2008年9月12日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

New houses, better food for South Asia flood victims (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 04:05 AM CDT

A woman stands in a queue for free milk at a flood relief camp in Purniya district town of Bihar, September 8, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Authorities in eastern India battling devastating floods said they would rebuild homes of flood victims and feed them with better food in camps, following frequent protests across South Asia by homeless villagers.


Fear of losing drove U.S. ground raid in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 03:38 AM CDT

In this file photo a U.S. helicopter lands at a joint U.S and Afghan National Army base in the eastern province of Paktika, near the border with Pakistan. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood/FilesReuters - A U.S. decision to mount a ground strike inside Pakistan last week reflected fears that Islamic militants are winning the war against U.S.-led forces and followed political pressures in a U.S. election year.


Orissa tribal lands, a factory of Hindu foot soldiers (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 12:44 AM CDT

Hindu girls are seen reciting hymns in a Hindu ashram where a Hindu holyman was killed at Jalespeta village in Orissa in this August 30, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - Deep inside the thickly forested hills of Orissa, where ancient tribes live in huts of grass-and-mud cut off from modernity, a stealth electoral weapon is at work for Hindu nationalists.


Mobile phone condom ring-tone sings safe sex (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 10:59 PM CDT

A volunteer explains how to use a female condom to sex workers in Siliguri, November 30, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - A mobile phone ring-tone that sings "condom, condom, condom" has attracted over 270,000 downloads since its launch last month, helping to spread the message of safe sex in India, according to organisers.


Kashmiri militants chop nose of "Indian informer" (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 03:53 AM CDT

Reuters - Suspected Muslim guerrillas sliced off the nose of a villager in Kashmir, thinking that he was an informer of Indian security forces, police said on Friday.

India July industry output flags underlying strength (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 02:57 AM CDT

A labourer is seen working in a ferrochrome factory at Bharibramna, 20 km west of Jammu, in this July 15, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Amit Gupta/FilesReuters - India's annual industrial output rose more than expected in July, driven by capital goods production, which analysts said signalled continuing investment and underlying economic strength in the face of higher interest rates.


Australia's Symonds dropped for India tour (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Sep 2008 12:07 AM CDT

Australia's Andrew Symonds is seen during their fourth one-day cricket international against West Indies in Basseterre, St. Kitts, in this July 4, 2008 file photo. Symonds has been dropped from Australia's cricket squad for their tour of India and replaced by Queensland team mate Shane Watson. REUTERS/Andy Clark/FilesReuters - All-rounder Andrew Symonds has been dropped from Australia's cricket squad for their tour of India and replaced by Queensland team mate Shane Watson.


India starts negotiating global nuclear deals (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 06:01 AM CDT

Indian and U.S. national flags flutter in front of the Presidential Palace in New Delhi in this February 28, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India said on Thursday it was negotiating agreements to buy nuclear technology and facilities from countries such as France and Russia, days after winning a waiver on a ban that had stopped it from accessing the global atomic market.


Australia cricket squad for tour of India (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 11:51 PM CDT

Australia cricket captain Ricky Ponting is seen in St. George's, Grenada, in this June 27, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Andy Clark/FilesReuters - Australia named the following cricket squad on Friday for the tour of India:


Raj Thackeray accepts Bachchan apology, calls off stir (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 10:26 PM CDT

Leading Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan (C) is escorted by his bodyguards as he arrives for a news conference to promote his new film Reuters - A boycott threat against actor Amitabh Bachchan and his family by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) was called off by its chief Raj Thackeray on Thursday, a day after Bachchan apologised for a remark that had irked the regional party.


S.Asia flood camps overflow, victims struggle (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 12:36 PM CDT

Flood-affected women rest at a relief camp in Araria district town in Bihar, September 7, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - Thousands of villagers in South Asia complained of fever and diarrhoea on Thursday as flood waters started receding, exposing victims to threats of water-borne diseases, officials and aid agencies said.


Asia poverty level down, child health poor - U.N. report (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 10:32 AM CDT

Children stand outside their home in Patara village in Madhya Pradesh, March 8, 2008. Asia is making progress in reducing extreme poverty but faces an uphill battle to improve child nutrition and lower child mortality rates, the United Nations said on Thursday. REUTERS/Raj Patidar/FilesReuters - Asia is making progress in reducing extreme poverty but faces an uphill battle to improve child nutrition and lower child mortality rates, the United Nations said on Thursday.


Pakistan kills 100 as tension with U.S. grows (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 01:29 PM CDT

A Pakistani paramilitary soldier stands guard in a bunker in Quetta August 26, 2008. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Pakistani forces killed up to 100 al Qaeda-linked militants in fierce clashes near the Afghan border on Thursday, a security official said, as tensions grew with the United States over how to tackle militancy.


Karzai backs U.S. on Pakistan, NATO holds back (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 12:48 PM CDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul September 11, 2008. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniReuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai backed a proposed U.S. strategy on Thursday to hit al Qaeda and Taliban militants in neighbouring Pakistan, but NATO said it would not join any cross-border U.S. raids.


India sets new biofuel target, risks food price row (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 08:07 AM CDT

A woman clears wild grass near a jatropha plant in Malegaon, 260 km northeast of Mumbai, October 9, 2006. India aims to raise blending of biofuels with petrol and diesel to 20 percent within a decade, threatening a revival of the food-versus-fuel debate. REUTERS/Prashanth Vishwanathan/FilesReuters - India on Thursday set an ambitious 20 percent target for biofuels use within a decade, threatening to revive the food-versus-fuel debate just as global food prices stabilise to the relief of poor consumers and governments.


Nepal says to deport illegal Tibetans back to Tibet (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 01:09 PM CDT

Reuters - Nepal's Maoist-led government will deport Tibetan exiles living illegally in the country, an official said on Thursday, a move likely aimed at stopping regular protests against its influential neighbour China.

Inflation eases again, RBI to stay firm (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 11:02 AM CDT

A labourer arranges pineapples at a wholesale fruit market in Siliguri July 12, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Indian inflation eased for the third week running at the end of August and a top policy adviser said it may have peaked, but analysts said pressures remained and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) could still tighten policy again.


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