2008年12月12日星期五

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Pakistan cracks down on Lashkar, JuD (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:10 AM CST

Pakistani security officials seal the office of Jamaat-ud-Dawa in Karachi December 11, 2008. Pakistan shut offices and arrested scores of activists of an Islamic charity as international pressure mounted for firm action against militants blamed for the Mumbai attacks, officials said on Friday. REUTERS/Athar HussainReuters - Pakistan shut offices and arrested scores of activists of an Islamic charity as international pressure mounted for firm action against militants blamed for the Mumbai attacks, officials said on Friday.


Mumbai lawyers pray but won't represent suspect (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 04:06 AM CST

Closed circuit television footage released on December 3, 2008 shows gunmen walking across a parking lot after a shooting spree at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus train station in Mumbai on November 26, 2008. REUTERS/Investigating Team Video via Reuters TVReuters - Lawyers in Mumbai are refusing to take on the case of the lone surviving gunman from last month's attacks in India's financial hub, citing moral and ethical concerns, legal officials said on Friday.


Swann double strike leaves India in a spin (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:31 AM CST

England's Matt Prior runs between the wickets on the second day of their first test cricket match against India in Chennai December 12, 2008. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - England's debutant off spinner Graeme Swann grabbed two wickets in his first over in test cricket to leave India struggling on the second day of the first test on Friday.


SCENARIOS - Assessing risks of India, Pakistan confrontation (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:41 AM CST

Indian police take up position outside Reuters - Since militants slaughtered 179 people in an assault on Mumbai, India has withstood internal pressure to unleash a military attack on Pakistani territory, while Pakistan has begun bending to external pressure to break up jihadi groups friendly with its spy agency.


Mumbai residents in human chain protest over attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:27 AM CST

Staff of Oberoi hotel form a human chain along with others on a street-side in front of the hotel (C) in Mumbai December 12, 2008. Thousands of Mumbai residents on Friday formed a human chain around some of the sites that were attacked recently. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/FilesReuters - Thousands of Mumbai residents formed a human chain snaking through the city on Friday near sites attacked by Islamist gunmen last month, in the latest demonstration against the assault and failure of the government to stop it.


World Bank to lend India infrastructure, aid funds (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 03:49 AM CST

Labourers erect scaffolding at a construction site in Hyderabad in this November 4, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - The World Bank said on Friday it will lend India $14 billion by 2012 to help the country overhaul its creaking infrastructure and increase living standards in its poor states.


Bullets in the Husains? Art lovers await Taj report (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 09:30 PM CST

The Taj Mahal hotel is seen engulfed in smoke during a gun battle in Mumbai in this November 29, 2008 file photo. While insurers assess the full extent of the damage to the luxury Taj Mahal Hotel after the recent militant attacks in Mumbai, art lovers are fretting about the fate of one of India's finest repertoires of art. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - While insurers assess the full extent of the damage to the luxury Taj Mahal Hotel after the recent militant attacks in Mumbai, art lovers are fretting about the fate of one of India's finest repertoires of art.


U.S. auto bailout crashes; stocks, dollar fall (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 02:06 AM CST

The GM headquarters is seen in downtown Detroit, Michigan December 9, 2008. The U.S. Senate failed on Thursday night to reach a last-ditch compromise to bail out automakers, effectively killing any chance of congressional action this year. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaReuters - U.S. talks on a $14 billion rescue package for America's top auto makers collapsed, renewing fears for a global economy already facing its deepest crisis in decades and sending investors fleeing from risky assets.


Pakistan vows to comply with U.N. curbs after Mumbai (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 07:17 PM CST

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani speaks during an interview with Reuters in Istanbul in this October 30, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Fatih SaribasReuters - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Thursday Pakistan would comply with a U.N. Security Council decision to put on a terrorist list the founder of a militant group blamed for the attacks on Mumbai, as well as the Islamic charity he now heads.


Hindu violence book lands writer in trouble (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 10:29 AM CST

Reuters - Police have arrested a man for writing a book blaming Hindus for deadly anti-Christian violence in the country's east earlier this year, saying the provocative work could reignite communal tensions.

Toxic drink kills 8 from tiny island tribe in Andaman and Nicobar islands (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 09:16 AM CST

Reuters - The government of India's remote Andaman and Nicobar islands has ordered a probe into the deaths of eight members of the tiny Onge tribe who drank a chemical they mistook for alcohol, officials said on Thursday.

Pakistan acts against one of India's most-wanted (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 11:50 PM CST

Tibetan exiles attend a candle light vigil to mark World Human Rights Day in New Delhi December 10, 2008. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Pakistan put the founder of a militant group blamed for the Mumbai attacks under house arrest on Thursday, responding to intense pressure to wipe out what India called "the epicentre of terrorism".


Prior, Anderson rally England in India test (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2008 01:15 AM CST

Amit Mishra celebrates after taking the wicket of England's Andrew Flintoff on the second day of their first test cricket match in Chennai December 12, 2008. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - Wicketkeeper Matt Prior struck a gutsy 39 not out and joined nightwatchman James Anderson to help England reach 294 for eight at lunch on the second day of the first test on Friday.


Pakistan puts charity under monitoring after Mumbai (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 08:27 AM CST

Students are pictured inside a classroom of a school in Jamaat-ud-Dawa charity's headquarters, known as the Markaz-e-Taiba in Muridke, some 30 km north of Lahore December 4, 2008. REUTERS/Mohsin RazaReuters - Pakistan has put an Islamist charity regarded as a front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba group blamed by India and U.S. for Mumbai attacks under monitoring, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.


Strauss hits century before India fight back (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 09:39 AM CST

England's Andrew Strauss (L) celebrates with captain Kevin Pietersen after scoring a century on the first day of their first test cricket match against India in Chennai December 11, 2008. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - England opener Andrew Strauss struck his 13th test century before left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan helped India fight back on the first day of the first test on Thursday.


Just A Minute With: British Director Danny Boyle (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 09:19 AM CST

Director Danny Boyle (R) speaks beside actor Dev Patel during the Reuters - British director Danny Boyle had never been to India before he traveled there to film "Slumdog Millionaire" -- his new movie that tells the story of a street kid who rises from the slums of Mumbai.


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