2008年9月22日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Ponting hoping for friendly series in India (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 09:55 PM CDT

Australia's cricket captain Ricky Ponting speaks during a news conference for the International Cricket Council (ICC) awards ceremony in Mumbai April 16, 2008, file photo. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - Australia captain Ricky Ponting has vowed there will no repeat of the bitter feuding that marred his team's last series against India when the sides lock horns again next month.


Al Qaeda suspected of Pakistan's Marriott bombing (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 11:25 PM CDT

Video grab from security camera footage shows a guard attempting to put out a blaze in a truck before it blew up at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad September 20, 2008. REUTERS/Dawn TV via Reuters TVReuters - A suicide bomb attack that killed 53 people at the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital bore the hallmarks of an operation by al Qaeda or an affiliate, Pakistani and U.S. intelligence officials said on Sunday.


Authorities in Orissa struggle as floods spread (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 04:14 AM CDT

Reuters - Authorities battling floods in Orissa said on Monday they were struggling to rescue thousands of people stranded in remote villages as bad weather and swift river currents hampered rescue attempts.

Expats in Pakistan ask if it's time to say goodbye (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 11:57 AM CDT

Firefighters hose down the damaged Marriott hotel in Islamabad September 21, 2008. REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - When the place you go to eat, meet, do business, attend conferences and receptions gets blown up, it's natural to ask whether it's time to leave.


Italy's church asks EU to aid "hunted" Christians (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 09:30 AM CDT

A Christian woman sits outside her destroyed house after a mob attack at Barakhama village in Orissa in this August 30, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - Italy's Roman Catholic bishops urged the European Union on Sunday to treat the persecution of Christians overseas as a humanitarian emergency after deadly attacks on Christian churches and homes in India.


Police say bombers among four held for New Delhi attack (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 07:15 AM CDT

A man looks at a damaged car at the site of a bomb blast in New Delhi September 13, 2008.  Indian police arrested four Muslims, including three accused of planting bombs that killed 23 people this month in New Delhi, officials said on Sunday. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Police arrested four Muslims, including three accused of planting bombs that killed 23 people this month in New Delhi, officials said on Sunday.


South Asia floods kill 33, displaces thousands (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 07:03 AM CDT

Flood-affected villagers are evacuated to safer places at Kali Kaji village, 65 km west of Ahmedabad, September 19, 2008. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - Rescue workers evacuated some 200,000 people after flooding by one of India's largest rivers killed 16 people at the weekend, while overflowing rivers inundated parts of Nepal and killed 17 people, officials said on Sunday.


Violence haunts man from Kashmir to Delhi (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 05:53 AM CDT

People gather at the site of a bomb blast in New Delhi September 14, 2008. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Terror and mayhem caught up with a Kashmiri rickshaw-puller who fled to New Delhi to escape constant violence and poverty in his troubled state.


Floods kill 16, displace 200,000 in Orissa (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Sep 2008 03:42 AM CDT

Reuters - Rescue workers evacuated some 200,000 people after flooding by one of India's largest rivers killed 16 people at the weekend, officials said on Sunday.
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