2009年9月25日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Canada says India nuclear deal imminent (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 11:54 AM PDT

Canada's International Trade Minister Stockwell Day in Washington in this April 28, 2009 file photo. Canada and India are very close to finalizing a nuclear co-operation agreement, Canadian Trade Minister Stockwell Day said on Friday. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/FilesReuters - Canada is close to signing a deal with India to sell nuclear technology and materials, Trade Minister Stockwell Day said on Friday, adding he was confident remaining security concerns would be resolved.


Twitter snags new investment, backers (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 11:29 AM PDT

Evan Williams, CEO of Twitter in Sun Valley, Idaho July 9, 2009. Internet microblogging service Twitter said it closed a new round of funding on Friday with five investors, including mutual fund giant T. Rowe Price and private equity firm Insight Venture Partners. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/FilesReuters - Twitter closed a new round of funding on Friday with five investors including mutual fund giant T. Rowe Price and private equity firm Insight Venture Partners, underscoring growing investor interest in the three-year-old Internet microblogging service.


Western leaders warn Iran over nuclear site (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 09:52 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a press conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 25, 2009. Obama and other Western leaders accused Iran on Friday of building a secret nuclear fuel plant and demanded Tehran immediately halt what he called a Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama and the leaders of Britain and France accused Iran on Friday of building a secret nuclear fuel plant and threatened tough new sanctions unless Tehran comes clean about its nuclear program.


Kasparov beats Karpov in rerun of 1984 chess clash (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 02:36 AM PDT

Former chess world champions Anatoly Karpov (R) and Garry Kasparov shake hands before the first game of the last day of their 25th anniversary match in Valencia, September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Heino KalisReuters - Russian chess legend Gary Kasparov has won a re-match of his classic 1984 world championship contest with compatriot Anatoly Karpov, ending a 12-match clash in the Spanish city of Valencia 9-3.


G20 takes charge of world economy at U.S. summit (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 11:53 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama greets British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) as they arrive at the Phipps Conservatory for an opening reception and working dinner for heads of delegation at the Pittsburgh G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 24, 2009.     REUTERS/Philippe WojazerReuters - The Group of 20 will become the forum for global economic management, giving rising powers such as China more clout, and will roll out tougher rules for banks by the end of 2012, a draft communique said on Friday.


India chimney collapse toll up to 40; many missing (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 07:06 AM PDT

Rescue workers stand at the site of a collapsed chimney of a power plant that belongs to Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (Balco), in Balco Nagar in Chhattisgarh September 24, 2009.  REUTERS/Rupesh YadavReuters - Rescuers have retrieved 40 bodies from the rubble of an industrial chimney that collapsed in central India, but officials fear the death toll could surge as dozens of workers were still missing on Friday.


NASA finds ice on the moon and on Mars (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 10:25 PM PDT

Embassy of India's Counselor of Space Deviprasad Karnik talks about the NASA announcement of new science data about the presence of water on the moon collected during space missions in Washington September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - International space missions have found ice on the moon and more evidence of ice on Mars -- good news for future settlements and also for scientists looking for extraterrestrial life.


Partial vote recount starts in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 07:27 AM PDT

An Afghan man rides on his bicycle past a poster of President Hamid Karzai in Kabul September 12, 2009. Afghan officials have started a partial vote recount from last month's presidential election in a long-awaited procedure. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/FileReuters - Afghan officials have started a partial vote recount from last month's presidential election in a long-awaited procedure due to bring to an end weeks of uncertainty over the ballot, a UN-backed watchdog said on Friday.


Q+A - Any chance of a thaw between India and Pakistan? (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:12 AM PDT

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi speaks during an interview with Reuters at the G8 foreign ministers meeting in Italian northern Adriatic port of Trieste June 26, 2009. REUTERS/Nikola Solic/FilesReuters - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will meet his Indian counterpart, S.M. Krishna, in New York on Sunday, hoping to get a peace process back on track.


U.N. calls for nuclear disarmament, Obama presides (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 08:35 PM PDT

World leaders and delegates listen as U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the 64th United Nations General Assembly, at the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 23, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - The U.N. Security Council, at a summit chaired by U.S. President Barack Obama, unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday that envisaged a world without nuclear weapons.


Massa to race again in kart event in Brazil (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 07:32 PM PDT

A file photo of Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Brazil at Silverstone, central England, June 20, 2009. REUTERS/Stephen Hird/FilesReuters - Ferrari's Felipe Massa, recovering from a life-threatening head injury, said on Thursday he will race again at a popular kart event in Brazil in November.


ANALYSIS - U.S. plan B for Afghanistan has its own problems (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 05:12 AM PDT

Reuters - While U.S. President Barack Obama wrestles with the idea of committing more troops to Afghanistan, a counter proposal is also on the table -- trim American forces and focus narrowly on counter-terrorism.

Iran tells IAEA it is building 2nd enrichment plant (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 04:12 AM PDT

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed El Baradei in Luxembourg May 24, 2007. Iran has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog it has a second uranium enrichment plant under construction, a belated disclosure sure to heighten Western fears of an Iranian bid for atom bombs. REUTERS/Thierry Roge/FilesReuters - Iran has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog it has a second uranium enrichment plant under construction, a belated disclosure sure to heighten Western fears of an Iranian bid for atom bombs.


India to set up real estate regulator, tribunal-govt (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 04:41 AM PDT

High rise buildings are seen behind a slum in Mumbai in this April 28, 2009 file photo. India aims to set up a real estate regulator and an appellate tribunal to control and facilitate construction and development in its largely unorganised housing sector, the government said on Friday. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - India aims to set up a real estate regulator and an appellate tribunal to control and facilitate construction and development in its largely unorganised housing sector, the government said on Friday.


SNAP ANALYSIS - New world economic order takes shape at G20 (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 12:19 AM PDT

China's President Hu Jintao (L) stands with U.S. President Barack Obama as Hu arrives at the Phipps Conservatory for an opening reception and working dinner for delegation leaders at the Pittsburgh G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Chris WattieReuters - The Group of 20 is set to become the premier coordinating body on global economic issues, reflecting a new world economic order in which emerging market countries like China are much more relevant, according to a draft communique.


Brad Pitt honored for humanitarian work in New Orleans (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 07:32 PM PDT

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (L) and actor Brad Pitt participate in a panel discussion about rebuilding New Orleans, at the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York, September 24, 2009.   REUTERS/Chip EastReuters - Actor Brad Pitt was honored on Thursday for his humanitarian work in helping rebuild hurricane-ravaged New Orleans at former U.S. President Bill Clinton's philanthropic summit, the Clinton Global Initiative.


Protesters break windows, clash with police at G20 (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 07:45 PM PDT

Demonstrators march during a protest before the start of the G20 Pittsburgh Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Eric ThayerReuters - Protesters smashed shop windows and threw rocks at police on Thursday as officers in riot gear used pepper gas and batons to disperse their march against capitalism at the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh.


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