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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Tamil Tiger aircraft attack Sri Lanka capital (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 11:22 PM CST

Sri Lankan soldiers stand guard opposite the country's tax headquarters after it was bombed by Tamil Tigers rebels in Colombo February 20, 2009.  REUTERS/Nir EliasReuters - Sri Lanka's military shot down two Tamil Tiger airplanes flying a defiant air raid on the capital Colombo on Friday, and two people were killed when one plunged into a government building.


'Slumdog' kids to walk Oscar red carpet (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 04:31 PM CST

Azharuddin Ismail (L), who acted as the character of young Salim and Rubina Ali, who acted as the character of young Latika in the film Reuters - The "Slumdog Millionaire" child actors from the slums of Mumbai will be joining hundreds of movie stars on the red carpet at Sunday's Oscar ceremony in Hollywood, the studio behind the film said on Friday.


ICC to meet Indian board, league to end dispute (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 12:55 AM CST

International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan speaks during the ICC annual conference in Dubai in this July 3, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Jumana El HelouehReuters - The International Cricket Council (ICC) will meet on Monday in an attempt to end a dispute between the Indian board and an unofficial Twenty20 league.


The week that was: Most popular on Reuters (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 12:30 AM CST

Pranab Mukherjee (C), foreign minister and acting finance minister, smiles as he leaves his office to present the 2009/10 interim budget in New Delhi February 16, 2009. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - Here is a roundup of the most popular stories over the week from the world of business, politics, general news and entertainment.


Indian food policy failing, millions stay hungry - U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 11:13 AM CST

A child has his breakfast at a flood relief camp in Purniya district town in Bihar in this September 8, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - A flagship government food subsidy scheme is failing and millions in India remain hungry despite years of economic boom, a U.N. report showed on Friday.


Kashmiris clash with police, 26 hurt (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 08:08 AM CST

Kashmiri protesters throw stones towards a Jammu Kashmir police vehicle during a protest in Srinagar February 20, 2009. REUTERS/Danish IsmailReuters - Police opened fire and lobbed teargas shells on Friday in Kashmir's main city to disperse protesters demanding the release of a top separatist leader, injuring at least 26 people, police said.


Suicide bomber kills 27, wounds 65 at Pakistan funeral (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 08:00 AM CST

A paramedic treats a man injured in a bomb blast, in a military hospital in Dera Ismail Khan, some 270 km southwest of Islamabad February 20, 2009. REUTERS/Mustansar BalochReuters - A suicide bomber killed 27 people and wounded 65 on Friday in an attack on a funeral procession for a Shi'ite Muslim gunned down a day earlier in a northwestern Pakistani city, officials said.


India to fight protectionism, wants Doha deadline (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 05:25 AM CST

An Indian worker uses an angle grinder at a small steel workshop in Mumbai in this December 12, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - India is worried at growing signs of protectionism in the United States and will oppose such moves, and wants to close global trade talks by December, top officials said on Friday.


U.N. climate panel chief sees "strong deal" ahead (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 08:08 AM CST

Head of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, R.K. Pachauri, attends a news conference at the European Parliament in Brussels in this March 26, 2008 file photo.   REUTERS/Francois LenoirReuters - A deal placing a strict emissions regime on rich nations is likely in Copenhagen despite pressures to dilute the climate fight in times of a global financial slowdown, the U.N. climate panel chief said.


India West Coast gas output slashed by leakage (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 09:51 AM CST

Reuters - Gas production from Panna, Mukta and Tapti fields on India's west coast has been reduced by nearly 29.5 percent to 12 million standard cubic metres a day due to a leakage, oil company officials said on Friday.

British reality TV star is dying in the spotlight (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 07:03 AM CST

Jade Goody, the former British reality show contestant, speaks to the media upon her arrival at the international airport in Mumbai in this August 15, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - Jade Goody, a young British woman who won fame on a reality television show, is playing out her final days in the glare of a celebrity-obsessed nation before she dies of cancer.


Sri Lanka tax building struck by bomb -- military (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 11:24 AM CST

Reuters - One of two Tamil Tiger aircraft that raided the Sri Lankan capital Colombo bombed a government tax building and set it on fire on Friday, the military said.

Tamil Tiger planes attack Sri Lanka capital - air force (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 10:53 AM CST

Reuters - COLOMBO (Reuters) -- Two rebel Tamil Tiger aircraft have attacked the Sri Lankan capital Colombo and air force jets are still engaging them, the air force said on Friday.

"Slumdog" is no cliche, says author Vikas Swarup (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 07:44 AM CST

A man walks past a billboard displaying a poster of the film Reuters - There's an irony behind complaints that Oscar contender "Slumdog Millionaire" recycles cliches about impoverished India: it's based on a book by not only an Indian, but a high-level ambassador for the country.


Govt mulling foreign carriers to buy stakes (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 04:01 AM CST

Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel seen at the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi in this February 28, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Vijay MathurReuters - The government is studying a proposal to allow foreign carriers to buy stakes in domestic airlines, the civil aviation minister said on Friday, to help companies facing a cash crunch.


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