2009年10月8日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Security forces planning big strike on Maoists - police (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 09:05 AM PDT

A police officer mans his position before proceeding inside the villages of Lalgarh, some 170 km west of Kolkata, in this June 18, 2009 file photo. Security forces plan to launch a large scale offensive against Maoist rebels in insurgency-riddled eastern and central states, senior police officials said REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/FilesReuters - Security forces are planning to launch a large scale offensive against Maoist rebels in insurgency-riddled eastern and central states, senior police officials said on Thursday, against a backdrop of rising attacks.

INTERVIEW - India hits out at attempt to cast Kyoto aside (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 06:56 AM PDT

Smokes pours out of a brick kiln factory in Malancha 50km south of Kolkata, in this February 10, 2006 file photo. India expressed alarm on Thursday over the lack of progress and direction of U.N. climate talks and condemned moves by rich nations to try to replace the existing Kyoto Protocol with a weaker agreement. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/FilesReuters - India expressed alarm on Thursday over the lack of progress and direction of U.N. climate talks and condemned moves by rich nations to try to replace the existing Kyoto Protocol with a weaker agreement.

Late rains in north India seen conducive for wheat (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 06:51 AM PDT

A worker sifts wheat at a grain market in Chandigarh in this April 4, 2009 file photo. Recent rains in three northern states, regarded as the country's grain bowl, will help the timely sowing of the winter wheat crop, officials and experts said on Thursday, easing concerns about the impact of a poor monsoon. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - Recent rains in three northern states, regarded as the country's grain bowl, will help the timely sowing of the winter wheat crop, officials and experts said on Thursday, easing concerns about the impact of a poor monsoon.

Just a Minute With: Amitabh Bachchan on going back to TV (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 01:24 AM PDT

Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan at Venetian Macao in Macau in this June 11, 2009 file photo. Amitabh Bachchan is ready for another stint on television -- this time as the host of the Indian version of Reuters - Almost three years after he left the Indian version of hit quiz show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", superstar Amitabh Bachchan is ready for another stint on television -- this time as the host of the Indian version of "Big Brother", titled "Bigg Boss".

Nobel literature winner Mueller "lost for words" (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 08:00 AM PDT

Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller smiles in this file picture taken May 19, 2005. Mueller, a Romanian-born writer who produced tales of the disenfranchised and fought for free speech, won the 2009 Nobel prize for literature on Thursday. REUTERS/Jack Mikrut/Scanpix Sweden/FilesReuters - Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller, who charted the brutality and oppressiveness of Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship, was lost for words when she learnt she had won the 2009 Nobel literature prize.

Inflation dip clouds debate on policy outlook (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:00 AM PDT

Fruits are displayed for sale at a roadside shop in the southern Indian city of Kochi September 24, 2009. ndia's wholesale price index rose 0.7 percent in the 12 months to Sept. 26, lower that previous week's annual rise of 0.83 percent, government data showed on Thursday. REUTERS/Sivaram V/FilesReuters - India's headline inflation rate unexpectedly dipped in late September despite firm food prices, giving respite to bonds and complicating the timeline for the central bank's planned exit from its easy money stance.

Jet Airways says CEO resigns, names acting CEO (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 06:03 AM PDT

Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, chief executive officer of India's private airliner Jet Airways, speaks during a business meeting organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi in this September 24, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Indian airlines operator Jet Airways on Thursday said its Chief Executive Officer Wolfgang Prock-Schauer has resigned, effective Oct 15.

World must invest $83 bln yearly to be fed in 2050 - FAO (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 07:28 AM PDT

A rice trader waits for customers at a market in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka in this April 2001 file photo. The world needs to invest $83 billion a year in agriculture in developing countries to feed 9.1 billion people in 2050, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Thursday. REUTERS/Rafiquar Rahman/FilesReuters - The world needs to invest $83 billion a year in agriculture in developing countries to feed 9.1 billion people in 2050, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Thursday.

MTNL interested in Zain and Zambia's Zamtel (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 07:27 AM PDT

Reuters - Indian state-run telecom Mahanagar Telephone Nigam is looking to move ahead with a consortium bid for Kuwait telecom Zain and is also interested in buying a stake in Zambian telecom firm Zamtel.

Indian embassy blast kills 17 in Afghan capital (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 05:30 AM PDT

An Afghan policeman keeps watch at the site of a blast in Kabul October 8, 2009. A large bomb exploded near the Indian embassy in the centre of the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing seven people and wounding 45, two police sources said. REUTERS/ StringerReuters - A large bomb exploded outside the Indian embassy in central Kabul on Thursday, killing 17 people and wounding 76, in the latest of a series of militant attacks on diplomatic and government buildings in the capital.

Reservoirs at 60 pct of capacity - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 06:55 AM PDT

Reuters - The water level in India's main reservoirs was at 60 percent of capacity on Thursday, unchanged from a week ago and about 10 percent below the 10-year average following a poor monsoon, government data showed on Thursday.

UK boy a "Mozart" after just 4 months of lessons (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 06:07 AM PDT

Reuters - A 10-year-old British boy is being hailed as a Mozart-like child prodigy by his music teacher after only four months of piano lessons.

Q+A - Bombing highlights India's role in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 03:44 AM PDT

A man stands at the site of a bomb blast next to the Indian embassy in Kabul October 8, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad MasoodReuters - A large bomb near the Indian embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul killed at least 12 people on Thursday, an attack Indian officials said was a suicide strike directed at their mission.

Australia Michael Jackson skit sparks racism calls (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 08:13 PM PDT

Michael Jackson performs during a Victory Tour concert in Toronto, in this October 5, 1984 file photo. An Australian talent show skit based around late pop star Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 has backfired after U.S. guest star Harry Connick Jr called for an apology and viewers accused the programme of racism. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn/FilesReuters - An Australian talent show skit based around late pop star Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 has backfired after U.S. guest star Harry Connick Jr called for an apology and viewers accused the programme of racism.

Pakistan wants US 'trust,' drones, market access (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 08:29 PM PDT

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Washington October 7, 2009. As President Barack Obama discusses the U.S. strategy toward Pakistan with his top advisers on Wednesday, Qureshi appealed for market access, military technology -- and trust. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - As President Barack Obama discusses the U.S. strategy toward Pakistan with his top advisers on Wednesday, Pakistan's foreign minister appealed for market access, military technology -- and above all, trust.

North Korea not near restoring nuclear plant - South (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 09:24 PM PDT

South Korea's Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan speaks to the media during a news conference in Seoul October 6, 2009. South Korea's foreign minister said on Thursday there were no signs that the North was in the final stages of restoring an ageing nuclear plant. REUTERS/Choi Bu-SeokReuters - South Korea's foreign minister said on Thursday there were no signs that the North was in the final stages of restoring an ageing nuclear plant, knocking down a report that operations could soon resume at the facility.

Walt Disney arm in content deal with India's Zee Entertainment (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 11:16 PM PDT

Reuters - Disney-ABC International Television Asia Pacific, the international distribution arm of Walt Disney Company, said it has entered into a multi-year content deal with Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zee).

UN data show Afghan vote discrepancies - newspaper (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 08:05 PM PDT

Abdullah Abdullah holds up a ballot at a news conference in Kabul August 25, 2009, citing irregularities in the recent presidential elections. Confidential United Nations' data on Afghanistan's disputed presidential election show the official vote count in some provinces exceeded the number of voters by 100,000 or more. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/FilesReuters - Confidential United Nations data on Afghanistan's disputed presidential election show the official vote count in some provinces exceeded the number of voters by 100,000 or more, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

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