2009年8月19日星期三

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

YouTube gets Time Warner's Adult Swim, "Gossip Girl" (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 11:38 AM PDT

A conference room is seen in the newly opened YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California February 28, 2008. REUTERS/Erin Siegal/FilesReuters - Online video site YouTube said on Wednesday it signed a deal with Time Warner Inc to feature program clips from a range of its cable networks including CNN, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim.

New challenges put reforms on ice in India (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 06:42 AM PDT

Women wearing masks wait to receive medical attention for suspected H1N1 influenza at a hospital in Pune August 4, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - Rising food prices and a possible drought. Swine flu and a damaging corporate war. Even a diplomatic setback with rivals Pakistan.

Weak monsoon raises fiscal woes, hits shares (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 08:34 AM PDT

Heavy monsoon clouds drift over New Delhi July 29, 2009. India's failing monsoon is beginning to exact a toll on stretched government finances, with the food subsidy bill for Asia's third largest economy set to rise by $1.5 billion or more from what was estimated in July. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - India's failing monsoon is beginning to exact a toll on stretched government finances, with the food subsidy bill for Asia's third largest economy set to rise by $1.5 billion or more from what was estimated in July.

BJP expels Jaswant Singh for praising Jinnah (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 07:34 AM PDT

Jaswant Singh speaks during an interview in New Delhi April 3, 2004. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan/FilesReuters - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday expelled former finance minister Jaswant Singh for praising Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in a book.

PluggedIn: Web tools help protect human rights activists (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 09:34 AM PDT

A generic picture of a woman in an office using a computer mouse. Chinese human rights activist Shi Tao was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2005 after authorities tracked him down using data provided by Yahoo Inc. REUTERS/Catherine Benson/FilesReuters - Chinese human rights activist Shi Tao was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2005 after authorities tracked him down using data provided by Yahoo Inc.

Lebanon strike early, down India 1-0 in Nehru Cup opener (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 09:16 AM PDT

Reuters - Ali Al Saad struck early to hand Lebanon a 1-0 win over holders India in the opening game of the five-nation Nehru Cup soccer tournament on Wednesday.

Congress calls for austerity to fight drought (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 05:31 AM PDT

A man walks through the parched banks of Sukhana Lake in Chandigarh May 19, 2009. The ruling Congress party said its ministers and members of parliament will take a 20 percent cut in salaries to express solidarity with poor people facing a severe drought in the country. REUTERS/Ajay VermaReuters - The ruling Congress party said its ministers and members of parliament will take a 20 percent cut in salaries to express solidarity with poor people facing a severe drought in the country.

India hockey championship postponed due to H1N1 flu (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 06:25 AM PDT

School children hold a banner as they take part in a H1N1 flu, formerly known as the swine flu, awareness run in Hyderabad August 17, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - India's hockey federation has postponed next month's national championships due to H1N1 flu, it said in a statement on Wednesday.

Australia player approached by bookmaker, says ICC (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 07:38 AM PDT

Australia's players celebrate taking the wicket of England's Matt Prior (C) during the third day of the fourth Ashes cricket test match at Headingley in Leeds, northern England August 9, 2009, file photo. REUTERS/Nigel RoddisReuters - An Australia cricket player has been approached by a bookmaker during the Ashes tour of England, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday.

Nokia sees sales growth in India despite drought (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 05:40 AM PDT

A rickshaw puller speaks on a mobile phone in Siliguri August 24, 2007. Nokia, the world's top cellphone maker, does not expect a drought to hit its sales in India, its second-biggest market, and will expand a rural micro-finance offer for buying handsets. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Nokia, the world's top cellphone maker, does not expect a drought to hit its sales in India, its second-biggest market, and will expand a rural micro-finance offer for buying handsets.

INTERVIEW - Infosys has bid for over 10 India govt deals -exec (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 02:49 AM PDT

A man walks past a billboard of Infosys Technologies Ltd's office in Bangalore, file photo REUTERS/JagadeeshReuters - Infosys Technologies, the country's second-largest IT services exporter, has bid for more than 10 large government projects in India, an official said, as part of a drive to lower its dependence on the U.S. market.

Art, incarcerated: prison taps inmates' talent (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 12:59 AM PDT

A painting by one of the inmates of Tihar Jail, South Asia's largest prison, in New Delhi, August 19, 2009. REUTERS/HandoutReuters - The subject matter tends to be dark, but the paintings created by inmates of South Asia's largest prison are red-hot, selling out on the first day of an exhibition that is part of a successful rehabilitation project.

PREVIEW - Dream comes true for patient Badoer (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 03:40 AM PDT

Ferrari Formula One test driver Luca Badoer of Italy looks to the track during a F1 testing session at Catalunya's racetrack in Montmelo, near Barcelona, June 14, 2008. REUTERS/Albert GeaReuters - There will be no consoling the fans who had hoped to witness Michael Schumacher's comeback this weekend but, even without the Ferrari great, Formula One will still see an astonishing return.

India monsoon raises world food, land anxiety - IFPRI (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 06:47 AM PDT

A farmer harvests a rice paddy crop on the outskirts of Siliguri June 7, 2009. India has enough grain stocks to ride out an expected poor harvest, but the failure of the monsoon adds to global uncertainty about food and grain stocks, the head of an agricultural think tank said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - India has enough grain stocks to ride out an expected poor harvest, but the failure of the monsoon adds to global uncertainty about food and grain stocks, the head of an agricultural think tank said on Wednesday.

发贴者：iwvck19 时间 17:19 0 条评论

bnzv