2009年12月26日星期六

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Asia marks tsunami's fifth anniversary with prayer (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 06:35 AM PST

A Red Cross volunteer sits between open umbrellas printed with portraits of smiling children representing children orphaned in the Indian Ocean tsunami, during its fifth anniversary at the Tsunami museum in Banda Aceh December 26, 2009. REUTERS/BeawihartaReuters - Thousands of candles lit up Thailand's Patong beach, thousands of saffron-robed Buddhist monks marched and people held vigils as Asia marked the fifth anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Saturday.


Police stop Kashmir procession, 60 hurt (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 04:25 AM PST

Policemen beat Kashmiri Shi'ite Muslim mourners taking part in a Muharram procession in Srinagar December 26, 2009. At least 60 mourners were injured on Saturday when police fired in the air and used teargas shells to break up a procession by hundreds of Shi'ite Muslims in Srinagar, officials said. REUTERS/Danish IsmailReuters - At least 60 mourners were injured on Saturday when police used batons, firing in the air and tear gas to break up a procession by hundreds of Shi'ite Muslims in Srinagar, officials said.


Nigerian charged with trying to blow up U.S. jet (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 06:34 PM PST

A Delta Airbus 330 airliner sits on a runway at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan in this video grab made December 25, 2009. REUTERS/WDIV TV/HandoutReuters - U.S. authorities on Saturday charged a Nigerian man with trying to blow up a U.S. passenger jet with high explosives and were investigating his claim that he had links to al Qaeda.


Sachin Tendulkar to skip Sri Lanka-Bangladesh tri-series (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2009 08:06 PM PST

India's Sachin Tendulkar attends a cricket practice session in Guwahati November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/FilesReuters - India's master batsman Sachin Tendulkar has opted out of next month's triangular one-day series against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to save himself for the upcoming test series against Bangladesh.


Strong quake in eastern Indonesia, no tsunami (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 02:50 AM PST

People pray for victims on the anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami in Thailand's Phang Nga province, about 110 km (68 miles) north of the resort island of Phuket, December 26, 2009. REUTERS/Chaiwat SubprasomReuters - A strong earthquake struck off Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands in the east of the country on Saturday, but there was no tsunami alert issued and no reports of immediate damage, the country's meteorology agency said.


Car bomb wounds 19 in Pakistan's commercial capital (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 11:01 AM PST

Reuters - A bomb in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi wounded at least 19 people on Saturday, police said, in an apparent attack on Shi'ite Muslims ahead of one of their most important mourning rituals.

Bridge collapse kills 40 in Rajasthan (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2009 02:29 AM PST

Reuters - At least 40 people were feared killed after a bridge under construction in Rajasthan collapsed, police said on Saturday.
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