2008年9月5日星期五

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Don't go home yet, Bihar govt warns flood victims (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 05:22 AM CDT

Flood-affected people move to safer ground in a horse-cart during heavy rain at Murliganj village of Madhepura district in Bihar, September 4, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - Authorities battling a massive deluge in Bihar issued public warnings on Friday of more floods to come and asked villagers not to return home from temporary shelters yet.


Nuclear nations resume tough talks on India trade (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:31 AM CDT

U.S President George W. Bush and India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attends a joint news conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi in this March 2, 2006 file photo.   REUTERS/Jim Young/FilesReuters - Forty-five countries resumed crunch talks on Friday on whether to drop a ban on nuclear trade with India, amid efforts by Washington to allay fears the move could be at odds with non-proliferation principles.


Subbarao takes the reins at RBI (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 05:04 AM CDT

Duvvuri Subbarao takes part in the second business session of the 40th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank in Kyoto, western Japan, in this May 7, 2007 file photo.   REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/FilesReuters - Duvvuri Subbarao took over as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday afternoon, succeeding Y.V. Reddy whose term has come to an end.


"A Wednesday" depicts terror threat in Mumbai (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 11:16 PM CDT

File photo of Bollywood actor Anupam Kher in Mumbai, April 15, 2002. An anonymous call threatening to bomb Mumbai city sets off a hair-raising search for the attackers in a new Bollywood thriller opening on Friday, the latest in a slew of Indian films based on terrorism. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - An anonymous call threatening to bomb Mumbai city sets off a hair-raising search for the attackers in a new Bollywood thriller opening on Friday, the latest in a slew of Indian films based on terrorism.


Big risks for rising number of child brides - report (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 11:53 PM CDT

File photo of girls playing behind a fountain in Hyderabad, April 26, 2008. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - The number of girls in poor countries who marry before the age of 18 will double to 100 million in the next decade, putting many at risk from AIDS, a report said on Thursday.


U.S. says nuclear nations nearing deal on India trade (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 08:57 PM CDT

File photo of U.S. Undersecretary of State William Burns in Geneva July 19, 2008. Forty-five nuclear supplier nations met on Thursday to consider a revised U.S. proposal to lift a ban on trade with India, a key step towards sealing a controversial U.S.-India atomic energy deal. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseReuters - The United States said on Thursday 45 nations were making headway towards agreement on lifting a ban on nuclear trade with India after Washington reworked a draft for the move to ease proliferation fears.


Paes and Black win mixed doubles title (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 03:43 PM CDT

File photo of Leander Paes at a news conference in New Delhi April 16, 2008. Paes and Zimbabwe's Cara Black won the mixed doubles title at the U.S. Open on Thursday, beating Briton Jamie Murray and American Liezel Huber 7-6 6-4. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - India's Leander Paes and Zimbabwe's Cara Black won the mixed doubles title at the U.S. Open on Thursday, beating Briton Jamie Murray and American Liezel Huber 7-6 6-4.


Sony recalls 438,000 laptops on burn concern (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 02:08 PM CDT

Reuters - Japan's Sony Corp has launched a voluntary recall of 438,000 Vaio portable computers, citing a potential hazard that could cause the machines to overheat or possibly burn a user.

Meeting planned next week on reviving Doha - Schwab (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 01:41 PM CDT

File photo of U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab addressing a news conference at the WTO headquarters in Geneva July 21, 2008. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/FilesReuters - Senior trade officials will meet in Geneva next week to explore options for reviving world trade talks two months after the negotiations collapsed, U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab said on Thursday.


Inflation eases for 2nd week, pressures lurk (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 08:47 AM CDT

A vendor arranges vegetables at a wholesale market in Siliguri February 28, 2008.    REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - Indian inflation eased for the second consecutive week in late-August as food prices fell, but economists saw no let up in the Reserve Bank of India's tight policy stance as underlying demand pressures remained intact.


Govt under fire over U.S. nuclear deal (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 10:53 AM CDT

Activists take part in a protest against the civilian nuclear deal with the United States during a demonstration by several citizen's groups in Mumbai July 21, 2008.  REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called for the government to step down on Thursday, accusing it of hiding key facts about a nuclear deal with the United States and misleading people about restrictive conditions.


Supreme Court orders security for riot-hit Christians (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 08:38 AM CDT

A CPI(M) activist joins a protest against the violence in Orissa, in New Delhi, September 3, 2008. The Supreme Court ordered on Thursday four more police battalions to be deployed to protect Christians in Orissa, where religious violence between Hindus and Christians has killed 16 people. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - The Supreme Court ordered on Thursday four more police battalions to be deployed to protect Christians in Orissa, where religious violence between Hindus and Christians has killed 16 people.


Militants stage anti-India rally in Pakistani Kashmir (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 09:16 AM CDT

Reuters - Hundreds of Kashmiri militants and refugees from Indian-ruled Kashmir rallied on the Pakistani side of the disputed region on Thursday, vowing a Muslim holy war to free their homeland from India.

Small quake hits near India-China border - USGS (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 09:09 AM CDT

Reuters - A small earthquake measuring 5.1 hit northern India close to the border with China on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there was no immediate report of any casualties or damage.

Tata Motors will work to launch Nano on time (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 06:30 AM CDT

A Tata Nano is displayed during the second media day of the 78th Geneva Car Show at the Palexpo in Geneva March 5, 2008. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseReuters - Tata Motors Ltd will do everything it can to roll out its super-cheap Nano car as close to the planned October launch as possible after having to stop work at its Singur plant in West Bengal, Chairman Ratan Tata said on said on Thursday.


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