Climate deal must have immediate effect, Obama says (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:05 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday next month's climate talks in Copenhagen should cut a deal with "immediate operational effect," even if its original aim of a legally binding pact is not achievable. |
U.S. needs G20 cooperation says Timothy Geithner (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:05 PM PST Reuters - Weaning the global economy off its reliance on U.S. consumers will help rebalance growth and support attempts to bring down unemployment, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday. |
Global CO2 emissions to drop 2.8 pct in '09 - report (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:30 PM PST Reuters - Global carbon dioxide emissions are set to fall an estimated 2.8 percent this year because of the financial crisis, after having risen two percent in 2008, a leading annual report on the globe's "carbon budget" says. |
Kashmir separatists hold talks with India - report (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:12 PM PST Reuters - Kashmir's separatist alliance leaders held secret talks with the country's home minister in a sign of efforts to resume peace talks to end a decades-old insurgency, a report said on Tuesday. |
Pakistan seizes main Taliban bases, hunts rebels (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 05:47 AM PST Reuters - Pakistani forces have captured most main Taliban bases in their offensive in South Waziristan and will soon fan out into the rugged countryside to hunt for militants there, commanders said on Tuesday. |
India may import rice from Thailand, Vietnam (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 06:37 AM PST Reuters - Traditional rice exporter India is looking at importing rice from Thailand and Vietnam through diplomatic deals, Trade Minister Anand Sharma said on Tuesday. |
Three arrested over Chhattisgarh chimney collapse (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 07:33 AM PST Reuters - The vice president of Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (Balco) and two other officials have been arrested and charged with homicide following the collapse of a chimney in Chhattisgarh that killed around 40 people, police said on Tuesday. |
Tibetan government says willing to talk to China (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 06:25 AM PST Reuters - The Tibetan government-in-exile said on Tuesday it was willing to talk to China after U.S. President Barack Obama called for resumption of dialogue to resolve the Tibet crisis. |
Fluent Dilshan leads strong Sri Lanka reply (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:27 AM PST Reuters - Opener Tillakaratne Dilshan stroked his fifth test century of the year for Sri Lanka who reached 275 for three in reply to India's 426 at the close on the second day of the first test on Tuesday. |
Mahindra Satyam says refund claims are untenable (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 07:14 AM PST Reuters - Indian IT services firm Mahindra Satyam said legal notices claiming a refund of 12.3 billion rupees ($265 million) by 37 companies are "legally untenable". |
Weightlifting body steps down after doping incidents (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:24 AM PST Reuters - India's national weightlifting federation committee has stepped down after taking responsibility for the rampant doping in the sport in the country, the Indian Olympic Association said on Tuesday. |
Swiss suspect "serious fraud" among UBS clients (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 08:59 AM PST Reuters - Most of the thousands of rich people whose UBS bank accounts are to be handed over to U.S. authorities are suspected of serious fraud rather than simple tax evasion, Swiss authorities revealed on Tuesday. |
Air India expects first round of govt funding by Jan (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:40 AM PST Reuters - National Aviation Company of India Ltd, which runs ailing carrier Air India, said it expects the first installment of government funding to the tune of 4 billion rupees by Jan 2010. |
Cabinet to decide on Jet's $432 mln share sale (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 06:44 AM PST Reuters - India's cabinet will decide on Jet Airways Ltd's proposal to sell shares worth 20 billion rupees ($432 million) to foreign institutions, the finance ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. |
Opening the batting has made me a better player - Dilshan (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 06:19 AM PST Reuters - Sri Lankan centurion Tillakaratne Dilshan attributed his improvement as an international batsman to his decision to convert into an opener. |
What's in a name? More than you might think (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:54 AM PST Reuters - A London-based translation firm is offering parents-to-be the chance to check the meaning of prospective baby names in other languages to avoid inadvertently causing their offspring future embarrassment. |
Obama prods China on yuan, but Hu silent on issue (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:47 AM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama urged a reluctant China on Thursday to let its yuan currency rise in value at a summit where strains over trade between the two giants crept into proclamations of goodwill. |
Kashmir wildlife population rising - officials (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:24 AM PST Reuters - The wildlife population of Indian Kashmir has registered a "manifold" increase as a two-decade-old separatist rebellion has scared away poachers and hunters from the region, a wildlife official said on Tuesday. |
INTERVIEW - Bharti Airtel confident on 3G timeline - CEO (Reuters) Posted: 16 Nov 2009 11:16 PM PST Reuters - Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile phone operator, said it is confident the country will proceed on schedule with 3G spectrum auctions in January, with high hopes for the technology in the competitive market. |
AIRSHOW - No-frills A380 plane to fly 840 passengers (Reuters) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 05:16 AM PST Reuters - An Indian Ocean airline is planning the first regular flights for more than 800 passengers after buying a budget version of the Airbus A380, the world's largest airliner, with economy seating throughout. |