2008年12月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Inflation falls, deep interest rate cuts seen (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 01:52 AM CST

A vendor arranges vegetables at a wholesale market in Siliguri February 28, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Indian inflation fell to a nine-month low in mid-December, helped by cheaper fuel and lower factory taxes, and analysts saw it diving to around 2 percent by March, freeing the Reserve Bank to cut rates deeply.


Mumbai Jews celebrate Hanukah and remember victims (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 04:54 PM CST

Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg, father of slain Chabad Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, prays after lighting the Menorah in front of the Jewish centre 'Nariman House' during a Chanukah prayer meeting for those killed by militants at the Jewish centre in Mumbai December 25, 2008. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - The parents of a rabbi and his wife slain in last month's Mumbai attack lit a menorah outside a badly damaged Jewish centre on Thursday, vowing the centre's work would continue.


Satyam asks World Bank to withdraw statement (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 05:21 PM CST

File photo of engineers working in the laboratory at Satyam Computer Services in Hyderabad. Satyam said on Thursday it had asked the World Bank to withdraw Reuters - Satyam Computer Services said on Thursday it had asked the World Bank to withdraw "inappropriate" statements about the Indian outsourcer and to issue an apology for harm done to the company.


Earthquake strikes off Pakistan's coast (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 06:31 PM CST

Reuters - An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude struck off Pakistan's coast on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its website.

Reliance Petro makes biggest fuel complex (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 11:16 AM CST

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani attends a news conference in New Delhi, December 5, 2008. Reliance Industries on Thursday began processing crude oil at a new refinery in Gujarat, almost doubling company output and creating the world's biggest refining complex just as global oil demand retreats. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Reliance Industries Ltd on Thursday began processing crude oil at a new refinery in Gujarat, almost doubling company output and creating the world's biggest refining complex just as global oil demand retreats.


Hundreds detained over Uttar Pradesh protests - police (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 08:43 AM CST

Reuters - Police fired teargas and live rounds into the air to disperse hundreds of protesters who took to the streets in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday after the killing of a senior public servant.

Nobel-winning playwright Harold Pinter dead at 78 (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 11:43 AM CST

British playwright Harold Pinter playing the character of Hirst, a sixties writer in a revival of his play Reuters - Harold Pinter, the British playwright and Nobel laureate famous for brooding portrayals of domestic life and his barbed politics, died aged 78 on Christmas Eve after battling cancer, media reported on Thursday.


Pope makes Christmas appeal for peace in Holy Land (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 10:02 AM CST

Pope Benedict XVI leads his Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) Christmas Day message from the central balcony of Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican December 25, 2008. REUTERS/Osservatore RomanoReuters - Pope Benedict said on Thursday he hoped Christmas would bring hope to those suffering from war, terrorism, injustice and poverty and appealed for peace in the Holy Land.


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