2009年7月13日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


New flu "unstoppable", WHO says, calls for vaccine (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 01:52 PM PDT

A scientist works on developing the H1N1 (Influenza A) vaccine inside a Bio-safety Level 3 (BSL-3) lab at Sillapakorn University on the outskirts of Bangkok July 12, 2009. REUTERS/Chaiwat SubprasomReuters - Saying the new H1N1 virus is "unstoppable", the World Health Organization gave drug makers a full go-ahead to manufacture vaccines against the pandemic influenza strain on Monday and said healthcare workers should be the first to get one.


Jackson family says concert plans too much for him (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 11:51 AM PDT

A new waxwork figure of Michael Jackson depicted from his Reuters - Michael Jackson's father said the King of Pop was not ready perform 50 shows in London, in a TV interview that aired the day the singer was scheduled to start his long-awaited comeback.


Microsoft takes on Google as Office moves to Web (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 10:18 AM PDT

A sign hangs at the Microsoft booth at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 9, 2009. Microsoft Corp will release three versions of its dominant Office software that users can access over the Web, catching up with products that rival Google Inc launched three years ago. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/FilesReuters - Microsoft Corp will release three versions of its dominant Office software that users can access over the Web, catching up with products that rival Google Inc launched three years ago.


Just A Minute With: Delhi Metro's E. Sreedharan (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 09:53 AM PDT

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation managing director Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, 77, speaks during an interview with Reuters in New Delhi July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - Just ten days before the bridge collapse that almost forced the Delhi Metro chief to step down, Elattuvalapil Sreedharan told Reuters that India needs sweeping changes on how it implements infrastructure projects.


Monsoon to improve this week - farm min (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 07:35 AM PDT

Commuters travel on a horse-cart during heavy rainfall in Jammu July 10, 2009. REUTERS/Mukesh GuptaReuters - Monsoon rains are expected to to improve this week, and if the forecast turns out to be accurate there would be no cause for concern despite below-normal rains so far this season, farm minister Sharad Pawar said.


"Harry Potter" director says finale to be best yet (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 08:39 AM PDT

Actors James (L) and Oliver Phelps pose during a photocall to promote the film Reuters - The sixth "Harry Potter" film opens on Wednesday and is likely to be another hit for the boy wizard series, but with filming started on the finale, British director David Yates says "you haven't seen anything yet."


Troops seal Kashmir streets, thwart separatist march (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 06:37 AM PDT

Police in riot gear patrol a deserted street to stop an anti-India march in Srinagar July 13, 2009.  REUTERS/Fayaz KabliReuters - Troops sealed off residential areas across the Kashmir valley on Monday and thwarted a march planned by thousands of separatists to honour "martyrs", an annual event that turns violent every year.


Chhattisgarh on alert after Maoists kill 29 police (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 01:54 AM PDT

A security personnel trains at a counter-terrorism and jungle warfare school in Kanker village, about 140 km (87 miles) south of Raipur March 19, 2007, file photo. MAOISTS/TRIBALS   REUTERS/Parth SanyalReuters - Authorities in Chhattisgarh deployed hundreds of paramilitary troops on Monday and searched for 13 missing policemen after Maoist insurgents killed 29 officers in a jungle ambush over the weekend.


Wheat export ban back after 10 days (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 09:04 AM PDT

A labourer spreads wheat to dry at a grain market in Chandigarh April 22, 2007. The government resumed its ban on wheat exports on Monday, 10 days after it said it would allow some shipments by state firms, as a precaution against a possible poor harvest due to insufficient monsoon rains. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - The government resumed its ban on wheat exports on Monday, 10 days after it said it would allow some shipments by state firms, as a precaution against a possible poor harvest due to insufficient monsoon rains.


ANALYSIS - Good G8 summit spurs India's hopes for global role (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:31 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is seen at the G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy, July 9, 2009. India made its voice heard on global trade and climate change at a G8 summit in Italy this month, in a sign of growing diplomatic heft that can help it push for a bigger role in global governance. REUTERS/Lucas Dolega/PoolReuters - India made its voice heard on global trade and climate change at a G8 summit in Italy this month, in a sign of growing diplomatic heft that can help it push for a bigger role in global governance.


Gammon India shares plunge as bridge tumbles (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 07:16 AM PDT

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) workers stand beside an overturned crane at the site of a section of DMRC flyover that collapsed in New Delhi July 13, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Gammon India Ltd shares tumbled by nearly a fifth on Monday after a part of the bridge it was constructing for the Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) fell, unnerving investors.


Udaipur voted world's best city in travel poll (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2009 07:56 PM PDT

Tourists stand at the City Palace in Udaipur, in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan January 16, 2009, file photo. REUTERS/Vijay MathurReuters - Udaipur, known as the "Venice of the East", was voted the world's best city for travellers in 2009 in an online poll by Travel + Leisure magazine, trumping last year's winner Bangkok.


Nine killed in explosion in central Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 03:44 AM PDT

Reuters - An explosion killed at least nine people and wounded scores in Pakistan on Monday, as an explosives cache believed to have been stored by militants ignited in a house used to teach children the Koran.

Swearing can make you feel better, lessen pain - study (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 01:03 AM PDT

Reuters - Cut your finger? Hurt your leg? Start swearing. It might lessen the pain.

Economic crisis far from over, WTO chief says (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 05:43 AM PDT

Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), in central Sydney March 2, 2009. The global economic downturn is far from over, and few countries have dismantled the dangerous protectionist barriers they imposed in response to it, Lamy said on Monday. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz/FilesReuters - The global economic downturn is far from over, and few countries have dismantled the dangerous protectionist barriers they imposed in response to it, World Trade Organisation Director-General Pascal Lamy said on Monday.


PREVIEW - Asia Q2 earnings to reflect downturn; H2 recovery eyed (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 06:42 AM PDT

An investor looks at an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Wuhan, Hubei province July 10, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Sluggish consumer demand and concerns about the strength of a possible second-half recovery are the main issues surrounding Asian companies' second-quarter results. Following is a sectoral summation of what to expect.


"Green" Asia resorts take the guilt out of luxury stays (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jul 2009 12:55 AM PDT

General view of a sandy beach  in Maldives February 15, 2009, file photo. REUTERS/Charles PlatiauReuters - Who says you can't have it all? An Asian hotelier is offering luxury, boutique resorts at idyllic destinations and their carbon footprint is small, too.


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