New flu "unstoppable", WHO says, calls for vaccine (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2009 01:52 PM PDT Reuters - 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 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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 Reuters - 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. |