2008年11月26日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Indian carriers withdraw ticket transaction fee (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 01:12 AM CST

A passenger aircraft is silhouetted against the setting sun in New Delhi October 12, 2008. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Top airlines in India have withdrawn a transaction fee on air tickets effective Wednesday for tickets sold through call centres, websites or city offices.


Nepal assembly urged to adopt law on disappearance (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 02:33 AM CST

Reuters - Nepal's special assembly, dominated by Maoist former rebels, must adopt a bill to probe the disappearances of people gone missing during a deadly civil war, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.

Thai protesters storm airport control tower (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 12:14 AM CST

Anti-government protesters stand near a barrier made of water bottles during a rally at  Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport November 26, 2008. REUTERS/Sukree SukplangReuters - Anti-government protesters stormed the control tower at Bangkok's main international airport on Wednesday, a day after they stormed the main terminal, forcing airlines to cancel flights, media reports said.


Indian IT firms unfazed by Obama's tax plans (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2008 12:09 AM CST

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers (R) are seen as Obama announces the members of his economic policy team during a news conference in Chicago, November 24, 2008. REUTERS/John GressReuters - Indian IT and IT-services companies seem undaunted by the potential impact from U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's proposal to repeal tax breaks for companies that outsource certain operations to offshore centers.


Easy credit comes back to haunt Indian consumers (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 06:26 PM CST

A man uses an electronic machine to check a currency note at a money exchange in Siliguri in this February 5, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - "Credit is a devil that dances in empty pockets," was the advice P.V. Rajiv's father gave him when the young salesman swiped his new credit card for the first time to buy an expensive watch he could hardly afford.


India markets crash dashes middle class dreams (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 10:06 PM CST

A man wipes his perspiration as he looks at a screen displaying India's benchmark share index on the facade of the Bombay Stock Exchange building in this October 24, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - Sunil Kapadia would regularly borrow from banks to invest in India's stock markets, seeing them as a one-way ticket up the middle-class ladder as the economy hummed along at near double-digit growth rates.


Goal rush leads Bayern into knockout phase (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 06:04 PM CST

Bayern Munich's Miroslav Klose (18) scores against Steaua Bucharest during their Champions League soccer match in Munich November 25, 2008. REUTERS/Michael DalderReuters - A burst of three goals in 14 second-half minutes powered Bayern Munich into the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday.


Pakistan, India hold talks on anti-terrorism efforts (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 06:20 AM CST

Pakistani Rangers and Indian Border Security Force personnel (obscured) lower the flags of the two countries during a daily flag lowering ceremony at the India-Pakistan joint border at Wagah, some 20 km to the east of Lahore, in this December 14, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FilesReuters - Pakistan and India discussed cooperation in efforts to fight terrorism on Tuesday as part of a wide-ranging dialogue aimed at resolving outstanding disputes between the nuclear-armed rivals.


India's GDP at 7-7.5 pct in Sept quarter (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 07:53 AM CST

File photo of workers at a construction site in Bangalore May 9, 2008. India's economy is likely to have grown at an annual rate of between 7.0 and 7.5 percent in the July-September quarter and that should be roughly the rate of expansion for the current fiscal year as a whole, its chief statistician said. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - India's economy is likely to have grown at an annual rate of between 7.0 and 7.5 percent in the July-September quarter and that should be roughly the rate of expansion for the current fiscal year as a whole, its chief statistician said.


Wipro sees growth to pick up in Q1 (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 11:40 AM CST

Suresh Senapaty, Chief Financial Officer of Wipro Ltd, smiles during the Reuters India Investment Summit in  Bangalore November 25, 2008. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Wipro Ltd expects to see a pickup in growth in the first quarter as companies firm up their outsourcing plans, a top executive said.


Grenade attack on Kashmir poll rally kills one (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 07:32 AM CST

Reuters - One person was killed and four others wounded in Kashmir on Tuesday when suspected separatist guerrillas threw a grenade at an election rally, police said.

Millions miss schooling in poorer countries - U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 09:41 AM CST

Reuters - One child in eight in developing countries gets no primary schooling, according to a United Nations report, which made clear that the target of primary education for all the world's children by 2015 would not be met.

Pakistan can stop drone raids: air force chief (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 06:37 AM CST

A boy stands at the site of suspected U.S. drone attacks in the Janikhel tribal area in Bannu district of North West Frontier Province November 19, 2008. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Pakistan's air force is fully capable of stopping missile strikes by pilotless U.S. drones but it is up to the government to decide whether to do that, the air force chief said on Tuesday.


Seven Chhattisgarh policemen killed in mine by suspected Maoists (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 06:51 AM CST

Reuters - Suspected Maoist rebels set off a landmine on Tuesday in Chhattisgarh, killing at least seven policemen, officials said.

Indian pair chasing pro dream get Pirates deal (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2008 05:20 AM CST

Indian youngsters Rinku Singh (R) and Dinesh Patel (C) show off their skills after winning a nationwide baseball pitching contest as U.S. ambassador to India David C. Mulford watches, on the U.S. embassy lawns in New Delhi in this May 2, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/U.S. Embassy/Handout/FilesReuters - Two Indian youngsters chasing the American baseball dream have taken an important first step when the Pittsburgh Pirates signed them up as non-draft free agents.


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