2009年1月29日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Pakistan to release Mumbai attacks findings soon (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 07:48 AM CST

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani speaks during an interview with Reuters at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 28, 2009. REUTERS/Christian HartmannReuters - Pakistan will release details of an investigation into the Mumbai attacks "very soon", Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday.


India can grow 6.5-7 pct in 2009/10 - Ahluwalia (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 07:23 PM CST

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of India's planning commission, seen at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in this January 27, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Sebastian DerungsReuters - India should be able to maintain economic growth of around 6.5-7 percent in the 2009/10 fiscal year but needs to ramp up infrastructure spending to boost growth, a senior policy adviser said on Wednesday.


Govt cuts fuel prices as national polls loom (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 07:47 PM CST

A worker lifts a petrol nozzle in New Delhi September 1, 2005. State-run Indian Oil Corp. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - India cut fuel prices by up to 11 percent on Wednesday, its second reduction in nearly two months, as crude's $100 fall since last July gave the government a chance to pass on the benefit to consumers ahead of elections.


Govt says Satyam close to naming new head (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 09:23 AM CST

An employee of Satyam Computer Services enters the office building in Hyderabad in this January 21, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - Satyam Computer Services is close to finalising a new head to help the government-appointed board put the fraud-hit outsourcing firm back on track, a minister said on Wednesday.


Dhoni guides India to victory over Sri Lanka (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 08:28 AM CST

Police stand guard as Sri Lankan fans watch the first one-day international cricket match between Sri Lanka and India at Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium in Dambulla, about 150 km north of Colombo, January 28, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit an unbeaten 61 in 65 balls to lead India to a six-wicket victory in the opening one-dayer against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.


Wounded Sri Lankans blocked from leaving war zone (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 07:01 AM CST

Sri Lankan soldiers stand guard outside a bullet-riddled building that had once housed the Bank of Ceylon in the formerly Tamil Tiger rebel-controlled town of Mullaitvu in north-eastern Sri Lanka January 27, 2009. REUTERS/Bryson HullReuters - The Tamil Tigers blocked a convoy carrying hundreds of wounded people from leaving the site of heavy fighting in Sri Lanka's north, the United Nations said on Wednesday.


Lashkar commander killed in Kashmir battle - police (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 06:16 AM CST

A Kashmiri woman cries behind an Indian army solder after a gun battle in Sopore, 48 km north of Srinagar, January 28, 2009. REUTERS/Danish IsmailReuters - Soldiers gunned down a senior member of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, blamed for the November attacks in Mumbai, after a fierce firefight in Kashmir on Wednesday, police said.


Serena survives scorcher, joins Russians in semis (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 07:27 AM CST

Serena Williams of the U.S. returns to Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova during their women's singles quarter-final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne January 28, 2009. REUTERS/Darren WhitesideReuters - Serena Williams survived the onset of a once-in-a-century heatwave and endured an out-of-body experience on Wednesday to oust Svetlana Kuznetsova and join a trio of Muscovites in the Australian Open semi-finals.


British-Indian author Kunzru says no more "sari" stories (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 06:10 AM CST

Reuters - Marriage, migration, and family ties may be the usual themes for English-language novels by authors of Indian descent, but best-selling writer Hari Kunzru is determined to change that.

Chin refugees in India "forced back" to Myanmar (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 04:06 AM CST

Reuters - Up to 100,000 Christian Chin who have fled to India in the past 20 years to escape persecution by Myanmar's Buddhist military rulers are at risk of being forced back, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.

World economy may lose 51 million jobs - U.N. agency (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 06:33 AM CST

A worker displays a placard during a protest along a busy street in Manila January 28, 2009. REUTERS/Romeo RanocoReuters - Up to 51 million jobs worldwide could disappear by the end of this year as a result of the economic slowdown that has turned into a global employment crisis, a United Nations agency said on Wednesday.


Jayasuriya hits century in first India one-dayer (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 03:38 AM CST

Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya plays a shot during their first one-day international cricket match against India at Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium in Dambulla, about 150km north of Colombo, January 28, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Sanath Jayasuriya stroked a well-paced 107 to guide Sri Lanka to 246 for seven in the first game against India on Wednesday.


Wounded Sri Lankans blocked from leaving war zone - U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 02:56 AM CST

Sri Lankan soldiers stand guard outside a bullet-riddled building that had once housed the Bank of Ceylon in the formerly Tamil Tiger rebel-controlled town of Mullaitvu in north-eastern Sri Lanka January 27, 2009. REUTERS/Bryson HullReuters - COLOMBO (Reuters) -- The Tamil Tigers blocked a convoy carrying hundreds of wounded people from leaving the site of heavy fighting in Sri Lanka's north, the United Nations said on Wednesday.


Mumbai "Slumdog" critic names dogs after film makers (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2009 03:36 AM CST

(L-R) Actors Irrfan Khan, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto and Anil Kapoor hold their awards after winning for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Reuters - A critic of the award-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire" has named stray dogs after those involved in the film to protest against the title.


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