Dilshan sparkles as Sri Lanka crush West Indies (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 03:59 PM PDT Reuters - Sri Lanka overwhelmed West Indies with bat and ball at the Oval on Friday to win their Twenty20 World Cup semi-final by 57 runs with 14 balls to spare. |
Champion Nadal pulls out of Wimbledon (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 02:05 PM PDT Reuters - Champion Rafael Nadal pulled out of Wimbledon on Friday after losing his battle to recover from a knee injury. |
ITF to consider India appeal over Australia Cup penalty (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 08:26 AM PDT Reuters - The International Tennis Federation (ITF) will consider an appeal from India seeking a heavier penalty on Australia for forfeiting last month's Davis Cup tie due to security concerns. |
Smaller crowds greet new iPhone from Apple (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 11:41 AM PDT Reuters - Apple Inc's latest iPhone hit stores on Friday with new features and faster speeds, drawing plenty of fans, if not the crowds that had swarmed the previous iPhone debuts. |
France considering ban on burqas, spokesman says (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 11:11 AM PDT Reuters - France may introduce a law banning full burqas if a parliamentary commission finds the growing number of women wearing them have been coerced into doing so, a government spokesman said on Friday. |
Chilean to head UN's Bhutto assassination inquiry (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 12:03 PM PDT Reuters - Chile's U.N. Ambassador Heraldo Munoz will head a six-month U.N. inquiry into the 2007 assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Friday. |
Myanmar's Suu Kyi turns 64 amid outrage over trial (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 07:14 AM PDT Reuters - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi spent her 64th birthday in detention on Friday as supporters worldwide condemned her trial and called for tougher sanctions against the military regime. |
Air India asks senior staff to forego July pay to cut costs (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 05:00 AM PDT Reuters - Air India has asked its senior management to voluntarily forego salaries and productivity linked incentives in July due to an ongoing liquidity crunch, the state-run airline said in a statement on Friday. |
EXCLUSIVE - UK travel firm Cox & Kings plans Indian IPO (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 08:53 AM PDT Reuters - Venerable 250-year-old British travel firm Cox & Kings is planning an IPO on the Bombay Stock Exchange in September, reflecting its desire to expand in the burgeoning Indian holiday market. |
Police struggle to reclaim Maoist zones (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 02:55 AM PDT Reuters - Fearful of landmines and under fire from rebels, police struggled on Friday to enter a Maoist "liberated zone" close to Kolkata. |
FIA to sue Ferrari, breakaway teams (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 08:39 AM PDT Reuters - Formula One's governing body said on Friday it would sue champions Ferrari and other teams for planning a breakaway series. |
JSW Steel considering price increase (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 08:06 AM PDT Reuters - India's third-largest steel maker, JSW Steel, is considering to raise prices of some products used in automobiles and consumer goods next month to make up for higher raw material costs, a company official said on Friday. |
Europe to offer China, India help in burying CO2 emissions (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 04:56 AM PDT Reuters - Europe will next week start moves to help China and India develop technology to trap and bury carbon dioxide underground in the fight against global warming, according to a draft European Commission document. |
Iran's Khamenei demands halt to election protests (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 06:23 AM PDT Reuters - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday demanded an end to street protests that have shaken the country since the disputed presidential election a week ago and said any bloodshed would be their leaders' fault. |
Air France to compensate crash victims' families (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 06:48 AM PDT Reuters - Air France will compensate through its insurers the families of the victims of a June 1 crash in which 228 people died, the company's chief executive said on Friday. |
Force India saddened by split, guarded on future (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 06:39 AM PDT Reuters - Force India are saddened by the prospect of Formula One splitting in two and will wait to see how the situation develops, owner Vijay Mallya said on Friday. |
SBI, State Bk of Indore boards OK merger (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 06:01 AM PDT Reuters - The boards of State Bank of India and its associate State Bank of Indore have approved an acquisition of the latter by the country's biggest lender, both banks told the stock exchange on Friday. |
No convictions in India despite child labour ban (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 02:12 AM PDT Reuters - India is failing to enforce a ban on child labour, with not a single conviction almost three years after the law came into effect, leading child rights activists said on Friday. |
Formula One in crisis as split looms (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 05:24 AM PDT Reuters - Formula One plunged into its biggest crisis in 60 years on Friday with eight of the 10 teams announcing plans to set up their own championship. |
India remains wary of Commonwealth Games challenges (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2009 03:39 AM PDT Reuters - India's sports ministry has raised fresh concerns over the progress of preparations for next year's Commonwealth Games, drawing attention to various delays in construction projects for the Oct. 3-14 event. |