2009年1月18日星期日

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Mumbai runs marathon for peace (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 02:42 AM CST

Kenya's Kenneth Mugara celebrates as he wins the 2009 Mumbai Marathon January 18, 2009. Thousands of runners, many with messages for peace scrawled on their T-shirts, participated in Mumbai's annual marathon, its first international sporting event and the biggest public gathering since the attacks in November. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - Thousands of runners, many with messages for peace scrawled on their T-shirts, participated in Mumbai's annual marathon, its first international sporting event and the biggest public gathering since the attacks in November.


Satyam says talking to Citigroup, BNP for funds (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 12:46 AM CST

Deepak Parekh, senior banker and a newly-appointed Satyam board member, gestures during a news conference at the head office of Satyam Computer Services Ltd in Hyderabad in this January 12, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - The new board of embattled Satyam Computer Services has asked Citigroup and BNP Paribas, the company's bankers, to help it with immediate funding needs, a top board member told the Economic Times newspaper.


PM sees econ growth under pressure in 2009/10 (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 01:12 AM CST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks in New Delhi in this December 19, 2008 file photo. Singh sees economic growth under pressure in the next fiscal year beginning April, after growth slowed in the current year amid the global credit crisis, the Economic Times reported. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sees economic growth under pressure in the next fiscal year beginning April, after growth slowed in the current year amid the global credit crisis, the Economic Times reported.


Kenyan Mugara wins Mumbai marathon (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 02:15 AM CST

Kenya's Kenneth Mugara celebrates as he wins the 2009 Mumbai Marathon January 18, 2009. Mugara led a Kenyan sweep in the men's event of the Mumbai marathon on Sunday in the city's first international sports event since the militant attacks last November. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - Kenneth Mugara led a Kenyan sweep in the men's event of the Mumbai marathon on Sunday in the city's first international sports event since the militant attacks last November.


Obama look-alike shoots to fame in Indonesia (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 11:40 PM CST

Indonesian photographer Ilham Anas chats with colleagues in his office in Jakarta January 17, 2009. Anas, 34, who from some angles bears a resemblance to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, shot to fame in Jakarta after Obama, 47, won the election in November, and is now earning income as an Obama double. REUTERS/SupriReuters - Indonesian photographer Ilham Anas won't be at U.S. President Barack Obama's inauguration on Tuesday. Instead he'll be starring as an Obama look-alike on Indonesian TV.


Tom Cruise says grew up wanting to kill Hitler (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2009 02:03 AM CST

Cast member Tom Cruise poses at the premiere of the movie Reuters - Tom Cruise, who fails to assassinate Adolf Hitler in his new movie "Valkyrie", said he grew up really wanting to kill the Nazi leader.


PM urges speedy Pakistan probe into attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 10:22 AM CST

The Taj Mahal hotel is seen engulfed in smoke during a gun battle in Mumbai in this November 29, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday urged Pakistan to fully disclose all facts about the attack in Mumbai last November that killed 179 people and to act swiftly against militant groups on its soil.


Govt to pick Satyam chairman - board member (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 06:28 AM CST

Labourers clean the Satyam building in Hyderabad December 30, 2008. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - The government will pick a chairman for fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services, a member of the company's new six-person government-appointed board said after it met on Saturday.


Six policemen killed in Jharkhand landmine blast (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 04:53 AM CST

Reuters - Six policemen were killed in a landmine blast set off by suspected Maoist insurgents in Jharkhand on Saturday, police said.

Villagers intensify protest against Vedanta (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 05:36 AM CST

Reuters - Hundreds of tribespeople, many carrying bows and arrows, marched in protest against a bauxite mine planned by Britain's Vedanta Resources Plc, police and eyewitnesses said.

Board of Satyam says in talks on funding (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 10:27 AM CST

Satyam Computer Services Ltd board members (from Left) C. Achutan, Deepak Parekh and Kiran Karnik attend a news conference at the head office of Satyam in Hyderabad January 12, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - The new board of embattled Satyam Computer Services said on Saturday it was in talks with banks and financial institutions over funding, and was doing all it could to ensure staff were paid on time.


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