2008年12月8日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

In state votes, Congress defies predictions (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 01:32 AM CST

Election officials check electronic voting machines in Aizawl December 1, 2008. Results from a month-long series of state elections began to be released on Monday, with the ruling Congress party looking set to win two states in votes that could reveal India's mood after the Mumbai attacks and an economic slowdown. REUTERS/Jayanta DeyReuters - Congress party appeared set to win at least three state elections on Monday, defying predictions of a political battering after both an economic slowdown and the militant attacks on Mumbai.


Pakistan arrests suspected Mumbai planner - source (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:47 AM CST

Pigeons fly past the Trident-Oberoi hotel (C) in Mumbai December 7, 2008. The suspected planner of last month's attack by gunmen on Mumbai was arrested by Pakistani security forces in a raid on a militant camp, an official with a charity linked to the militant group said on Monday. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - One of the suspected planners of last month's attack by gunmen on Mumbai was arrested by Pakistani security forces in a raid on a militant camp, an official with a charity linked to the militant group said on Monday.


Congress does well in state elections (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:23 AM CST

Reuters - Congress party appeared set to win two state elections and was leading in a third on Monday, defying predictions of a political battering after both an economic slowdown and the militant attacks on Mumbai.

Shares rally, yields fall on stimulus steps (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 03:23 AM CST

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building is seen in this May 22, 2006 file photo. Indian shares rallied nearly 5 percent and bond yields plunged to their lowest since early 2005 on Monday after the authorities slashed interest rates and promised more spending to shore up sagging growth and investor confidence. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - Indian shares surged more than 5 percent to three-week highs and bond yields sank to their lowest since early 2005 on Monday after central bank cut interest rates, the government boosted spending and Asian stocks rose.


FACTBOX - Latest counts from state elections (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 03:31 AM CST

Reuters - The results of a month-long series of state elections were being released on Monday, which should reveal the political mood of an India reeling from the Mumbai attacks and hit by an economic slowdown.

Mumbai militants used Pakistani soil - Rice (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Dec 2008 12:46 AM CST

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) listens to President George W. Bush make remarks on his Middle East policy to the Saban Forum at the Newseum in Washington December 5, 2008.  REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - Pakistani territory was used to stage recent attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday, as she again urged Islamabad to help bring perpetrators to justice.


Pakistan raids camp of group blamed for Mumbai (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 08:38 PM CST

A damaged area of the Taj Mahal hotel, one of the sites of the recent militant attacks, is seen in this handout picture released in Mumbai December 4, 2008. REUTERS/Mumbai Fire Brigade/HandoutReuters - Pakistani security forces on Sunday raided a camp used by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), two sources said, in a strike against the militant group blamed by India for last month's deadly attacks on Mumbai.


England to resume tour of India (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 08:36 PM CST

England's Kevin Pietersen arrives for training at the Zayed cricket stadium in Abu Dhabi December 7, 2008.  REUTERS/Nikhil MonteiroReuters - England's cricketers will return to India for a two-test series after their tour was suspended following the attacks in Mumbai, the national board said on Sunday.


After rate cuts, govt plans $4 bln spending boost (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 09:48 AM CST

A view of the parliament building in New Delhi February 16, 2006. The government said on Sunday it will seek approval for extra spending worth 200 billion rupees ($4 billion) as part of a plan to boost the economy and help it counter the global slowdown. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - The government said on Sunday it planned $4 billion of extra spending this fiscal year in a package to revive fading economic growth hit by the global slowdown and to shore up confidence knocked by militants' attacks on Mumbai.


Jeev Milkha Singh overcomes grief for year's fourth win (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 10:02 AM CST

Reuters - India's Asian tour leader Jeev Milkha Singh overcame personal grief on Sunday to win a Japanese Tour event and claim his fourth title of the year.

Kashmiris queue at poll booths despite boycott call (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 07:33 AM CST

Veiled Kashmiri Muslim women queue up to cast their vote during the fourth phase of state elections in Delina, about 45 km north of Srinagar December 7, 2008. REUTERS/Fayaz KabliReuters - Thousands of war-weary Kashmiris defied a separatist call for a boycott and queued up to vote on Sunday in the disputed Himalayan region for the fourth phase of state elections.


Compound lights up spreading cancer cells (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 08:41 PM CST

Reuters - A new type of imaging compound can literally light up spreading cancer cells and may offer a way to track the deadly spread of the disease, Japanese and U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.

Tata, Mahindra to pass tax cut to customers (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 08:11 AM CST

File photo of Tata officials posing with the company's Reuters - Vehicle makers Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra will pass on a 4 percent reduction in central value-added tax to customers, they said on Sunday.


Pakistani forces take over Lashkar camp - witness (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 02:16 PM CST

File photo of a Pakistani military vehicle moving down a road in a tribal region, October 25, 2008. REUTERS/Emilio Morenatti/Pool/FilesReuters - Pakistani security forces took over a camp used by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants in Pakistani Kashmir on Sunday, a witness and an official from a charity linked to Lashkar said.


Pakistan ex-spy chief: U.S. wants him on terror list (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 09:24 AM CST

Reuters - A former head of the Pakistani military's Inter-Services Intelligence agency said on Sunday the United States wants him on a U.N. list of people and organisations linked to al Qaeda and the Taliban.

China condemns Sarkozy meeting with Dalai Lama (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 08:22 AM CST

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) is greeted by Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Gdansk December 6, 2008. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/PoolReuters - China lodged a strong protest against French President Nicolas Sarkozy's weekend meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying it had damaged bilateral and Sino-EU ties, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei said on Sunday.


Facts about Mumbai attack suspects in India (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 08:51 AM CST

A view from a damaged room of Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel, one of the sites of the recent militant attacks, is seen in this undated handout photo released December 4, 2008. REUTERS/Mumbai Fire Brigade/HandoutReuters - Police forged ahead on Sunday with their investigation into the Mumbai attacks which killed 171 people last week. Four men are in custody, only one of them from Pakistan, which is where India says the attack originated.


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