2009年10月16日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


INTERVIEW - India says flexible on climate deal (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 08:41 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 - India will scale back demands for deep emissions cuts by rich nations if a global climate deal includes a generous package of technology transfers and finance, environment minister Jairam Ramesh said on Friday.


Boyzone to bring Gately's body back to Ireland (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 08:34 AM PDT

Workers transport the body of Boyzone's singer Stephen Gately at the hospital morgue in Palma de Mallorca on the Spanish island of Mallorca October 13, 2009.  REUTERS/StringerReuters - Members of Irish boy band Boyzone were on the Spanish Island of Mallorca on Friday to take the body of bandmate Stephen Gately back to Dublin where he will be buried on Saturday, band member Ronan Keating said.


Gold buyers pause after festival shopping (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 05:51 AM PDT

A female customer looks at gold bangles at a jewellery shop in Mumbai October 8, 2009.  REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - Gold buyers paused for breath on Friday after a pick-up in sales the previous day, when India, the world's largest consumer, celebrated Dhanteras, the biggest gold buying festival, dealers said.


TCS profit up 29 pct, sees slow recovery (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 07:33 AM PDT

Employees at a call centre provide service support to international customers, in Bangalore March 17, 2004. REUTERS/Sherwin Crasto/FilesReuters - Tata Consultancy Services beat forecasts with a 29 percent rise in quarterly net profit helped by demand from recession-hit financial customers, but said a sharp growth rebound in the near term was unlikely.


Suicide bomber kills 12 in Pakistan's Peshawar (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 06:50 AM PDT

Security forces stand guard at the site of a suicide car bomb attack in Peshawar October 16, 2009.  REUTERS/Fayaz AzizReuters - Pakistani warplanes and artillery pounded a Taliban stronghold on Friday, as a suicide bomber killed 12 people in the city of Peshawar in the latest in a bloody wave of militant attacks.


Brothers at war: Ambani gas hearings must clarify policy (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 03:44 AM PDT

Mukesh D. Ambani in Davos January 29, 2009. Two of Asia's richest men, India's billionaire Ambani brothers, will slug it out next week in Delhi's sandstone Supreme Court in a row over gas pricing that highlights the political clout of powerful families and risks scaring foreign investors away from the energy sector. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/FilesReuters - Two of Asia's richest men, India's billionaire Ambani brothers, will slug it out next week in Delhi's sandstone Supreme Court in a row over gas pricing that highlights the political clout of powerful families and risks scaring foreign investors away from the energy sector.


WTO chief sees frustration from slow Doha Round pace (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 02:38 AM PDT

World Trade Organisation Director-General Pascal Lamy in New Delhi September 4, 2009. Doha Round talks are moving so slowly that it will be difficult to wrap up the global accord next year as G20 nations have pushed for, Lamy said on Friday. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Doha Round talks are moving so slowly that it will be difficult to wrap up the global accord next year as G20 nations have pushed for, the head of the World Trade Organisation said on Friday.


NEWSMAKER - Ambani brothers to square off in India's top court (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 03:37 AM PDT

Mukesh Ambani (R) and his brother and Anil Ambani in Bombay in this June 24, 2004 file photo. India's billionaire Ambani brothers face off in the country's top court next week over a gas pricing case with all guns blazing: lined on each side are a battery of India's highest paid legal brains. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - India's billionaire Ambani brothers face off in the country's top court next week over a gas pricing case with all guns blazing: lined on each side are a battery of India's highest paid legal brains.


U.N. calls for more sophisticated biofuels debate (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 02:44 AM PDT

Achim Steiner, the executive director of the U.N. Environment Program in Barcelona October 6, 2008. Countries must adopt a much more sophisticated approach to developing biofuels as a green energy option if they are to benefit the economy, the environment and society as a whole, the United Nations said. REUTERS/Albert GeaReuters - Countries must adopt a much more sophisticated approach to developing biofuels as a green energy option if they are to benefit the economy, the environment and society as a whole, the United Nations said on Friday.


Oberoi hotel chain head in stake sale talks (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 10:11 PM PDT

Reuters - The founding family of Oberoi hotel chain is in talks to sell a part of its stake to Analjit Singh, who controls healthcare services and insurance firm Max India, the chairman of the hotel group said.

In New Orleans, Obama fires back at critics (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 09:44 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a visit to the University of New Orleans on his first presidential trip to New Orleans October 15, 2009. Obama fired back on Thursday at critics who say he has few accomplishments of note in his nine months in office and declared he was just getting started. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama fired back on Thursday at critics who say he has few accomplishments of note in his nine months in office and declared he was just getting started.


Google, IBM round out strong tech results week (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 01:04 AM PDT

A Japanese search page of Google Inc. is seen on a computer screen in Tokyo August 19, 2009. Google Inc and IBM rounded out a strong week of technology results, outstripping already high expectations and providing further evidence that a recovery is brewing. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - Google Inc and IBM rounded out a strong week of technology results, outstripping already high expectations and providing further evidence that a recovery is brewing.


Paracetamol dampens infant vaccine effect - study (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 08:27 PM PDT

Reuters - Giving paracetamol to babies to prevent fever after routine vaccinations may reduce the effect of the shots themselves, Czech scientists said on Friday.

Biologists find world's first known vegetarian spider (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 07:46 PM PDT

Reuters - Biologists have found a spider in Central America with a difference -- the world's first known vegetarian spider who dodges ants to get to its favored, protein-packed plant.

INTERVIEW - India still vulnerable to Mumbai-like attacks: Chidambaram (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:38 PM PDT

India's Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram speaks during a news conference in Srinagar, October 14, 2009. India remains vulnerable to a  Mumbai-style militant attack because neighbouring Pakistan is struggling to rein in the Islamist groups blamed for last year's deadly assault, Chidambaram said on Thursday. REUTERS/Danish IsmailReuters - India remains vulnerable to a Mumbai-style militant attack because neighbouring Pakistan is struggling to rein in the Islamist groups blamed for last year's deadly assault, Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said on Thursday.


Pakistani forces attack militants in South Waziristan (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Oct 2009 12:02 AM PDT

Reuters - Pakistani forces attacked the Taliban in their South Waziristan stronghold with aircraft and artillery on Friday a day after militants launched multiple attacks killing more than 30 people.
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