2009年10月10日星期六

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Gunmen attack Pakistani army HQ and take hostages (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 10:40 AM PDT

Military helicopters fly over the entrance to Pakistan's army headquarters in Rawalpindi, October 10, 2009. Suspected militants dressed in army uniforms attacked Pakistan's army headquarters on Saturday, killing four guards and triggering a battle in which four gunmen were killed, military officials said.  REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - Suspected Taliban gunmen wearing army uniforms attacked the Pakistani army's headquarters on Saturday, killing six soldiers and taking up to 15 hostages after a gun battle, military officials said.


Neurological tests show Massa fit to race (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 01:30 PM PDT

Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Brazil drives a kart during a training session in Sao Paulo September 29, 2009. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/FilesReuters - Felipe Massa is fit to get back in a Formula One car after two days of neurological tests in Paris had a positive outcome, his Ferrari team said in a statement on Saturday.


Jairam Ramesh urges pared down climate deal (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 04:11 AM PDT

India's Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh speaks during a national conference with ministers of environment and forests in New Delhi August 18, 2009. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Nations should scale down ambitions for a global climate deal in Copenhagen in December rather than have "exaggerated expectations", minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh said on Saturday.


Obama says Nobel Peace Prize is 'call to action' (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 08:03 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the results of the G20 Summit at a post summit news conference after the conclusion of the summit in the Pittsburgh Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 25, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/FilesReuters - Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision that honored the first-year U.S. president more for promise than achievement and drew both praise and skepticism around the world.


India set to be global leader in tech svcs, says Forbes chief (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 06:16 AM PDT

Steve Forbes, president and chief executive of Forbes Inc. and chief executive and editor-in-chief of Forbes Magazine, speaks during the opening gala of the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Singapore September 8, 2008. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/FilesReuters - India is set to become a global leader in technology services as software companies move up in the value chain, while the weak dollar has hurt the U.S. economic recovery, the Chairman and CEO of business publisher Forbes said on Saturday.


Indian army says stepped up Kashmir border vigil (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 07:07 AM PDT

Reuters - The Indian army said on Saturday it had stepped up its vigil along a military control line in Kashmir as Pakistan-based militant groups increase efforts to push into the region before snow blocks the mountain passes.

INTERVIEW - India "supporting Pakistani rebels" - Commander (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 03:12 AM PDT

Military helicopters fly over Pakistan's army headquarters after an attack by armed men in Rawalpindi, on the outskirts of Islamabad, October 10, 2009. India and Afghanistan are supporting an insurgency in Pakistan's Baluchistan province, a top security commander said on Saturday. REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - India and Afghanistan are supporting an insurgency in Pakistan's Baluchistan province, trying to bolster the leadership of separatists fighting the Pakistani government, a top security commander said on Saturday.


Nirupama Rao in Afghanistan after blast (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 07:57 PM PDT

India's Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao in New Delhi August 1, 2009. Rao arrived in Kabul on Friday to inspect the site of a huge bomb attack on the Indian embassy a day earlier that killed 17 people and renewed focus on India's tense relations with Pakistan. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao inspected the site of a huge bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul on Friday but declined to assign blame for a strike that has renewed focus on India's tense relations with Pakistan.


Ex-WTO chief "mildly optimistic" on Doha round (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 08:10 AM PDT

Reuters - It may take another world economic downturn to persuade everyone, but there is still a chance the long-running Doha round of world trade talks can be completed, a former WTO head said on Friday.

Pakistani gunmen holding several hostages - officials (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 07:26 AM PDT

Reuters - Suspected Pakistani Taliban militants who attacked Pakistan's army headquarters on Saturday are holding several hostages in offices adjacent to headquarters, security officials said.

Landslides, floods kill 184 in Philippines (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 12:46 AM PDT

Residents wait for the floodwaters to subside on a flooded highway brought on rains by typhoon Parma in Rosales Pangasinan, north of Manila October 9, 2009. Landslides, floods kill over 150 in northern Philippines. REUTERS/Erik de CastroReuters - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo mobilised troops on Saturday to clear roads of debris and mud in mountainous northern provinces isolated by landslides and floods that left 184 dead after a week of heavy rains.


Kabul bomb likely aimed to influence US Afghan policy (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 10:35 PM PDT

An Afghan policeman jumps over debris as he investigates at the site of a blast outside the Indian embassy in Kabul October 8, 2009. A bomb attack on India's Kabul embassy may have been aimed at limiting India's role in Western efforts to stabilise Afghanistan, at a time when the United States is re-examining strategy. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood/FilesReuters - A bomb attack on India's Kabul embassy may have been aimed at limiting India's role in Western efforts to stabilise Afghanistan, at a time when the United States is re-examining strategy in the 8-year-long Afghan war.


EU's Barroso - "very worried" about climate talks (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 09:34 PM PDT

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Lisbon September 27, 2009. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/FilesReuters - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Friday he was very worried about global climate talks with less than two months left until governments are due to meet in Denmark to try to seal a deal.


Mahesh Bhupathi, wife Shvetha go separate ways (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 10:40 PM PDT

Tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi attends a news conference in New Delhi May 23, 2007. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - Tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi and model Shvetha Jaishankar announced on Friday they had separated, nearly seven years after they were married.


Two gunmen on the loose after Pakistan attack - army (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2009 01:27 AM PDT

Reuters - Two gunmen involved in an attack on the Pakistani army headquarters on Saturday were on the loose after four of their colleagues were killed, military officials said.

Suspected militants attack Pakistani army HQ (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 11:45 PM PDT

Reuters - Suspected militants attacked Pakistan's tightly guarded army headquarters on Saturday, opening fire and throwing a grenade at a main gate, security officials and media said.
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