2009年10月6日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Anger swells over slow relief in floods (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 08:48 AM PDT

People wade through floodwaters in Andhra Pradesh October 5, 2009. Rescue workers with boats and helicopters struggled on Tuesday to deliver rations to about 5 million victims of flooding triggered by torrential rains in southern India. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - Rescue workers with boats and helicopters struggled on Tuesday to deliver rations to about 5 million victims of flooding triggered by torrential rains in southern India.


Two killed in Madurai blast (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 08:30 AM PDT

Reuters - Two people were killed and eight injured in a blast at a railway station near Madurai on Tuesday, with officials suspecting fire crackers were the cause of the blast.

Finmin: big reforms needed at World Bank, IMF (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 07:49 AM PDT

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in London September 4, 2009.  REUTERS/Kevin Coombs/FilesReuters - Far-reaching changes are needed in the governance structure of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to reflect a changed global economy, the finance minister said on Tuesday.


One-third of world's child brides from India - UNICEF (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 06:04 AM PDT

Fourteen-year-old child bride Lalita Saini (R) attends an interview with Reuters at Alsisar village, about 200 km (124 miles) north from Jaipur April 25, 2007. REUTERS/Tanushree Punwani/FilesReuters - More than a third of the world's child brides are from India, leaving children at an increased risk of exploitation despite the Asian giant's growing modernity and economic wealth, according to a UNICEF report.


Rains trigger landslides in Nepal, 12 killed (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 06:15 AM PDT

Reuters - Torrential rains triggered floods and landslides in Nepal on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people in the west of the Himalayan nation, officials said.

Tax changes, investment needed in food processing - PM (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 01:13 AM PDT

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks during a national conference with ministers of environment and forests in New Delhi August 18, 2009. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India needs to review the taxes on processed food, improve rural infrastructure and aim at increasing private investments in the sector, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.


Communication pioneers win 2009 physics Nobel (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 03:41 AM PDT

Reuters - A pioneer in fibre-optics and two scientists who figured out how to turn light into electronic signals -- work that paved the way for the Internet age -- were awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday.

TRAI for per-second billing - reports (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 11:52 PM PDT

A man talks on a cellphone in Mumbai May 18, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - Telecom regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) plans to ask operators to bill customers on a per-second basis from the current per-minute billing, media reported on Tuesday, a move that could hit the revenue of companies.


Watson cracks another century as Australia retain title (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 08:00 PM PDT

Australia's Shane Watson (R) celebrates victory over New Zealand with teammate James Hopes (L) during their ICC Champions Trophy cricket final match in Pretoria, October 5, 2009.    REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - Shane Watson struck another commanding century to lead holders Australia to a six-wicket win over New Zealand in the Champions Trophy final on Monday.


World boxing champion Mary Kom throws tantrum, suspended (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 10:09 PM PDT

Reuters - India's MC Mary Kom, a four-times world champion, has been floored by a suspension for ranting at officials after her defeat at the national championships, local media reported on Tuesday.

Floods leave 2.5 million homeless, 250 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 02:09 AM PDT

An aerial view shows the flood-affected areas of Karnataka October 4, 2009. About 2.5 million people crammed into temporary relief shelters after floods triggered by torrential rains tore down their homes in southern India over the last week and killed some 250 people, officials said. REUTERS/Karnataka Government Information Department/HandoutReuters - Rescue workers used sandbags to stop a raging river from breaching its embankment near Vijayawada on Monday as floods triggered by heavy rains over the last week left 2.5 million people homeless.


Australia v New Zealand - Champions trophy scoreboard (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 08:05 PM PDT

Australia celebrates winning the ICC Champions Trophy final cricket match beating New Zealand in Pretoria October 5, 2009. REUTERS/Rogan WardReuters - Scoreboard in the Champions Trophy final between Australia and New Zealand at Centurion on Saturday.


North Korea says ready to return to nuclear talks (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:28 AM PDT

China's Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd L) waves beside North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il (2nd R) after his arrival in Pyongyang in this October 4, 2009, in this picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA.  REUTERS/KCNAReuters - North Korea on Tuesday signalled it could return to nuclear disarmament talks it had declared dead six months ago, but a report it was near restoring its atomic plant underlined the secretive state would keep the stakes high.


Bharti CEO sees users doubling in less than 3 yrs (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 12:32 AM PDT

A man talks on a mobile phone in front of advisements of Bharti Airtel in Siliguri September 23, 2009. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Bharti Airtel Ltd, India's leading mobile phone operator with about 110 million customers, expects to reach a total of 200 million in less than three years, Chief Executive Manoj Kohli said on Tuesday.


Obama breaks precedent by not meeting Dalai Lama (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 07:27 PM PDT

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam June 3, 2009. REUTERS/Robin van Lonkhuijsen/United Photos/FilesReuters - President Barack Obama will not meet the Dalai Lama during his five-day trip to the U.S. capital beginning on Monday, the first time in 18 years the exiled Tibetan leader has visited Washington without seeing the president.


Microsoft says some Hotmail passwords exposed (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 08:32 PM PDT

A sign hangs at the Microsoft booth at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 9, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/FilesReuters - Microsoft Corp said on Monday that passwords belonging to some users of its Hotmail email service were exposed on an Internet site, but had since been taken down.


Robert Kubica to join Renault - report (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 07:33 PM PDT

A file photo of BMW Sauber Formula One driver Robert Kubica of Poland at the Istanbul Park racetrack June 4, 2009. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener/FilesReuters - Robert Kubica will replace Fernando Alonso at Renault in 2010, French daily Le Figaro reported on its website (www.lefigaro.fr) on Monday.


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