2009年2月14日星期六

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Global warming worse than predicted - U.S. scientist (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 09:45 PM CST

A labourer walks up a burning oven to make fertilizer ingredients out of scrap leather at a roadside factory in Kolkata in this May 4, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Parth SanyalReuters - The climate is heating up far faster than scientists had predicted, spurred by sharp increases in greenhouse gas emissions from developing countries like China and India, a top climate scientist said on Saturday.


Pakistan may seek custody of surviving Mumbai gunman (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 07:03 AM CST

Rehman Malik, Pakistan's adviser to the prime minister on the interior, gestures during a news conference at the interior ministry in Islamabad February 12, 2009. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood/FilesReuters - Pakistan may ask India for custody of the only gunman to survive the Mumbai attacks to strengthen its prosecution of those behind the assault, Pakistan's top interior ministry official said on Saturday.


Barbie turns heads on New York's catwalk as marks 50 (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 11:19 PM CST

Models present creations during a fashion show celebrating Barbie's 50th anniversary during New York Fashion Week February 14, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - Barbie turns 50 this year but the classic doll was still turning heads at New York's semi-annual Fashion week as models styled as Mattel Inc.'s fashion icon took to the catwalk in designer outfits.


Peruvian film The Milk of Sorrow wins in Berlin (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 08:37 PM CST

Director Claudia Llosa kisses the Golden Bear award during a news conference at the 59th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 14, 2009. Llosa won the Golden Bear award for Best Film for the movie 'The Milk of Sorrow'.     REUTERS/Hannibal HanschkeReuters - Mournful Peruvian entry "The Milk of Sorrow" (La Teta Asustada) won the coveted Golden Bear award for best picture at the Berlin film festival on Saturday.


Zvonareva, Mirza reach Pattaya Open final (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 08:20 AM CST

India's Sania Mirza gestures after her win over Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova during their semi-final round match tat the PTT Pattaya Women's Open tennis tournament February 14, 2009. REUTERS/Chaiwat SubprasomReuters - Russian top seed Vera Zvonareva raced into the final of the Pattaya Open with a 6-1 6-4 win over Israel's Shahar Peer on Saturday.


Kashmir opens international airport (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 05:54 AM CST

India's ruling Congress Party chief Sonia Gandhi (3rd R) waves from an Air India aircraft that has arrived from Dubai after the inauguration of Kashmir's first international airport in Srinagar February 14, 2009. REUTERS/Danish IsmailReuters - India opened the airport in troubled Kashmir for international traffic for the first time on Saturday, as part of an effort to boost the Himalayan region's ailing tourism industry.


Police arrest hundreds in Valentine protests (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 05:25 AM CST

Activists from Bharatiya Janata Party Mahila Morcha tear up a billboard and burst the balloons on it during a protest against Valentine's Day celebrations in Hyderabad February 13, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - Indian police stood guard at colleges decorated with heart-shaped ballons in Mumbai on Saturday and arrested hundreds of militant Hindus across the country to quell Valentine's Day protests.


India welcomes Pakistan probe, calls for more (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2009 02:13 AM CST

Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee is seen speaking at a business meeting in Kolkata in this December 21, 2008 file photo. The government and opposition parties cautiously welcomed Pakistan's investigation into the Mumbai terror attack, but said on Friday Islamabad still needed to crush all militant camps on its soil. REUTERS/Stringer/FielsReuters - India on Friday welcomed Pakistan's acknowledgement the Mumbai attacks were partly planned on its soil, in a sign of a possible thaw in relations between the two nuclear powers.


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