2009年1月7日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

India says all options open to dismantle terror groups (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 03:26 AM CST

Defence Minister A. K. Antony seen in New Delhi in this November 30, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - India will keep all options open to dismantle "terror outfits" after the Mumbai attacks in November, the Indian defence minister said on Wednesday.


Satyam chief quits, says profits inflated (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 03:53 AM CST

Workers clean the Satyam building in Hyderabad in this December 30, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - The head of India's embattled Satyam Computer Services resigned on Wednesday and said the firm's profits had been inflated, sending the stock down more than 80 percent and roiling investor confidence.


Pakistani spy chief says no war with India (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 12:50 AM CST

A Pakistani ranger stands near Indian (L) and Pakistani flags during a fair in Chamliyal in Jammu and Kashmir in this June 22, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Amit GuptaReuters - The chief of Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency has said there will not be a war with India over November's militant attacks on Mumbai, Der Spiegel reported.


India shares provisionally fall 7.3 pct, Satyam dives (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 04:22 AM CST

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building seen in this May 22, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - Indian shares provisionally shed 7.31 percent on Wednesday after the head of Satyam Computer Services resigned and said the firm's profits had been inflated sending its stocks down more than three-fourth.


Pietersen quits as England skipper - report (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 03:49 AM CST

England's cricket team captain Kevin Pietersen looks out from the pavilion during rainfall in Bangalore in this November 22, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - Kevin Pietersen has resigned as captain of the England cricket team after appearing to lose a power struggle with coach Peter Moores, Sky News reported on Wednesday.


India may cut fuel prices again - oil minister (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 03:07 AM CST

A worker fills petrol at a fuel station in New Delhi in this September 20, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Vijay MathurReuters - India may cut fuel prices again, Oil Minister Murli Deora said on Wednesday, a month after the government last lowered state-set rates for petrol and diesel.


Bollywood bids Bush goodbye -- with a parting shot (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 11:45 PM CST

U.S. President George W. Bush waves as he walks with first lady Laura Bush on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington in this January 01, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Yuri GripasReuters - Barely two weeks before George W. Bush leaves the White House, Bollywood is ready with a farewell present -- a film that takes pot shots at the outgoing U.S. president.


Seven dead in week-long Kashmir mountain battle (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 03:10 AM CST

Reuters - Indian soldiers were fighting a handful of separatists holed up in mountain caves Kashmir in a week-long battle that has killed seven people so far, officials said on Wednesday.

Strike hits some Indian refineries, natgas supply (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 12:25 AM CST

An Indian worker lifts a petrol nozzle in New Delhi September 1, 2005. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - Officials at India's state-run oil firms began an indefinite strike on Wednesday, demanding higher wages, hitting operations at four refineries and cutting natural gas supply, company and union officials said.


Sri Lanka's Tigers vow to beat back army offensive (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 01:00 AM CST

A Sri Lankan army soldier patrols in front of a damaged building in Paranthan, near the town of Kilinochchi in this January 4, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Buddhika WeerasinghReuters - Sri Lankan soldiers pressured the Tamil Tigers' last stronghold on the Jaffna Peninsula on Wednesday, while the separatist rebels vowed to overcome the latest in a series of battlefield losses.


Satyam disclosures rattle Indian shares (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 02:17 AM CST

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building seen in this May 22, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - Indian shares fell more than 7 percent on Wednesday after the chairman of Satyam Computer Services resigned saying the No. 4 outsourcer had inflated its earnings over the past few years.


Obama offers CNN's Gupta U.S. surgeon general post (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 03:23 AM CST

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama speaks to the media following a meeting with members of his future cabinet and his economic advisors at his transition office in Washington January 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President-elect Barack Obama has asked neurosurgeon and CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta to be U.S. surgeon general, a senior Democrat said on Tuesday.


Police stop Kashmir procession, 80 hurt (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 07:55 AM CST

Policemen detain Kashmiri Shi'ite Muslim mourners during a Muharram procession in Srinagar, January 6, 2009. REUTERS/Fayaz KabliReuters - At least 80 people were wounded on Tuesday when Indian police broke up a procession by thousands of Shi'ite Muslims in the disputed region of Kashmir, police said.


Satyam shares fall over 30 pct on chairman comments (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 12:17 AM CST

Workers clean the Satyam building in Hyderabad in this December 30, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - Shares in Satyam Computer reversed gains to fall more than 30 percent after the chairman of the embattled Indian outsourcer resigned and said numbers in its September balance sheet were misstated.


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