2009年10月20日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


PM warns of imminent militant attack (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 10:04 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks during a conference in New Delhi in this August 18, 2009 file photo. Singh on Tuesday warned of a fresh militant attack and urged the armed forces to take measures to tackle security challenges nearly two weeks after a bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday warned of a fresh militant attack and urged the armed forces to take measures to tackle security challenges nearly two weeks after a bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul.


Supreme Court to continue Reliance hearing Wednesday - lawyer (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:22 AM PDT

Mukesh Ambani (R) and his brother and Anil Ambani are seen during a meeting in Mumbai in this June 2004 file photo. The Supreme Court, which on Tuesday began a hearing in the high-profile gas supply dispute between the Ambani brothers, will continue to hear the case on Wednesday, a lawyer for one of the firms said. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - The Supreme Court, which on Tuesday began a hearing in the high-profile gas supply dispute between the billionaire Ambani brothers, will continue to hear the case on Wednesday, a lawyer for one of the firms said.


Michael Jackson was "excited", ready for concerts (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 10:04 AM PDT

Michael Jackson seen in Toronto, in this October 5, 1984 file photo. Jackson was Reuters - Michael Jackson was "excited" about performing a run of 50 live concerts in London for which he was rehearsing just before his sudden death in June, the director of a new movie about the "king of pop" said on Tuesday.


Fin secy: hope RBI to continue current stance (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 07:47 AM PDT

A man walks past the entrance of India's central bank headquarters in Mumbai in this January 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would hopefully continue its current easy monetary stance when it reviews policy later this month as it was justified for the present economic scenario, the finance secretary said on Tuesday.


EU fails to agree climate funds; India seeks aid (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 11:40 AM PDT

Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg answers questions during a news conference in Stockholm June 5, 2009. Talks on a new U.N. climate deal stumbled on Tuesday when European Union finance ministers failed to agree funds for poor countries and India reiterated demands for aid to help curb its emissions. REUTERS/Bob Strong/FilesReuters - Talks on a new U.N. climate deal stumbled on Tuesday when European Union finance ministers failed to agree funds for poor countries and India reiterated demands for aid to help curb its emissions.


GDP to expand 6-6.5 pct in 2009/10 - PM (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 05:15 AM PDT

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks during a news conference in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad October 9, 2009. The Indian economy will expand at 6-6.5 percent in the year to March 2010, the prime minister said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - The Indian economy will expand at 6-6.5 percent in the year to March 2010, the prime minister said on Tuesday, despite uncertainity whether signs of a global recovery will lead to a return to a sustained growth path.


After hint of change, India sings old climate tune (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 06:40 AM PDT

India's Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh speaks during a national conference with ministers of environment and forests in New Delhi in this August 2009 file photo. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - The government reiterated on Tuesday its refusal to reduce carbon emissions under any new global deal to fight climate change, a day after the environment minister was reported to have pushed for New Delhi to accept emission curbs.


Oil minister says to review fuel prices - TV (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 08:35 AM PDT

A Cairn India employee works at a storage facility for crude oil at Mangala oil field at Barmer in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan August 29, 2009. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - Oil Minister Murli Deora said he will review petrol and diesel prices in the next 15-20 days, TV channel NDTV Profit reported on Tuesday.


Battle intensifies as Taliban retake Pakistani town (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 04:54 AM PDT

A boy carries a rooster as he walks while a girl runs behind near a checkpoint along the road leading from South Waziristan to Dera Ismail Khan in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province October 19, 2009. REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - Taliban militants attacked Pakistani forces and recaptured a strategic town on Tuesday while two suicide bomb blasts at an Islamic university in the capital killed six people and wounded at least 20, officials said.


Swiss court rejects Polanski bid for release (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 05:22 AM PDT

Polish-born film director Roman Polanski  awaits a public talk in Potsdam February 19, 2009. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/FilesReuters - A Swiss court rejected on Tuesday a bid by film director Roman Polanski for release on bail as the risk was too high he would flee pending extradition to the United States for having unlawful sex with a minor in 1977.


Trade ties, security to dominate Asia leaders summit (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 02:13 AM PDT

An army security officer screens a meeting room for explosives, at a venue of  the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministerial meeting in Phuket July 17, 2009. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang/FilesReuters - Trade ties, regional security, disaster relief and human rights will likely dominate a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders this week, offering a diplomatic test for host Thailand after embarrassing mishaps at past summits.


INTERVIEW - H1N1 vaccine 'remarkably safe" - NIH chief (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 09:11 PM PDT

A doctor vaccinates a patient in a municipal vaccination centre in Nice, southeastern France, September 9,2009.REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/FilesReuters - There is nothing unique or scary about the new H1N1 swine flu vaccine that should keep people from getting it, Dr. Francis Collins, director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, said on Monday.


Somali pirates threaten to kill Chinese sailors (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 03:43 AM PDT

Reuters - Pirates from Somalia who hijacked a Chinese bulk carrier in the Indian Ocean threatened on Tuesday to execute its 25 Chinese crew members if any rescue operation was attempted.

Q+A - What's on the agenda at the Asian leaders' summit? (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 02:13 AM PDT

Reuters - Leaders of 16 Asia-Pacific countries will meet in the Thai seaside town of Hua Hin this week for the ASEAN and East Asia Summits, a forum twice postponed because of political unrest.

IBM veteran exec on leave after insider arrest (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 08:44 PM PDT

The sign at the IBM facility near Boulder, Colorado in this September 2009 file photo. IBM placed senior executive Robert Moffat on leave of absence after he was arrested in the largest ever hedge fund insider-trading scheme. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/FilesReuters - IBM placed senior executive Robert Moffat on leave of absence after he was arrested in the largest ever hedge fund insider-trading scheme.


Apple smashes Street forecasts, stock hits record (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 08:28 PM PDT

The logo of Apple Computer is seen in Paris September 20, 2005. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/FilesReuters - Apple Inc's profits and sales streaked past Wall Street forecasts as iPhone and Mac sales hit quarterly records, sending its shares rocketing to all-time highs on Monday.


Brazil plans Doha trade meeting in late November (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 08:02 PM PDT

World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy speaks in New Delhi September 4, 2009. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Brazil plans to organize a meeting of trade ministers in late November to discuss progress in the World Trade Organization's long-running Doha round, a senior Brazilian official said on Monday.


Reliance Ind eyeing refineries in U.S., Europe - report (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 09:54 PM PDT

Reuters - Indian energy giant Reliance Industries is in preliminary talks with U.S.-based Valero Energy, Sunoco and Flying J to buy refineries, the Business Standard newspaper reported, citing unidentified sources.

Hijacked China ship shows pirates extending reach (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 02:47 AM PDT

Reuters - The hijacking of a Chinese coal ship in the Indian Ocean shows Somali pirates are extending their reach beyond the Gulf of Aden and the Somali coast, shippers said as traders worried that more coal ships could become targets.
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