2009年3月9日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Obama lifts Bush restrictions on stem cell research (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2009 11:12 AM PDT

File photo of President Barack Obama in Columbia, South Carolina, January 26, 2008. REUTERS/Joshua LottReuters - President Barack Obama lifted restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research on Monday, angering abortion opponents but cheering those who believe the study could produce treatments for many diseases.


Dalai Lama to demand Tibet autonomy, mourn past (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2009 11:50 AM PDT

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama greets devotees upon arrival at a Buddhist temple in the northern Indian hill town of Mcleodgunj March 9, 2009. REUTERS/Fayaz KabliReuters - The Dalai Lama is set to mark his 50 years in exile on Tuesday by demanding "meaningful autonomy" for his Tibetan homeland and saying that Chinese rule there has at times been "hell on earth."


High prevalence of child marriage in India - study (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:40 PM PDT

Reuters - A large proportion of women in India were married when they were still children, a study has found, and researchers warned that such unions carried higher risks of unwanted pregnancies and female sterilization.

India's Iron Lady rearrested a day after release (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2009 11:27 AM PDT

Irom Sharmila Chanu, 34, reacts during an interview with Reuters in New Delhi in this October 4, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - An Indian human rights campaigner released from prison on Saturday was rearrested on Monday after she refused to end a hunger protest against a controversial anti-terror law, officials said.


Pakistan fear sponsors will flee after Lahore attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2009 09:38 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's cricket team members prepare to board a Pakistani military helicopter at the Gaddafi stadium after their team bus was attacked by gunmen while on the way to the stadium in Lahore March 3, 2009. REUTERS/Syed Mujtaba/FilesReuters - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) fears major sponsors will desert the sport after last week's attack by gunmen on the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore.


NDA loses key ally BJD (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2009 08:56 AM PDT

India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani speaks during a pre-election meet in Kolkata March 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jayanta ShawReuters - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led opposition bloc was dealt a blow after one of its oldest members pulled out weeks ahead of the April-May general election, analysts said on Monday.


Jayalalithaa fasts over Sri Lanka war (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:30 AM PDT

A woman walks in front of a portrait of Jayalalithaa, a former film actress and now head of the state opposition party, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), in Chennai March 2, 2009. REUTERS/BabuReuters - Tamil Nadu opposition leader J. Jayalalithaa went on a day-long fast on Monday in solidarity with Tamil refugees trapped in the Sri Lanka war, but analysts said the move was made with an eye on the upcoming Indian general elections.


Satyam launches bidding process; stock jumps (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2009 03:36 AM PDT

Labourers clean the Satyam building in Hyderabad in this December 30, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - Satyam Computer Services Ltd kicked off a bidding process on Monday to sell a majority stake in itself and two potential suitors quickly confirmed they would join the race for the fraud-hit outsourcer.


Over 1,200 Tibetans missing after crackdown - report (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2009 02:16 AM PDT

A Tibetan living in India holds the Tibetan flag as he shouts during a demonstration in New Delhi in this February 25, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - More than 1,200 Tibetans are still missing since a Chinese crackdown on the region after protests in March last year, a report by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) said on Monday.


In India's gloomy economy, diamond jobs are not forever (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 07:46 PM PDT

A diamond businessmen desmonstrates a process at a diamond cutting and polishing factory in Surat in Gujarat March 3, 2009. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - For Jaysukhbhai Patel, a job cutting diamonds in Surat was the ticket to a better life for him and his family of four.


China's Hu demands wall of stability in Tibet (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2009 11:02 AM PDT

Soldiers clean up the Potala Palace square in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region March 7, 2009. REUTERS/China DailyReuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao demanded a "Great Wall" of stability in Tibet 12 months after a wave of unrest and as the Dalai Lama prepared to mark 50 years since he fled his homeland.


India targets elite pool of players for Asian Cup scheme (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2009 02:25 AM PDT

India's captain Baichung Bhutia (in blue) unsuccessfully attempts a goal against Myanmar's goalkeeper Aung Aung Oo during their semi-final match in the AFC Challenge Cup India 2008 soccer tournament in Hyderabad in this August 7, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - The Indian soccer federation hopes to launch an ambitious two-year plan that will commit the country's leading players to preparations for the 2011 Asian Cup.


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