2009年11月30日星期一

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ANALYSIS - Tiger's world in spin since mysterious car crash (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 04:38 PM PST

Tiger Woods of the U.S. plays a shot at the sixth hole during the third round of the Australian Masters golf tournament in Melbourne November 14, 2009. REUTERS/Mick TsikasReuters - News of his car accident in Windermere, Florida, turned the carefully managed life of Tiger Woods upside down on Friday, provoking far more questions than answers.


Obama sets new Afghan strategy, briefs allies (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 12:48 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House in this November 23, 2009 file photo. Obama briefed key allies on his new strategy for the Afghanistan war on Monday and officials said his plan is expected to include about 30,000 more U.S. troops and an exit timeframe.  REUTERS/Larry Downing/FilesReuters - President Barack Obama on Monday was prepared to announce he will deploy about 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan as part of a new strategy that will stress a U.S. intention to ultimately exit the country.


Michael Jackson death charges expected to take months (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 12:25 PM PST

Taiwan artist Gao Ling-feng poses during the premiere of Michael Jackson's film Reuters - A decision on possible criminal charges over the June death of Michael Jackson is "months rather than weeks away", the Los Angeles Times on Monday quoted law enforcement sources as saying.


Woods to miss Chevron World Challenge tournament (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 02:17 PM PST

Golfer Tiger Woods speaks at a news conference in Thousand Oaks, California, in this December 17, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/FilesReuters - Tiger Woods will not play in this week's Chevron World Challenge, which he has hosted in Thousand Oaks, California, for the past nine years, because of injuries sustained in a car accident.


Lack of coordination leaves bin Laden at large (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 10:06 AM PST

Osama bin Laden is shown in Afghanistan in this May 26, 1998 file photo. REUTERS/FilesReuters - Eight years after Osama bin Laden escaped from U.S. forces in Afghanistan, he remains on the run because of a lack of trust and coordination between Washington and Islamabad, experts say.


Halve world carbon emissions by 2050 - Danish text (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 07:56 AM PST

Smoke billows from chimneys at a power plant in China September 7, 2007. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - The world should agree to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 from 1990 levels as part of a U.N. climate pact in Copenhagen in mid-December, according to a suggested text by hosts Denmark.


Iran says buying petrol from Reliance (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 10:50 AM PST

Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, speaks during a news conference in Mumbai in this September 21, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - Iran is importing gasoline from India's Reliance Industries Ltd, the managing director of state-run National Iranian Oil Co said on Monday.


Defence lawyer for Ajmal Kasab dismissed (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 01:26 AM PST

Abbas Kazmi (C), the lawyer newly appointed by the court to represent, Mohammad Ajmal Kasab in Mumbai April 17, 2009. The lawyer for the lone surviving gunman accused of the Mumbai attacks was removed from the case on Monday for non-cooperation.  REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - The lawyer for the lone surviving gunman accused of the Mumbai attacks was removed from the case on Monday for non-cooperation, days after the country marked the first anniversary of the three-day siege that killed 166 people.


Economy surges, adds pressure to raise rates (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 07:41 AM PST

Labourers break coal to be used in a steel factory in Ellikatta village, 60 km from Hyderabad September 2, 2009. The economy grew by 7.9 percent in the quarter through September from a year earlier, shattering forecasts as stimulus measures boosted demand and manufacturing activity surged.  REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - India's economy grew at its fastest rate in 18 months in the quarter through September, smashing expectations and adding pressure to bring forward a rate rise and cut stimulus spending as inflation mounts.


Workers at Kaiga nuclear plant probed on radioactive leak (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:03 PM PST

Reuters - Investigators into the leak of a radioactive substance into drinking water at the atomic plant have questioned several employees, officials said on Monday. The government has said the contamination was deliberate.

Tiger Woods withdraws from tournament, not talking (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 02:17 PM PST

Tiger Woods of the U.S. hits his tee shot on the 18th hole during the fourth round of the Deutsche Bank Championship golf tournament in Norton, Massachusetts in this September 7, 2009 file photo.   REUTERS/Brian Snyder/FilesReuters - Tiger Woods pulled out of a golf tournament this week, the latest fall-out from a minor car accident that has left a swirl of mystery and a hint of scandal around the world's top golfer and pushed him into full damage control.


Serena fined $175,000 for U.S. Open tirade (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 10:50 AM PST

Serena Williams talks to a line judge after being called for a foot foul during her semi-final match against Kim Clijsters of Belgium at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, September 12, 2009. REUTERS/Shaun Best/FilesReuters - World number one Serena Williams has been fined $175,000 and put on probation for two years for her foul-mouthed tirade at the U.S. Open, the Grand Slam Committee said on Monday.


Dubai debt worries linger, Gulf stocks suffer (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 07:47 AM PST

An investor uses his mobile phone at the Dubai Financial Market November 30, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmed JadallahReuters - Dubai's government said on Monday it was not responsible for the debts of its flagship conglomerate, offering little clarity on a plan to delay billions in debt repayments that has rattled world markets.


Iran says sees little point to nuclear curb pact (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 06:55 AM PST

An inside view of a Uranium Conversion Facility producing unit in Isfahan, March 30, 2005. Iran sees little point in staying in the Non-Proliferation Treaty, a senior official said on Monday, a day after Iran announced plans to build 10 more nuclear sites in a swipe at growing pressure to rein in atomic activity. REUTERS/HomavandiReuters - Iran sees little point in staying in the Non-Proliferation Treaty, a senior official said on Monday, a day after Iran announced plans to build 10 more nuclear sites in a swipe at growing pressure to rein in atomic activity.


PREVIEW - India eye top spot in final Sri Lanka test (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:19 PM PST

Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Mumbai in this June 22, 2008 file photo. India will reach the top of the ICC test rankings for the first time if they win the third and final test against Sri Lanka starting on Wednesday. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - India will reach the top of the ICC test rankings for the first time if they win the third and final test against Sri Lanka starting on Wednesday.


Oxford maths professor backs web games to teach kids (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 08:20 AM PST

An undated photo of Oxford University professor Marcus du Sautoy. REUTERS/Manga High/HandoutReuters - Internet games can boost children's interest in mathematics, says a footballing Oxford University professor who plays wearing the prime number 17 and uses dance to prove theorems.


"Trailblazing" website reveals 350 years of science (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 06:27 AM PST

Benjamin Franklin flies a kite in a storm (1752). Franklin's studies on flying a kite in an electrical storm from 1752 show the first time anyone had proposed that lightening is electricity and not a supernatural force. REUTERS/The Royal Society/HandoutReuters - A gruesome account of a 1666 blood transfusion and amusing notes about how an 8-year-old Mozart responded to tests of his genius were published on Monday as part of an online history of scientific endeavour.


Opposition shuts down Kolkata over price rise (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:29 PM PST

Reuters - Opposition party workers burned buses and shut down business in Kolkata on Monday to enforce a 12-hour strike protesting rising food prices, officials said.

Denmark draft a "dead end" for climate talks - Jairam Ramesh (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 03:28 AM PST

Steam and other emissions are seen coming from a power station in Wollongong, some 89 km south of Sydney November 17, 2009. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz/FilesReuters - Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Monday global climate talks in Copenhagen would be at a "dead end" if a Danish draft proposal urging a 50 percent cut in global emissions was put forward.


Iran defies censure, plans 10 uranium sites (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 06:41 PM PST

EDITORS' NOTE:  Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their  ability to film or take pictures in Tehran.Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran September 29, 2009. Iran announced plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants in a major expansion of its atomic programme. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/FilesReuters - Iran announced plans on Sunday to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants in a major expansion of its atomic programme, just two days after the U.N. nuclear watchdog rebuked it for carrying out such work in secret.


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