2009年7月30日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Muralitharan announces 2010 retirement plan (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 07:57 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan bowls in the nets at a practice session ahead of their first one-day international cricket match against Pakistan in Dambulla July 29, 2009. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - Sri Lanka's world record holder spinner Muttiah Muralitharan announced on Thursday he was planning to retire from test cricket in 2010.


Monsoon dips again, reservoirs swell (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 07:23 AM PDT

Heavy monsoon clouds drift over New Delhi July 29, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - India's monsoon rains were 18 percent below normal in the week to July 29, the weather office said on Thursday, renewing fears of deficient crops after rainfall had been above normal for the previous two weeks.


Opposition in uproar at policy towards Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 05:41 AM PDT

A view of the Indian parliament building is seen in New Delhi in this July 21, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Opposition lawmakers staged a noisy protest and walked out of parliament on Thursday, branding government efforts to improve ties with Pakistan a sell out of national interest.


Supreme Court throws out objection to athletes' village (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 09:01 AM PDT

President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Suresh Kalmadi gestures during his visit to the games village being built for the Commonwealth Games 2010, in New Delhi in this May 19, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - India's supreme court threw out a petition on Thursday that threatened to scupper New Delhi hosting next year's Commonwealth Games.


ANALYSIS - Afghan campaign gains from India-Pakistan thaw (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 09:08 AM PDT

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani (L) shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the 15th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in the Egyptian Red Sea tourist resort of Sharm el-Sheikh July 16, 2009. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - The U.S.-led campaign in Afghanistan may have just been given a fresh injection it badly needs -- from a parliamentary debate hundreds of miles to the east in New Delhi.


Recession helps reshape India carbon deals (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 05:15 AM PDT

A labourer walks up a burning oven to make fertilizer ingredients out of scrap leather at a roadside factory in Kolkata in this May 4, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - The recession and falling prices of U.N.-backed carbon credits are changing the way carbon deals are structured in India, project developers and consultants say, with more players seeking partners to spread financial risks.


Jackson mother gets custody, Rowe gets visits - media (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 06:15 AM PDT

Michael Jackson departs the Santa Barbara County Courthouse with his mother Katherine (L) and father Joe (2nd L) after testimony in his child molestation trial in Santa Maria, California in this May 25, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/FilesReuters - Michael Jackson's mother will get custody of the late pop star's three children after reaching a agreement with her son's ex-wife Debbie Rowe, a lawyer for Katherine Jackson told CBS News on Thursday.


Massa's doctor expects full recovery - MTI (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 06:56 AM PDT

A Ferrari formula one fan stands in front of the AEK military hospital in Budapest July 30, 2009, where Felipe Massa was taken after his crash on the Hungarian circuit. REUTERS/Karoly ArvaiReuters - Injured Formula One driver Felipe Massa is up and about and expected to make a full recovery from Saturday's accident but will remain in a Budapest hospital for now, his personal physician said.


WPI down again, but price pressures building (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 03:11 AM PDT

A vendor arranges vegetables at a market in Siliguri in this December 20, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - India's wholesale price index remained negative in annual terms in mid-July but analysts said inflation would soon return and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was right to leave interest rates steady at a policy review this week.


Blind businessman stars as Bollywood film hero (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 05:09 AM PDT

Actors Salman Khan (R) and Naseer Khan pose during a ceremony launching the music for the movie Reuters - Naseer Khan, a blind businessman is playing the role of a gunman who fights tigers and jumps off burning cars in "Shadow", a new Bollywood film to be released in August.


India adds 12.05 mln mobile users in Jun - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 06:32 AM PDT

A man speaks on a his mobile phone as he looks at a large screen displaying India's benchmark share index on the facade of the Bombay Stock Exchange building in Mumbai in this November 10, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - India's mobile operators added 12.05 million users in June, the government said in a statement on Thursday.


Saina Nehwal unwell ahead of world meet (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 11:13 PM PDT

India's Saina Nehwal hits a return to China's Wang Lin during the women's single final match at Djarum Indonesia Super Series badminton tournament at Istora Bung Karno stadium in Jakarta June 21, 2009. REUTERS/Crack Palinggi/FilesReuters - India's Saina Nehwal has suffered a setback in her preparations for next month's world championships when the world number six was diagnosed with chickenpox.


Lockheed eyes more deals after India-U.S. defence pact (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 01:13 AM PDT

Indian and U.S. national flags flutter in front of the Presidential Palace in New Delhi February 28, 2006. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - U.S.-based Lockheed Martin Corp says it will speed up delivery of six C-130J military planes to India and is negotiating for sale of six more in a deal potentially worth $1.1 billion, a senior official said.


Water reservoirs level goes up in July 30 wk (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 06:07 AM PDT

Reuters - Water levels in India's main reservoirs rose to 35 percent of capacity in the week to July 30, up from 23 percent a week earlier, government data showed.

Cobras to meet Challengers in Champions League opener (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 03:42 AM PDT

Reuters - South Africa's Cape Cobras will take on Indian Premier League (IPL) runners-up Bangalore Royal Challengers in the opening Twenty20 Champions League game at the Indian side's home ground on Oct. 8.

State Bank of India Q1 net up 42 pct, beats f'cast (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 01:04 AM PDT

A cashier counts currency notes inside a bank Lucknow in this July 16, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Pawan KumarReuters - State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, reported a 42 percent rise in quarterly profit, beating forecasts, on gains from trading in bonds and currencies.


Afghan, Pakistan leaders discuss C.Asia security (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 03:12 AM PDT

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari (R) and Tajikistan's President Imomali Rakhmon take part in the welcoming ceremony in Dushanbe July 29, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan agreed on Thursday to coordinate efforts in their fight against Islamist violence which has threatened to spill over into the broader Central Asia region.


Threat forces U.N. to scale back in SW Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 02:40 AM PDT

The Pakistani national flag waves in the background as a soldier keeps guard at the UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) Jalozai camp on the outskirts of Peshawar, about 140 km northwest of Islamabad July 28, 2009. REUTERS/Ali ImamReuters - The United Nations has scaled back operations temporarily in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province after receiving a threat from a separatist movement, a spokesman said on Thursday.


ANALYSIS - India stake sales to please market; no deficit cure (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 08:41 PM PDT

An investor fills up a subscription form for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in Mumbai in this January 15, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - Power firm NHPC Ltd will kick off a $1.25 billion IPO next week in the first share sale by a state company since the Congress party's unexpectedly strong re-election in May spurred investor hopes for pro-market reforms.


Airbus to fund extra search for Air France black box (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:48 AM PDT

Airbus Chief Executive Officer Tom Enders addresses a news conference at the 48th Paris Air Show at the Le Bourget airport near Paris, June 16, 2009. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/FilesReuters - Airbus will help fund an extended search for flight recorders and debris of an Air France airliner that crashed into the Atlantic last month, a newspaper said on Thursday.


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