2009年3月4日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

RBI cuts rates after growth hit more than expected (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 08:06 AM PST

A man walks past the entrance of RBIheadquarters in Mumbai January 27, 2009. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its short-term lending and borrowing rates by 50 basis points each on Wednesday, saying the country's growth had been hit more than expected by the global financial crisis and downturn.


Pakistani police anxious for break on team attack (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:55 PM PST

A bullet hole is seen on a window of a bus, which was carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team, parked outside the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore March 3, 2009. Pakistani police were searching on Thursday for a breakthrough in their investigation nearly 48 hours after gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team and then melted away. REUTERS/Mohsin RazaReuters - Pakistani police were searching on Thursday for a breakthrough in their investigation nearly 48 hours after gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team and then melted away.


Australian umpire angry over Pakistan security (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:55 PM PST

Pakistani policemen inspect a damaged police van at a shooting site in Lahore March 3, 2009. One of the two Australian umpires caught up in the attack by gunmen on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan said he felt Reuters - One of the two Australian umpires caught up in the attack by gunmen on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan said he felt "let down" by the security arrangements for the tour.


Lack of security left us sitting ducks - Broad (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:28 PM PST

British cricket referee Chris Broad attends a press conference in Manchester March 4, 2009. REUTERS/Phil NobleReuters - International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Chris Broad said he and colleagues were left like "sitting ducks" by a lack of security in Tuesday's attack on Sri Lanka's team bus in Lahore that left six players injured.


India ready for more games if Pakistan lose World Cup rights (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 03:13 PM PST

Shashank Manohar, the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), speaks as officials Rajiv Shukla (R) and N. Srinivasan (L) watch during a news conference in Mumbai in this September 27, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - India are ready to host extra matches in the 2011 World Cup if Pakistan lose staging rights in the wake of the attack on the Sri Lankan team, the head of the Indian cricket board said on Wednesday.


Lahore attack grips Pakistan, police hunt gunmen (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 07:18 AM PST

The bodies of Pakistani policeman who were killed in a shooting incident lie at a hospital in Lahore March 3, 2009. REUTERS/Syed MujtabaReuters - Pakistani investigators were following "important leads" to identify who was behind the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Wednesday.


India steps up effort to bring back Gandhi memorabilia (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 02:28 AM PST

A sand sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi is seen during an annual sand sculpture event in the northeast Italian town of Jesolo December 8, 2007, file photo. REUTERS/Michele CroseraReuters - The government intensified efforts to buy back some personal belongings of iconic leader Mahatma Gandhi from an auction in New York as a New Delhi court injunction may have failed to halt the sale.


India plan massive security for 2010 Games (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 09:18 AM PST

A labourer walks at the Thyagraj sports complex, one of the venues for the Commonwealth Games 2010, in New Delhi February 24, 2009, file photo. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - The 2010 Commonwealth Games will adopt security methods similar to those used at the Beijing Olympics, its chief said on Wednesday, allaying fears the attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team could scupper the event.


India wants Twenty20 league tweaked due to security (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 12:28 AM PST

President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Sharad Pawar speaks during the launch of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in New Delhi September 13, 2007, file photo. REUTERS/Vijay MathurReuters - India's cricket board is looking to reschedule its popular Twenty20 league after the government, worried by Tuesday's attack in Lahore, said the security forces would be preoccupied with general elections.


Congress buys rights to Slumdog tune "Jai Ho" (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 01:08 AM PST

A supporter of Congress party rides a motorbike in Jammu December 12, 2008, file photo. REUTERS/Amit GuptaReuters - Aiming to spice up its election campaign, Congress party has bought the rights to "Jai Ho", the Oscar-winning song from "Slumdog Millionaire".


Indian Sikhs take up French turban rights issue (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 06:34 AM PST

About 3,000 Sikhs from across Europe march on a Paris boulevard to defend their traditional headgear against a looming French ban on religious symbols in state schools, Paris January 31, 2004, file photo. REUTERS/Charles PlatiauReuters - Indian Sikhs urged the government on Wednesday to ask France to withdraw a ban on wearing turbans in public schools, officials said.


Slain Pakistani driver pays for love of cricket (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 02:55 AM PST

Relatives mourn the death of a shooting victim killed during an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, in Baffa village on the outskirts of Mansehra March 4, 2009. REUTERS/Ibrar TanoliReuters - Driver Zafar Khan was with the New Zealand cricket team in 2002 when a suicide bomber struck outside their hotel in Karachi.


Pakistan following "important leads" in Lahore probe (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Mar 2009 05:32 AM PST

Pakistani security officials display ammunition recovered near and at the site of the shooting attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team, in Lahore March 3, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Pakistani investigators are following "important leads" to identify who was behind the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Wednesday.


We won't negotiate with Taliban - Zardari (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2009 11:47 PM PST

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari speaks during a news conference in Istanbul, December 5, 2008, file photo. REUTERS/Osman OrsalReuters - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said that his government will not negotiate with Taliban militants, adding that the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team showed the evil the country faced.


Long winter looms for Pakistan cricket (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Mar 2009 09:00 PM PST

Mahela Jayawardene, the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team (L) walks with his wife, Christina Sirisena, out of the Colombo airport terminal as he arrives back with his team, after the attack against them yesterday morning in Pakistan March 4, 2009. REUTERS/Nir EliasReuters - A billion fans in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka -- all test nations -- have used the game of cricket as a balm for their myriad problems.


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