tonnes, of the ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) experiment is lowered into the cave at the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN in Meyrin, near Geneva February 29, 2008. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseReuters - Scientists at a vast underground Swiss laboratory will launch an experiment on Wednesday to re-enact the "Big Bang" on a small scale to explain the origins of the universe and how it came to harbour life.


McLaren appeal Hamilton's Belgian GP penalty (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 10:34 AM CDT

Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa (L) gives a thumb up while standing on the podium next to McLaren Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton after the Belgian Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps race track September 7, 2008. REUTERS/Yves HermanReuters - The McLaren Formula One team said on Tuesday they had lodged an appeal against a stewards' decision to strip their world championship leader Lewis Hamilton of victory in Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix.


Amitav Ghosh, Aravind Adiga in Booker Prize shortlist (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Sep 2008 10:16 AM CDT

Author Amitav Ghosh speaks during an interview with Reuters in New Delhi in this June 15, 2008 file photo. Ghosh and Aravind Adiga made it to the shortlist for the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction on Tuesday, but 'Best of the Booker' winner Salman Rushdie didn't make the cut. REUTERS/Danish Ismail/FilesReuters - Indian writers Amitav Ghosh and Aravind Adiga made it to the shortlist for the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction on Tuesday, but 'Best of the Booker' winner Salman Rushdie didn't make the cut.


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