2010年3月10日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Congress faces turmoil over women's bill (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 05:12 AM PST

Supporters wave party flags as they celebrate the victory of India's ruling Congress party-led alliance in the Maharashtra state elections at the state head office of Congress party in Mumbai October 22, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - India's ruling Congress party officials met on Wednesday to resolve a political standoff over a contentious women's quota bill after two of its allies quit and left the government less elbow room to pass economic legislation.


World's mega-rich adding wealth, Carlos Slim No. 1 (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:22 PM PST

Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim smiles during the Reuters Summit in Mexico City in this March 24, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Andrew Winning/FilesReuters - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, knocking Microsoft founder Bill Gates into second spot, as the wealth of the world's billionaires grew by 50 percent over the last year, Forbes magazine said on Wednesday.


U.N. launches review of criticized climate panel (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 01:44 PM PST

Steam and other emissions are seen coming from funnels at a chemical manufacturing facility in Melbourne in this June 24, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas/FilesReuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that a group of national science academies would review U.N. climate science to restore trust after a 2007 global warming report was found to have errors.


Google chief sees outcome "soon" in China row (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 01:30 PM PST

A Chinese national flag flies in front of Google China's headquarters in Beijing in this January 15, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Alfred Jin/FilesReuters - Google expects an outcome soon from its talks with China over a censorship and hacking dispute, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday.


Q+A - Top issues in India, Russia relations (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 08:51 AM PST

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is seen during a meeting in the provincial capital Magas March 1, 2010. REUTERS/Ria Novosti/Pool/Alexei Nikolsky/FilesReuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrives in New Delhi on Thursday to reaffirm ties with Moscow's Cold War ally, lining up billions of dollars in mainly defence deals to be signed during the two-day trip.


FACTBOX - Forbes top 20 richest people in the world (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:28 PM PST

Mukesh D. Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries, India, is seen at Davos in this January 29, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/FilesReuters - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the new richest person in the world, knocking Microsoft founder Bill Gates into second spot, Forbes said on Wednesday.


Pakistan backtracks on bans for Yousuf, Younus (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 06:55 AM PST

Pakistan's cricket captain Younus Khan tries to get past fans and media after his arrival to Karachi's Jinnah International Airport October 5, 2009. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/FilesReuters - Former captains Younus Khan and Mohammad Yousuf had their international futures cast aside and then restored just as quickly after the Pakistan Cricket Board backtracked on its decision to ban the two players.


Q+A - Women's quota bill spells trouble for Congress (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 03:12 AM PST

Women supporters of India's ruling Congress party listen to their speaker during a rally ahead of women's reservation bill to be presented in upper house of the parliament on International Women's Day in New Delhi March 8, 2010. REUTERS/Vijay MathurReuters - Congress party officials met on Wednesday to douse a political stand-off over a contentious parliament bill after two of its allies quit and left the government less elbow room to pass economic legislation.


Michael Schumacher raring to go (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 05:28 AM PST

Mercedes Formula One driver Michael Schumacher of Germany   in Munich February 10, 2010. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle/FilesReuters - Michael Schumacher is raring to go racing again, and the rest of Formula One is just as keen to have him back.


Dalai Lama risks Chinese ire to back Uighurs (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 05:20 AM PST

Tibetan exiles are reflected in a portrait of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during a protest in New Delhi March 10, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, voiced his support on Wednesday for an ethnic minority in China's troubled Xinjiang province, risking further worsening his fraught relations with Beijing.


Blavatnik seeks up to 15 pct stake in new Lyondell (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 01:21 PM PST

Reuters - Billionaire Len Blavatnik, who led the 2007 leveraged buyout that created LyondellBasell, will seek a stake of up to 15 percent in the reorganized petrochemical maker when it exits bankruptcy protection, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

NEWSMAKER - World's richest man, Slim, a born wheeler-dealer (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:05 PM PST

Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim smiles during the Reuters Summit in Mexico City in this March 24, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Andrew Winning/FilesReuters - Mexico's Carlos Slim, named the world's richest man on Wednesday, first showed a talent for business as a 10-year-old kid when he filled his pockets with pesos selling drinks and snacks to his family.


First American woman in space promotes careers in science (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 01:00 PM PST

Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, is pictured following an event on science, technology, engineering and math education initiatives by the Obama administration at the White House in Washington in this  November 23, 2009 file photo.   REUTERS/Jason Reed/FilesReuters - American physicist Sally Ride achieved lasting fame in June 1983 when she became the first American woman to travel in space as a crew member of the Space Shuttle Challenger.


INTERVIEW - Russia sees over $10 bln in deals with India (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 08:43 AM PST

Russsia's Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Sobyanin appears at the cockpit window of a Super Jet 100 Sukhoi jetliner during the 48th Paris Air Show at the Le Bourget airport near Paris June 16, 2009. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/FilesReuters - Russia plans to sign over $10 billion worth of deals with India during the visit of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin later this week, Putin's deputy, Sergei Sobyanin, told Reuters in an interview.


IBM, universities target easy-to-use cellphones (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 03:42 AM PST

A worker prepares a stand of IBM for the upcoming CeBIT fair inside a hall in Hanover February 27, 2009.  REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/FilesReuters - IBM has started a two-year research programme that aims to make cellphones easier to use for groups including the elderly and the illiterate.


UK academy aids study to regain climate data trust (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 06:21 AM PST

Kashmiri nomads assist Hindu pilgrims as they walk over a glacier during their trek for an annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave of Lord Shiva, in Panitarani, 135 km ( 84 miles) southeast of Srinagar in this June 12, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/FilesReuters - Britain's science academy said on Wednesday it would take part in a review of U.N. climate science intended to restore trust after a 2007 report was found to have exaggerated evidence for global warming.


Google CEO sees China talks outcome soon (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 08:27 AM PST

The Google logo is seen on the top of its China headquarters building behind a road surveillance camera in Beijing in this January 26, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Jason Lee/FilesReuters - Google expects an outcome soon from its talks with China over a censorship and hacking dispute, and its negotiations are independent of the U.S. government, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday


Power cuts threaten port, plants in Orissa (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 07:12 AM PST

Reuters - A severe power shortage has forced India's largest iron-ore producing region to cut supply to industries once a week, which will cut output and affect cargo loading at Paradip, a key port for oil imports.

Gunmen kill 6 in Western aid agency raid in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 07:03 AM PST

Pakistan security officials look for evidence in an office of the World Vision aid agency after militants attacked it in Mansehra district, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, March 10, 2010.  REUTERS/Abrar TanoliReuters - Suspected Islamist militants stormed an office of a U.S.-based, Christian aid agency in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six Pakistani aid workers after singling them out and then blowing up the building.


Govt has no plans now to sell stake in ONGC, IOC - Oil secy (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 09:48 PM PST

Engineers of Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) stand inside the Kalol oil field in Gujarat September 12, 2009. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - The government has no immediate plans to sell stake in state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Oil Secretary S. Sundareshan told reporters on Wednesday.


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