2008年12月29日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

China steps up effort to ease India-Pakistan tension (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:32 AM CST

Pakistani Rangers and Indian Border Security Force personnel (C) take part in the daily flag lowering ceremony at the India-Pakistan joint border at Wagah some 20 km to the east of Lahore, December 14, 2006. REUTERS/Mian KhursheedReuters - Indian and Pakistani military officials held an unscheduled hotline call, a Pakistani security officer said, as China joined efforts to ease tension between the neighbours inflamed by last month's militant attacks in Mumbai.


Fakes, neglect wearing thin Kashmir's pashmina trade (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 12:42 AM CST

A nomad woman weaves Pashmina at Taglang La in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. REUTERS/Kamal Kishore/FilesReuters - They sell for thousands of dollars, grace the shoulders of celebrities and are coveted by women the world over, but the future of the famous pashmina shawl is tangled due to neglect and cheap copies.


No clear winner from Kashmir vote (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:40 AM CST

Omar Abdullah, president of the National Conference, prays with his two sons and his wife while standing beside the grave of Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah, his grandfather, in Hazratbal on the outskirts of Srinagar December 28, 2008. REUTERS/Danish IsmailReuters - No clear winner emerged from elections in Jammu and Kashmir after counting closed on Sunday, with a period of uncertainty expected in the disputed region before a coalition is cobbled together.


Israel mounts third day of Gaza raids, 307 killed (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2008 02:12 AM CST

Smoke rises after an Israel air strike in Gaza Strip December 28, 2008. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu MustafaReuters - Israeli warplanes pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for a third consecutive day on Monday and the Jewish state prepared to launch a possible invasion after killing 307 Palestinians in the air raids.


Strong turnout for Bangladesh election (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 11:39 PM CST

Election officials sit in front of ballot boxes (L) at a polling centre as they prepare for voting in Dhaka December 28, 2008. REUTERS/Andrew BirajReuters - Tens of millions of Bangladeshis streamed to the polls on Monday for an election that returns the country to democracy after two years of emergency rule and tests whether it has moved beyond a history of political violence.


Pakistan parliament urges India to accept help offer (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 11:53 AM CST

Soldiers of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) (R) and Pakistani Rangers hold their respective flags during the Reuters - Pakistan's parliament called on India on Wednesday to respond positively to Pakistani offers of cooperation in investigating the Mumbai attacks and condemned "war hype" between the nuclear-armed neighbours.


300 migrants feared dead off Andaman islands (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 08:18 AM CST

A rescued Bangladeshi is escorted by Indian Coast Guard personnel aboard the coast guard vessel Varad at Port Blair December 28, 2008. REUTERS/Sanjib Kumar RoyReuters - About 300 illegal migrants, mostly Bangladeshis, are feared dead after they jumped from a boat and tried to swim ashore in India's remote Andaman islands, the Indian coast guard said on Sunday.


Tick tock ... tick - Extra second added to 2008 (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 07:17 AM CST

Frontier guards hold fireworks forming the number 2008 during a New Year's event in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, December 31, 2007, file photo.  REUTERS/China DailyReuters - Those eager to put 2008 behind them will have to hold their good-byes for just a moment this New Year's Eve.


Superb Liverpool move three points clear at top (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 11:04 AM CST

Reuters - Liverpool moved three points clear at the top of the Premier League after they beat Newcastle United 5-1 and second-placed Chelsea were held to a 2-2 draw at neighbours Fulham on Sunday.

U.N. Security Council urges end to Gaza violence (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 03:19 AM CST

Israeli soldiers stand atop a tank near Kibbutz Sufa, just outside the southern Gaza Strip, during a rocket attack December 28, 2008. REUTERS/Yannis BehrakisReuters - The U.N. Security Council called early on Sunday for an immediate end to all violence in Gaza after the death toll climbed past 270 on the second day of Israeli air strikes in retaliation for rocket and mortar fire by Gaza militants.


Bangladesh gears up to ensure credible vote (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2008 12:57 PM CST

A security personnel inspects women's belongings before an election campaign rally of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Dhaka December 27, 2008. REUTERS/Andrew BirajReuters - Security forces and election monitors fanned out across Bangladesh on Sunday in hopes of ensuring a safe and credible election to return the country to democracy after two years of emergency rule.


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