2009年12月29日星期二

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Obama blames 'systemic failures' in U.S. security (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 03:32 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a rally with troops at Osan Air Base in South Korea, November 19, 2009. Obama said on Tuesday there had been Reuters - President Barack Obama on Tuesday blamed a combination of "human and systemic failures" in security for allowing the botched Christmas Day attack aboard a U.S. airliner, in his first big test on homeland security.


RBI says focus on managing inflation, growth (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:37 AM PST

A man walks past the entrance of Reserve Bank of India headquarters in Mumbai January 27, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - India's monetary policy focus is shifting to managing recovery and containing inflation from fostering growth after the global downturn, a deputy governor at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said.


Facebook, Twitter top list of weird stories in 2009 (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:27 AM PST

A Twitter page is displayed on a laptop computer in Los Angeles October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/FilesReuters - From the German town that unwittingly advertised pornography on its website to the American who interrupted his wedding to update his Facebook and Twitter accounts, the world was full of weird stories in 2009.


Thousands mourn after bomb rattles Pakistani city (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:20 AM PST

Shopkeepers survey destroyed shops, a day after they were set ablaze by an angry mob in reaction to a suicide bomb attack in Karachi December 29, 2009. Pakistan's interior minister appealed for calm on Tuesday in  Karachi, a day after a suicide bomber killed 43 people and triggered a city-centre riot.  REUTERS/Akhtar SoomroReuters - Several thousand mourners attended funerals on Tuesday for victims of a suicide bombing that killed 43 people in Pakistan's commercial capital, an emotional reminder of a raging Taliban insurgency.


India, Japan look to ease visa rules to boost trade (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 03:14 AM PST

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at his official residence in Tokyo December 7, 2009. India and Japan agreed on Tuesday to ease visa rules within a year to boost trade between two of Asia's biggest economies that are also trying to broaden cooperation in defence and nuclear energy. REUTERS/Koichi Kamoshida/Pool/FilesReuters - India and Japan agreed on Tuesday to ease visa rules within a year to boost trade between two of Asia's biggest economies that are also trying to broaden cooperation in defence and nuclear energy.


U.S. plane bomber wanted to study sharia in Yemen (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:05 PM PST

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is shown in this booking photograph released by the U.S. Marshals Service December 28, 2009. Umar Farouk planned to study Islamic law in Yemen, the Arabian peninsular state which is fighting a local branch of al Qaeda, the Nigerian government said.   REUTERS/US Marshals Service/HandoutReuters - The Nigerian charged with trying to blow up a U.S. airliner planned to study Islamic law in Yemen, the Arabian peninsular state which is fighting a local branch of al Qaeda, the Nigerian government said on Tuesday.


'Avatar,' Jackson death among 2009's major moments (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 12:17 PM PST

Visitors wear 3D glasses as they watch a preview of Reuters - The groundbreaking sci-fi movie "Avatar," Michael Jackson's death and Hollywood's $10 billion-plus box office record rank among the 2009 "moments of significance" recognized by the American Film Institute.


Obama says U.S. will pursue plane attackers (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 07:33 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama makes an announcement on government efficiency at the White House in Washington December 21, 2009. Obama on Monday vowed to track down those behind an attempt to bring down a U.S. passenger airline on Christmas Day as he announced stepped-up measures to ensure U.S. flight safety. REUTERS/Jim Young/FilesReuters - A wing of al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Monday for a failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound passenger plane, and President Barack Obama vowed to bring "every element" of U.S. power against those who threaten Americans' safety.


Govt to delay 3G auction - papers (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 09:02 PM PST

A customer examines his new Apple iPhone 3G in Kolkata in this August 2008 file photo. India is expected to delay the auction of third-generation wireless spectrum to February due to uncertainty over defence forces giving up spectrum, two newspapers reported on Tuesday, citing sources close to the development. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/FilesReuters - India, the world's fastest growing mobile market, is expected to delay the auction of third-generation wireless spectrum to February due to uncertainty over defence forces giving up spectrum, two newspapers reported on Tuesday, citing sources close to the development.


Govt says has no immediate plan to up fuel prices (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 09:31 PM PST

Cars wait in queue at a petrol station in Kolkata in this July 1, 2009 file photo. The government has no immediate plans to raise fuel prices, the country's petroleum secretary said on Tuesday, after a newspaper report that auto fuel prices could be raised early next year. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - The government has no immediate plans to raise fuel prices, the country's petroleum secretary said on Tuesday, after a newspaper report that auto fuel prices could be raised early next year.


Drama for Obama as child's injury delays golf game (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 08:50 PM PST

The presidential motorcade is lined up at the golf course where U.S. President Barack Obama was at during his vacation in Kailua, Hawaii December 28, 2009. Obama interrupted a golf game on Monday and sped back to his holiday house after the child of friends was hurt in a beach accident. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - Vacationing U.S. President Barack Obama interrupted a golf game on Monday and sped back to his holiday house after the child of friends was hurt in a beach accident.


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