2008年12月17日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Govt to keep 'cash for vote' money (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 02:11 AM CST

A view of the parliament building seen in New Delhi in this July 21, 2008 file photo. The government will keep wads of cash waved around in parliament by opposition lawmakers protesting against what they said were government attempts to bribe MPs, a senior official has said. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - The government will keep wads of cash waved around in parliament by opposition lawmakers protesting against what they said were government attempts to bribe MPs, a senior official has said.


Pele set to dazzle again, in animation film (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 03:17 AM CST

Former Brazilian soccer player Pele greets guests and journalists as he arrives at a conference during the Congreso Mundial Del Deporte (The World Congress of Sport) in Mexico City in this October 25, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Henry RomeroReuters - Pele is set to return to the field again, this time in an animation film to be made by an Indian company around the Brazilian soccer legend.


Villagers in eastern India resist bird flu poultry cull (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 03:07 AM CST

Health workers carry culled poultry for disposal at Hajo village, about 40 km west from Guwahati in this November 28, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Utpal BaruahReuters - Efforts by state authorities in east India to cull poultry to contain the latest outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus are being thwarted by poor villagers hiding their birds, officials said on Wednesday.


Dazed England face uphill struggle against India (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 02:23 AM CST

England's cricket team captain Kevin Pietersen plays a shot during a practice session in Chennai in this December 10, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - England, stunned by India's record run chase in the first test, have little time to rue their poor finishing ahead of the second and final test starting on Friday.


India can reduce hunger with political will - WFP (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 03:11 AM CST

U.N.'s World Food Program (WFP) Executive Director Josette Sheeran speaks during an interview with Reuters in New Delhi December 16, 2008. REUTERS/Vijay MathurReuters - India can make a significant contribution to the global fight against malnourishment and hunger if it shows political will and makes its food distribution system more effective, the U.N.'s World Food Programme said.


Bangladesh lifts emergency ahead of election (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 02:26 AM CST

A girl waves the national flag of Bangladesh during an election rally of Awami League in Dhaka in this December 15, 2008 file photo. Bangladesh ended a nearly two-year-old state of emergency ahead of a parliamentary election this month aimed at restoring democracy in the South Asian country, a Home Ministry statement said. REUTERS/Andrew BirajReuters - Bangladesh ended a two-year-old state of emergency on Wednesday ahead of a parliamentary election this month aimed at restoring democracy in the South Asian country, a Home Ministry statement said.


Jeev Milkha Singh to cap year of anguish with Asian glory (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 12:49 AM CST

Jeev Milkha Singh of India chips the ball onto the ninth green during the third round of the Hong Kong Open golf tournament in this November 22, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Bobby YipReuters - India's Jeev Milkha Singh will cap a year of physical and mental anguish when he formally claims the Asian Tour order of merit for a second time this weekend.


India-Pakistan talks stalled after attacks - Delhi (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 11:07 PM CST

Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee is seen during a joint news conference with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi in New Delhi in this November 26, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Tentative peace talks between India and Pakistan have stalled after the Mumbai attacks, India said on Tuesday, and can only resume if Islamabad takes more decisive action against militant groups on its soil.


ICC asks umpires to curb slow over rates, verbal abuse (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 10:38 PM CST

International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat speaks during a news conference at National stadium in Karachi in this August 12, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Athar HussainReuters - The International Cricket Council (ICC) has called on match officials to clamp down on slow over rates and verbal abuse.


Pakistan sees need for crackdown after Mumbai (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 12:04 PM CST

John Kerry (L), designated head of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, talks with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Islamabad December 16, 2008. REUTERS/Mian KhursheedReuters - The attacks in Mumbai last month have convinced Pakistani leaders of the need for a serious crackdown on the Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), U.S. Sen. John Kerry said on Tuesday.


U.S. slashes rates as world eyes all economic tools (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 06:09 PM CST

The Federal Reserve Building in Washington while the Fed is inside meeting, October 29, 2008. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve took a radical step to revive the moribund economy, slashing its key interest rate to zero to 0.25 percent on Tuesday, shortly after plummeting consumer prices and record-low housing starts pointed to a prolonged recession.


Financial crisis pushing hungry to wall, WFP says (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 02:52 PM CST

File photo of WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran (R) speaking with Haitians in the town of Gonaives September 26, 2008. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/FilesReuters - The economic crisis is pushing the world's hungriest people to the wall, but a fraction of the cost of financial rescue packages could make a huge difference, the head of the U.N.'s World Food Programme said on Tuesday.


Pakistani Hindus rally to support Islamic charity (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 08:25 AM CST

Pakistani non-Muslim minority supporters of Islamist charity organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa protest in Hyderabad December 16, 2008. About 200 Hindu women protested in Pakistan on Tuesday against restrictions on an Islamic charity that India says is a front for a militant group it blames for attacks in Mumbai last month. REUTERS/Akram ShahidReuters - About 200 Hindu women protested in Pakistan on Tuesday against restrictions on an Islamic charity that India says is a front for a militant group it blames for attacks in Mumbai last month.


India shares turn down; angry investors dump Satyam (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2008 12:52 AM CST

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building seen in this May 22, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - Indian shares fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday morning, surrendering a stronger opening, with shares in outsourcing firm Satyam plunging more than 30 percent as investors vented anger over a now-abandoned deal.


Satyam bows to investors, drops deal for builders (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 09:53 PM CST

Reuters - India's Satyam Computer Services Ltd bowed to investor pressure and cancelled plans to spend $1.6 billion to buy two builders, killing the deals just 12 hours after they were announced.

U.S. team performs near-total face transplant (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 10:04 AM CST

Reuters - A team of U.S. doctors have performed the first near-total face transplant in the United States, the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio said on Tuesday.

Iraq shoe-thrower in hospital with broken arm - brother (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 07:51 AM CST

A Lebanese man carries a placard during a gathering at the Lebanese Journalist Syndicate in Beirut December 16, 2008 in solidarity with Iraqi TV reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi, who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush on Sunday. REUTERS/ Sharif KarimReuters - An Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush in a fit of outrage was hit in the head with a rifle butt and had an arm broken in chaotic scenes when he was leapt on by Iraqi security officers, his brother said on Tuesday.


Iraqi doctor guilty of British car bomb plots (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2008 08:11 AM CST

Police forensic officers look at the burnt wreckage of a Jeep Cherokee vehicle as it is removed from the departure entrance at Glasgow airport, Scotland in this July 1, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Chris McNulty/Daily Mail/Pool/FilesReuters - An Iraqi doctor was convicted on Tuesday of planning to bomb a nightclub in central London and a packed Scottish airport a day later last year in order to commit murder on an "indiscriminate and wholesale scale".


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