2009年6月15日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Russia hosts first BRIC summit, India-Pakistan meet (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 05:25 PM PDT

(L-R) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pose for a picture at the Group of Eight (G8) Hokkaido Toyako Summit in northern Japan in this July 9, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Dmitry Astakhov/FilesReuters - The world's biggest emerging market powers will seek to craft a united front on repairing the global financial system when they meet for the first formal BRIC summit on Tuesday.


India may need to rest players from IPL says coach (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 12:53 PM PDT

India's cricket coach Gary Kirsten speaks to reporters during a news conference in Dhaka in this June 9, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman/FilesReuters - Indian administrators may need to rest their leading players from the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) in future, national coach Gary Kirsten said on Monday.


Sarwan, Chanderpaul send England packing (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 02:26 PM PDT

England's James Foster (R) stumps West Indies' Dwayne Bravo during the ICC World Twenty20 cricket super eight match at the Oval cricket ground, London on June 15 2009.     REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - West Indies advanced to the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals after knocking out England in a rain reduced second-round match on Monday.


Protesters plan more mass rallies in Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 04:43 PM PDT

Supporters of defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi hold campaign posters and a placard that read: Reuters - Iranian demonstrators called for more mass protests on Tuesday, a day after hardline Islamic militiamen killed a man during a march by tens of thousands against a presidential election they say was rigged.


Man fires at police probing Vienna temple attack (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 10:28 AM PDT

An Austrian police officer examines a bullet hole in a courtyard following a shooting incident in Vienna June 15, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - A man shot at police in Vienna on Monday as they prepared to raid an apartment in connection with last month's attack on a Sikh temple in the Austrian capital which killed an Indian preacher, police said.


INTERVIEW - India says Doha trade "impasse" broken (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 09:41 AM PDT

India's new trade minister Anand Sharma in New York June 15, 2007. Sharma said on Monday that Reuters - India's trade minister Anand Sharma said on Monday that "the impasse has been broken" over the World Trade Organisation's long-running Doha round of world trade talks.


Pakistan complete easy win over Ireland (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 09:03 AM PDT

Pakistan's Kamran Akmal (L) hits out watched by Ireland's Niall O'Brien during their ICC World Twenty20 cricket super eight match at the Oval cricket ground, London June 15, 2009. REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - Pakistan completed an untroubled 39-run win over Ireland at the Oval on Monday in their final Twenty20 World Cup second round match.


Monsoon seen reviving around June 20 - IMD (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 06:46 AM PDT

Hindu priests sit inside cooking pots containing water as they perform special prayers in order to appease Varun, the Hindu rain god, in Ahmedabad June 14, 2009. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - India's annual monsoon rains are seen reviving around June 20, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on its website late Monday evening.


TIMELINE - Highs and lows in Pakistan-India ties (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 08:02 AM PDT

Pakistani Rangers and Indian Border Security Force personnel (obscured) lower the flags of the two countries during a daily flag lowering ceremony at the India-Pakistan joint border at Wagah some 20 km (12 miles) to the east of Lahore, December 14, 2006. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FilesReuters - The leaders of India and Pakistan are expected to meet on Tuesday in Russia, on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) conference.


Actor Shiney Ahuja in police custody on rape charge (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 08:55 AM PDT

Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja poses before a news conference in Ahmedabad September 1, 2008. A Mumbai court on Monday remanded Ahuja to three days in police custody after police charged him with raping his teenaged maid, his lawyer said. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - A Mumbai court on Monday remanded Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja to three days in police custody after police charged him with raping his teenaged maid, his lawyer said.


Indian, Pakistani leaders expected to meet on Tuesday (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 09:28 AM PDT

File photo of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS), about 120 km (75 miles) north of Mumbai August 31, 2007. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - The leaders of India and Pakistan will hold talks in Russia on Tuesday, raising expectations their first meeting since last November's Mumbai attacks will ease tensions between the two countries.


One Iranian dead as shots fired at Mousavi rally (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 12:18 PM PDT

A supporter, who lives in India, of Iran's moderate presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi holds a photograph of Mousavi during a protest against the election results at the Consulate General of Islamic Republic of Iran in Hyderabad June 15, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - Iran's hardline Islamic Basij militiamen killed at least one person on Monday and wounded more when their building was attacked by demonstrators protesting an election they say was stolen by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.


Twenty20 tasty, but no substitute for tests - Tendulkar (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 04:34 AM PDT

Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar in Kolkata June 2, 2009. Tendulkar's young son is hooked on Twenty20 cricket but the Indian master still believes five-day test cricket is king. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/FilesReuters - Sachin Tendulkar's young son is hooked on Twenty20 cricket but the Indian master still believes five-day test cricket is king.


Erotic Review owner: "Women can't write about sex" (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 06:43 AM PDT

A woman attends the International Erotic Festival and Fair in Budapest September 21, 2007. Women are not passionate enough about sex and concentrate too much on feelings to be able to write raunchy stories, the new owner of Britain's Erotic Review said on Monday. REUTERS/Laszlo BaloghReuters - Women are not passionate enough about sex and concentrate too much on feelings to be able to write raunchy stories, the new owner of Britain's Erotic Review said on Monday.


Kallis to miss India match with minor back injury (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 06:34 AM PDT

South Africa's Jacques Kallis bowls during the ICC World Twenty20 cricket super eight match against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England on June 11 2009.    REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - Jacques Kallis, the top run-scorer in the Twenty20 World Cup, will miss South Africa's final second round match against India on Tuesday because of injury.


Nepal's Maoists shut down Kathmandu with strike (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 04:47 AM PDT

Maoist supporters and activists set up road blocks during a demonstration in Kathmandu June 14, 2009. REUTERS/Shruti ShresthaReuters - Nepal's Maoists brought Kathmandu to a standstill on Monday, forcing vehicles off the road and shops to shut in response to a general strike to protest the death of a local Maoist leader, police said.


Pakistan steels for army assault on Waziristan (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 06:14 AM PDT

Pakistani policemen stand guard on the streets during a curfew in the town of Bannu, near the border with Afghanistan and about 240 km (150 miles) southwest of Islamabad, June 11, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Pakistan braced for militant reprisals on Monday as the army conducted softening-up operations ahead of an assault on the stronghold of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, one of al Qaeda's main allies.


INTERVIEW - India Yes Bank sees 1st Africa farm project start 2011 (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 07:32 AM PDT

Reuters - Yes Bank expects a $150 million Tanzanian rice and wheat project to reach full production by 2011, the first of several large African farms it is funding, a senior bank official said on Monday.

Consolidation in banks needed - RBI deputy (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 05:35 AM PDT

A man walks past the entrance of  Reserve Bank of India headquarters in Mumbai January 27, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Consolidation in banks is necessary and the issue facing the sector is to meet the growing capital needs of banks, the new Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor K.C. Chakrabarty said on Monday.


India, Pakistan leaders plan meeting Tuesday - source (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 02:46 AM PDT

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (3rd R), State and Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj Chavan (L), Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal (2nd L) and Junior Parliamentary Affairs Minister V. Narayanasamy (R) arrive for the opening day of the parliament in New Delhi June 1, 2009. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - The leaders of India and Pakistan plan to meet on Tuesday in Yekaterinburg, their first such talks since last November's terror attacks on Mumbai, an official who is helping to organise meetings at a summit in Russia told Reuters on Monday.


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