2009年10月7日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


India urges world to press Pakistan for Afghan peace (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 09:58 AM PDT

India's Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao speaks in office in New Delhi in this August 1, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India urged the international community on Wednesday to pressure Pakistan to rein in militants on its soil for lasting peace in Afghanistan.


Trio wins chemistry Nobel for solving ribosome riddle (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 08:59 AM PDT

This combination photo shows file portraits of the 2009 Chemistry Nobel Prize winners during the announcement of the winners at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm October 7, 2009.  REUTERS/ScanpixReuters - Three scientists who produced atom-by-atom maps of the mysterious, life-giving ribosome won the Nobel chemistry prize on Wednesday for a breakthrough that has allowed researchers to develop powerful new antibiotics.


Floods hit corn, rice; spares sugarcane - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 06:50 AM PDT

An aerial view shows a flood-affected area of the Jevargi Gulbarga district in Karnataka October 4, 2009.  Floods in southern and western India have damaged oilseeds, corn, rice and cotton crops but sugarcane has escaped damage, Farm Commissioner N.B. Singh said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Karnataka Government Information Department/HandoutReuters - Floods in southern and western India have damaged oilseeds, corn, rice and cotton crops but sugarcane has escaped damage, Farm Commissioner N.B. Singh said on Wednesday.


Govt not to decide on stimulus exit yet - Pranab Mukherjee (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 09:14 AM PDT

India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee listens through a translation headset during a meeting of the BRIC countries at the G20 Finance Ministers summit in London in this September 4, 2009 file photo. Mukherjee on Wednesday said more time was needed before deciding on an exit from an accommodative policy stance. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs/FilesReuters - India needs more time before deciding on an exit from accommodative policy, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday amid signs the Reserve Bank of India is looking to start winding back some of its extraordinary monetary easings.


Saudi faces prison, flogging over TV sex revelations (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 06:43 AM PDT

Reuters - A Saudi court has sentenced a man to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes for boasting about his sexual exploits on television, in a case that has divided public opinion in the conservative Islamic kingdom.

Gold spike gives consumers pause, not fever (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 08:32 AM PDT

A sales representative (R) talks to a customer at a jewellery store which sells gold in Hong Kong October 7, 2009. REUTERS/Bobby YipReuters - Gold's run to a record $1,048.20 per ounce on Wednesday was greeted cautiously by consumers in Asia and the Middle East, with some cashing in gains while the majority were hanging on for further rises.


DEALTALK - Glaxo eyes Dr Reddy's as Big Pharma hunts in India (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 08:16 AM PDT

Signage is pictured on the company headquarters of GlaxoSmithKline in west London in this July 21, 2008 file photo.  REUTERS/Toby Melville/FilesReuters - Western drugmakers are stepping up the hunt for emerging market "tigers" in India.


ICC to continue dope-testing, talks with WADA ongoing (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 07:01 AM PDT

Reuters - Dope-testing on players will carry on as the International Cricket Council (ICC) continues negotiations with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) over the controversial "whereabouts" clause, the ICC said on Wednesday.

Favourite, Mantel scoops Booker fiction award (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 11:50 PM PDT

Author Hilary Mantel laughs during a photocall after winning the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction with her book Reuters - Bookmakers' favourite Hilary Mantel won the coveted Man Booker Prize on Tuesday for the historical novel "Wolf Hall", edging out her nearest rival by three votes to two in the final phase of judging.


Hindi poet Kunwar Narayan wins Jnanpith award (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 01:13 AM PDT

Reuters - Iconic Hindi poet Kunwar Narayan has won the top literary award, the Jnanpith, to celebrate a career spanning more than forty years.

Pakistan army has "serious concern" on U.S. aid bill (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 06:12 AM PDT

Reuters - Pakistan's army on Wednesday expressed "serious concern" about a U.S. aid bill that critics say contains conditions that amount to a humiliating violation of sovereignty as parliament began a debate on the U.S. aid.

Pranab Mukherjee sees inflation at 5-6 pct by end March (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 06:56 AM PDT

India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee speaks during a business meeting in New Delhi in this July 7, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday that wholesale price inflation could be between 5 and 6 percent by the end of the fiscal year in March 2010.


Myanmar minister meets detained democracy icon Suu Kyi (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 04:25 AM PDT

Activists of Amnesty International hold posters showing a picture of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest to mark her 64th birthday in Berlin in this June 19, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz/FilesReuters - Detained pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi met a high-level official in Myanmar's military-ruled government for a second time in a week following her offer to lobby the West to lift sanctions.


Australia grouped with Pakistan, New Zealand in 2011 World Cup (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 07:15 AM PDT

Reuters - The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the groupings on Wednesday for the 2011 one-day World Cup to be staged on the sub-continent.

Swine flu mild for now, but could worsen (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 08:59 PM PDT

Schoolgirls wearing masks pose for the camera in a classroom in Cairo October 4, 2009. The new pandemic of H1N1 swine flu is causing a strong second wave of disease in many Northern Hemisphere countries, according to the World Health Organization.  REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - The new pandemic of H1N1 swine flu is causing a strong second wave of disease in many Northern Hemisphere countries, according to the World Health Organization.


Drought impact less than first thought - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 12:28 AM PDT

A man walks through the parched banks of Sukhana Lake in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh May 19, 2009. The impact of a drought on India's farm sector will not be as bad as had been expected, and the broader economy is seen growing at more than 7 percent in 2010/11, the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission said.REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - The impact of a drought on India's farm sector will not be as bad as had been expected, and the broader economy is seen growing at more than 7 percent in 2010/11, the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission said.


UN data show discrepancies in Afghan vote - newspaper (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 11:10 PM PDT

Abdullah Abdullah holds up a ballot at a news conference in Kabul August 25, 2009, citing irregularities in the recent presidential elections. Confidential United Nations' data on Afghanistan's disputed presidential election show the official vote count in some provinces exceeded the number of voters by 100,000 or more. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/FilesReuters - Confidential United Nations' data on Afghanistan's disputed presidential election show the official vote count in some provinces exceeded the number of voters by 100,000 or more, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.


Communication pioneers win 2009 physics Nobel (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 09:40 PM PDT

Nobel Prize winner George Smith gives a phone interview at his home in Waretown, New Jersey October 6, 2009.  REUTERS/Jeff ZelevanskyReuters - 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.


Pakistan seeks long-term commitment from U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 07:56 PM PDT

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after their meeting at the State Department in Washington October 6, 2009. Qureshi urged the United States on Tuesday to make a long-term commitment to his country. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - Pakistan's foreign minister urged the United States on Tuesday to make a long-term commitment to his country, neighboring Afghanistan and the region as President Barack Obama reviews his Afghan strategy.


Dalai Lama set aside by Obama, honored at US Capitol (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 08:08 PM PDT

Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama outside of the Capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington in this October 17, 2007 file photo.  Dalai Lama, brushed aside by U.S. President Barack Obama in favor of communist China, was saluted at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday for his work for human rights. REUTERS/Jim Young/FilesReuters - Tibet's exiled religious leader, the Dalai Lama, brushed aside by U.S. President Barack Obama in favor of communist China, was saluted at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday for his work for human rights.


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