Deccan stay top thanks to Gibbs fifty, Mumbai also win (Reuters) Posted: 27 Apr 2009 01:13 PM PDT Reuters - Herschelle Gibbs crafted an unbeaten half-century as the Deccan Chargers maintained their position at the top of the Indian Premier League (IPL) thanks to a six-wicket win over the Chennai Super Kings on Monday. |
Court orders fresh probe into 2002 Gujarat riots (Reuters) Posted: 27 Apr 2009 07:59 AM PDT Reuters - The Supreme Court ordered a fresh probe on Monday into the Gujarat riots of 2002 that killed thousands, including the role of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, court officials said. |
Sri Lanka says combat gives way to rescue (Reuters) Posted: 27 Apr 2009 11:03 AM PDT Reuters - Sri Lanka on Monday ordered troops to stop using heavy weapons against the Tamil Tiger rebels, a renewed pledge the United Nations' aid chief said must be respected this time around to protect civilians. |
Zardari says Pakistan's nuclear weapons are safe (Reuters) Posted: 27 Apr 2009 05:37 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday ruled out the possibility of his country's nuclear weapons falling into the hands of the Taliban. |
Bin Laden could be dead, whereabouts unknown - Zardari (Reuters) Posted: 27 Apr 2009 02:53 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari said on Monday that the whereabouts of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden remained a mystery and there was a suspicion that he could be dead. |
PREVIEW - Bharti to shine in mobile boom, Reliance to lag (Reuters) Posted: 27 Apr 2009 04:45 AM PDT Reuters - India's top mobile operator, Bharti Airtel, is expected to report quarterly profit rose by a fifth as it benefits from a strategy of keeping tariffs steady, while rivals cut prices to boost market share. |
Mexico flu reaches Europe, U.S. warns travelers (Reuters) Posted: 27 Apr 2009 11:42 AM PDT Reuters - Mexico said a new flu virus has killed up to 149 people and it ordered all schools to close across the country on Monday as the disease spread in the United States, Canada and Europe, raising fears of a pandemic. |
INTERVIEW - World counting down to pandemic, says top virologist (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2009 10:21 PM PDT Reuters - A Chinese virologist who helped fight SARS and bird flu warned on Monday of a possible swine flu pandemic that the most populous countries in Asia, China and India, would be ill-prepared to handle. |
Bollywood actor Feroz Khan dies of cancer (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2009 11:52 PM PDT Reuters - Veteran Bollywood actor and filmmaker Feroz Khan, who was known as one of the most colourful personalities of the Indian cinema, died on Sunday of cancer. He was 69. |
Washington forum draws worst greenhouse polluters (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2009 10:25 PM PDT Reuters - Diplomats from the world's biggest greenhouse gas polluters including the United States, China and India are set to take part in a forum on Monday at the U.S. State Department aimed at getting a U.N. agreement to curb global warming. |
Sri Lankans Sangakkara and Dilshan set up IPL wins (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2009 08:29 PM PDT Reuters - Sri Lankans Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara scored half-centuries to guide the Delhi Daredevils and King's XI Punjab to comfortable wins on day nine of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday. |
Gillespie, Martyn to play in rebel U.S. league (Reuters) Posted: 27 Apr 2009 12:28 AM PDT Reuters - Former Australian test players Jason Gillespie and Damien Martyn have signed up to play in an unauthorised Twenty20 tournament in New York in October, Australian media said on Monday. |
Swine flu death toll in Mexico rises to 103 (Reuters) Posted: 26 Apr 2009 08:09 PM PDT Reuters - The death toll in Mexico from an outbreak of a new type of swine flu has risen to 103 people, Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova said on Sunday. |