2009年8月15日星期六

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Shah Rukh Khan held in U.S. airport, fans outraged (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 06:02 AM PDT

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan attends a news conference in Mumbai April 23, 2008. REUTERS/Manav Manglani/FilesReuters - Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan said he felt angry and humiliated after he was detained and questioned at a U.S. airport, sparking an uproar in India among his fans.


American who visited Suu Kyi to be freed from Myanmar (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 06:13 AM PDT

A handout picture taken on May 13, 2009 and provided by Myanmar News Agency shows U.S. Citizen John Yettaw in Yangon. REUTERS/Myanma News Agency/Handout/FilesReuters - The American man who swam across a lake to visit Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be released on Sunday, according to a statement issued on Saturday by U.S. Senator Jim Webb.


Super Lin wins battle, all-Chinese finals at badminton worlds (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 06:26 AM PDT

China's Lin Dan returns a shot against Indonesia's Sony Dwi Kuncoro during their semi-final men's singles match in the World Badminton Championship in Hyderabad August 15, 2009. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - Olympic champion Lin Dan passed a stiff test against Sony Dwi Kuncoro to move one step away from capturing a record hat-trick of world titles on Saturday.


PM: Returning to 9 pct growth biggest challenge (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 12:31 AM PDT

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gestures during the national communal harmony awards ceremony in New Delhi August 12, 2009. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Returning to a high growth rate is the greatest challenge facing India, with a weak monsoon making the task harder, but the economy may improve by year-end, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in his Independence Day speech.


Bollywood feels sting of swine flu (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 03:57 AM PDT

A teacher helps a student wear a face mask in a classroom at a school in Mumbai August 10, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - Panic over the H1N1 flu pandemic in India has claimed an unlikely victim -- Bollywood.


U.S. senator meets Suu Kyi, Myanmar junta leader (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 09:16 AM PDT

Reuters - U.S. Senator Jim Webb met Myanmar top military leader Than Shwe and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday and announced the release of an American jailed for visiting the Nobel peace laureate.

Taliban claim Afghan capital blast as election looms (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 04:34 AM PDT

A general view of the blast damage in front of the NATO headquarters and the gate leading to the U.S. embassy in Kabul August 15, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodReuters - The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb that killed seven people on Saturday in the heart of the Afghan capital's most secure district five days before an election the Islamist group has vowed to disrupt.


ICC sets date to resolve Pakistan World Cup row (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 01:12 AM PDT

International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan speaks during the ICC annual conference in Dubai in this July 3, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh/FilesReuters - The International Cricket Council (ICC) and Pakistan board chiefs will meet later this month with a view to resolving their dispute over the staging of the 2011 World Cup.


Wild elephant kills French tourist in Tamil Nadu (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 09:50 PM PDT

Reuters - A French tourist was trampled to death by a wild elephant while trekking in Tamil Nadu on Friday, a forest official said.

Five killed in suicide blast in Pakistan's Swat (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 04:34 AM PDT

Reuters - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Pakistani security post in the Swat valley on Saturday killing five soldiers, while eight militants were killed in a clash, in the most serious violence in the area for weeks.

Google users search more, very loyal - comScore (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 06:42 PM PDT

A photo of the Google Inc. logo is shown on a computer screen in San Francisco, California July 16, 2009. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/FilesReuters - Search market leader Google Inc holds greater loyalty among its users, who conduct more searches a month than those on Yahoo! and Microsoft, new data issued on Friday showed, posing a challenge for the new team of rivals to Google.


ANALYSIS - Facebook to face off with new Web rivals (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 06:42 PM PDT

An employee poses in front of computer screen at an office in London August 28, 2007. Facebook's vision of becoming a Reuters - Facebook's vision of becoming a "utility" that offers activities to keep people online for hours could set it on a collision course with the Web's giants.


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