Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

---

• Jackson died from lethal dose of propofol - coroner (Reuters)
• Afghan minister claims Karzai poll win, U.N. says wait (Reuters)
• Nokia to enter PC industry with first netbook (Reuters)
• Reader's Digest U.S. units file for bankruptcy (Reuters)
• Govt to meet deficit target despite drought woes (Reuters)
• Media multitasking doesn't work say researchers (Reuters)
• Syria thrash Sri Lanka in Nehru Cup soccer (Reuters)
• Drought stretches budget; more borrowing unlikely (Reuters)
• Fortis to buy Wockhardt assets for $187 mln (Reuters)
• Dry spell casts pall over Ramadan (Reuters)
• Venezuelan wins Miss Universe crown (Reuters)
• Sugar flat as trade awaits policy change (Reuters)
• Bangladesh crocodile farm aims to bite into luxury market (Reuters)
• Boys get better grades at all-boys schools - study (Reuters)
• Wockhardt to use Fortis deal proceeds to repay debt (Reuters)
• Pakistan police arrest 7 "plotting Karachi attacks" (Reuters)
• Australia bemoans loss of Ashes, number one status (Reuters)

Jackson died from lethal dose of propofol - coroner (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 04:34 PM PDT Reuters - Pop star Michael Jackson died from a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol given in a cocktail of drugs, leading authorities to suspect his doctor of manslaughter, court documents showed on Monday.

Afghan minister claims Karzai poll win, U.N. says wait (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 01:03 PM PDT Reuters - Afghanistan's finance minister claimed victory on Monday for President Hamid Karzai in last week's presidential election but, with no official figures released, the claim was rejected by his main rival's camp.

Nokia to enter PC industry with first netbook (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 07:32 AM PDT Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Monday it would start to make laptops, entering a fiercely competitive but fast-growing market with a netbook running Microsoft's Windows operating system.

Reader's Digest U.S. units file for bankruptcy (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 09:24 AM PDT Reuters - The U.S. units of media company Reader's Digest Association Inc filed for bankruptcy, marking a new chapter for the 87-year-old magazine as it carries out a plan to cut its debt and transfer ownership to a group of lenders.

Govt to meet deficit target despite drought woes (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 08:12 AM PDT Reuters - India's fiscal deficit is unlikely to widen further this year, a top policy adviser said on Monday, even as the government spending on food imports and drought relief is expected to rise following a poor monsoon.

Media multitasking doesn't work say researchers (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 02:14 PM PDT Reuters - Multitaskers of media activities like watching YouTube, writing e-mail and talking on the phone are not very good at any of their tasks, according to a Stanford University report on Monday.

Syria thrash Sri Lanka in Nehru Cup soccer (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 08:16 AM PDT Reuters - Favourites Syria thrashed Sri Lanka 4-0 for their second victory in as many matches in the five-nation Nehru Cup soccer tournament on Monday.

Drought stretches budget; more borrowing unlikely (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 05:30 AM PDT Reuters - A poor monsoon threatens to worsen India's already steep fiscal deficit as it spends on food imports and relief for farmers, although the government is seen tapping the bond market only as a last resort to fund any further shortfall.

Fortis to buy Wockhardt assets for $187 mln (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 07:32 AM PDT Reuters - India's Fortis Healthcare Ltd said on Monday it will pay 9.09 billion rupees to buy 10 hospitals from Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd, which failed in its efforts to go public last year.

Dry spell casts pall over Ramadan (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 01:28 AM PDT Reuters - For Imrat Salaam, the holy month of Ramadan couldn't have come at a tougher time: the weakest monsoon in decades has hiked food prices, and her eldest son, the main breadwinner, lost his job in the economic downturn.

Venezuelan wins Miss Universe crown (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 11:42 PM PDT Reuters - Venezuelan Stefania Fernandez, an 18-year-old brunette, won the Miss Universe 2009 title on Sunday, giving her South American country its second consecutive win and its sixth title in the beauty pageant.

Sugar flat as trade awaits policy change (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 04:26 AM PDT Reuters - Indian spot sugar prices were treading water on Monday as uncertainty over changes in sugar policy prompted stockists to postpone large purchases, traders said.

Bangladesh crocodile farm aims to bite into luxury market (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 11:01 PM PDT Reuters - A Bangladeshi entrepreneur wants to add bite to the country's meagre exports with skin and meat from crocodiles, products he says are largely recession-proof as they're targetted at the rich.

Boys get better grades at all-boys schools - study (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 01:38 AM PDT Reuters - Boys get better grades at single-sex schools than when they're in mixed-gender schools, where girls consistently outperform them, a recent New Zealand study shows.

Wockhardt to use Fortis deal proceeds to repay debt (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 04:07 AM PDT Reuters - Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd, promoted by the founders of Wockhardt Ltd, will use the funds from the sale of its hospitals to repay debt of 5 billion rupees, a top official said on Monday.

Pakistan police arrest 7 "plotting Karachi attacks" (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 12:57 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistani police have arrested seven men belonging to an al Qaeda-linked militant group who were planning to attack high profile targets in the country's biggest city, Karachi.

Australia bemoans loss of Ashes, number one status (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2009 09:13 PM PDT Reuters - Having been the cricket world's unremitting bully-boy for nearly two decades, Australia was brought down to earth with an almighty thud on Sunday, losing the Ashes to old enemy England, and their number one status to boot.

You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610