2009年11月13日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Sept. 11 suspects face battles in NY prosecution (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 04:46 PM PST

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder fields a question during a news conference in Washington November 13, 2009. Rights groups and legal scholars on Friday praised the Obama administration's decision to bring Sept. 11 suspects to trial in civilian court in New York, but they questioned whether defendants could get a fair tria. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - Rights groups and legal scholars on Friday praised the Obama administration's decision to bring Sept. 11 suspects to trial in civilian court in New York, but they questioned whether defendants could get a fair trial so close to Ground Zero.


Obama pushes for greater U.S. involvement in Asia (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 03:04 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama will promise greater U.S. engagement in Asia and push for deeper trade ties with the region in a major speech in the Japanese capital on Saturday, administration officials said.

Galleon's Rajaratnam seeks to unseal Khan records (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 08:59 AM PST

Galleon hedge fund partner Raj Rajaratnam arrives at Manhattan Federal Court for a bail hearing, November 5, 2009. Rajaratnam has asked a federal court to unseal records of a 2001 criminal charge against former trader Roomy Khan, one of the government's cooperating witnesses. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam, accused in the biggest U.S. hedge fund insider trading case, has asked a federal court to unseal records of a 2001 criminal charge against former trader Roomy Khan, one of the government's cooperating witnesses.


China's Hu prods West on trade, investment barriers (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 04:59 PM PST

Guests and audience members listen to World Bank President Robert Zoellick speak at APEC CEO Summit in Singapore November 13, 2009. REUTERS/Michael FialaReuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao called on Friday for an end to "unreasonable" trade restrictions on developing countries, just days ahead of a U.S. presidential visit to his country that has been clouded by economic tensions.


Moon crash works - there is water there (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 10:43 AM PST

NASA's Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and its Centaur booster rocket are on course to crash into the moon in this artist's illustration released October 9, 2009. Scientists who crashed two spacecraft into a crater on the moon said on Friday they found water in the dust they kicked up.   REUTERS/NASA/Handout/FilesReuters - Scientists who crashed two spacecraft into a crater on the moon said on Friday they found water in the dust they kicked up, just as they had hoped.


Twenty years on, Tendulkar still feels like he's 16 (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 08:04 AM PST

Sachin Tendulkar speaks during a news conference in Mumbai November 13, 2009. Tendulkar's passion for cricket has not diminished during his long career and he still has a child-like enthusiasm for the game, said the record-breaking batsman. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - Sachin Tendulkar's passion for cricket has not diminished during his long career and he still has a child-like enthusiasm for the game, said the record-breaking batsman.


Govt to unveil 20,000 MW solar power plan (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 03:18 AM PST

A labourer cleans solar cells placed on a window of a newly constructed solar housing complex in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata July 8, 2008. India will soon launch an ambitious plan to boost its solar power generation from 3 MW to 20,000 MW by 2022, the minister for new and renewable energy said on Friday. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - India will soon launch an ambitious plan to boost its solar power generation from 3 MW to 20,000 MW by 2022, the minister for new and renewable energy said on Friday.


Myanmar's Suu Kyi's lawyers file detention appeal (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 12:17 AM PST

Aung San Suu Kyi (C) arrives for a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell (L) at the Inya Lake Hotel in Yangon November 4, 2009.  REUTERS/Aung Hla Tun/FilesReuters - Lawyers for Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday they had lodged an appeal against her house arrest with the Supreme Court but expected no rapid decision.


India quietly bolsters disputed China border (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 01:23 AM PST

A dog rests on the Indian side of the Indo-China border at Bumla, in Arunachal Pradesh, November 11, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - The rutted mountain road to Tawang in India's remote northeast, quiet and empty for years, is abuzz these days with heavy construction activity. Bulldozers are slowly turning the rickety road to the Chinese border into a double-lane highway.


Larsen sells part Satyam stake for $66 mln - sources (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 12:48 AM PST

Shadows of Satyam Computer Services' logo and a security guard are seen at the entrance of a Satyam office building in Hyderabad January 21, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - Indian engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro sold a third of its holding in outsourcer Mahindra Satyam on Friday for about $66 million, three sources close to the deal said.


New York split over plan to try Sept. 11 plotters (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 02:12 PM PST

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks to supporters in New York, November 3, 2009. Some New Yorkers are angry that accused plotters of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks will be tried in a court near where the World Trade Center once stood, while others are relieved that justice may soon be served. REUTERS/Shaun BestReuters - Some New Yorkers are angry that accused plotters of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks will be tried in a court near where the World Trade Center once stood, while others are relieved that justice may soon be served.


Sept. 11 suspects to be tried in New York (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 01:51 PM PST

An undated file photo showing a man listed as one of the Reuters - The accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four co-conspirators will be sent to New York for trial in a court near the site of the World Trade Center, the Obama administration said on Friday, as it took a step toward closing the Guantanamo Bay prison.


Bomber attacks Pakistani intelligence agency; 10 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 06:01 AM PST

A soldier stands guard at the site of a suicide bomb blast in Peshawar November 13, 2009. REUTERS/K ParvezReuters - A suicide car bomber attacked an office of Pakistan's main intelligence agency in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, killing 10 people and wounding 60, officials said.


U.S., Japan vow to revitalise strained ties (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 06:29 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) meets with Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in Tokyo November 13, 2009. Obama and Hatoyama pledged on Friday to revitalise their strained security alliance as they adapt to a rapidly rising China. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama and Japan's new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, pledged on Friday to revitalise their strained security alliance as they adapt to a rising China, set to overtake Japan as the world's No.2 economy.


Sri Lanka general hits out before possible poll bid (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 07:50 AM PST

Sri Lanka's top general, General Sarath Fonseka, prays at a Buddhist temple before announcing his resignation in Colombo November 12, 2009. Sri Lanka has accepted the retirement of a top general who oversaw the defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels after 25 years of war, an official said on Friday, leaving him free to run for president. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Sri Lanka on Friday accepted the resignation of its top general, who delivered a scathing departure letter accusing the president he may challenge at polls next year of unjustly sidelining him over unfounded coup fears.


Gold demand edges up as prices ease from records (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 01:17 AM PST

A salesman displays a gold necklace at a jewellery shop in Agartala, capital of Tripura, July 9, 2009. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey/FilesReuters - India gold demand edged up on Friday as prices eased from their record highs struck in the previous session, but flow of scrap eased, dealers said.


INTERVIEW - French magistrate details Lashkar's global role (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 02:11 AM PST

Former French anti-terrorist judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere poses with his book Reuters - Pakistan's army once ran training camps for the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group with the apparent knowledge of the CIA, an example of complicity that raises questions about the current state of the nuclear-armed nation.


Obama faces strains in Japan, first stop in Asia (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 03:25 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama walks to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, November 12, 2009. Obama arrives in Tokyo on Friday for a summit where the two allies will seek to put strained security ties on firmer footing as they adjust to a rising China set to overtake Japan as the world's No. 2 economy. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama headed into talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Friday in which he will likely try to smooth strained ties as the allies adjust to a rising China.


INTERVIEW - No panic, but rice price pressure building - IRRI (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 01:03 AM PST

Labourers gather harvested rice in a field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad November 4, 2009.  REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - Ample supplies mean the rice market does not need to panic about rising demand from the Philippines, India and Africa or the El Nino threat to production, an industry expert said on Friday.


Bangladesh arrests 3 for targeting U.S.,India interests (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 02:11 AM PST

Reuters - Bangladesh police arrested three suspected members of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba on Friday on suspicion they were plotting to attack U.S. and Indian targets in the country, an official said.
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