2010年3月21日星期日

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Explosives found aboard plane in T'puram (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 04:35 AM PDT

A file photo of a passenger aircraft over New Delhi October 12, 2008. A suspected explosive found on a passenger plane sparked a bomb scare and grounded the aircraft in Thiruvananthapuram, police said on Sunday. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Explosive material was found in a package on a passenger plane after it landed in Thiruvananthapuram, but it was not attached to a detonator and could not have exploded, officials said on Sunday.


Two teams join IPL for $703 million (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 09:49 AM PDT

Chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Lalit Modi is seen in Cape Town, in this April 16, 2009 file photo. Two more teams will enter the IPL, the world's richest cricket tournament, after bids worth a combined $703 million for team franchise rights were announced on Sunday. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/FilesReuters - Two more teams will enter the Indian Premier League, the world's richest cricket tournament, after bids worth a combined $703 million for team franchise rights were announced on Sunday.


Thousands mourn Nepal's former prime minister (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 10:52 AM PDT

People crowd to watch the funeral procession of former Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, in Kathmandu March 21, 2010. REUTERS/Shruti ShresthaReuters - Nepal cremated former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Sunday in a Hindu funeral as tens of thousands of mourners thronged the streets of the capital Kathmandu.


Bharti ties up Zain deal funds as talks deadline nears (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 09:38 AM PDT

A boy talks on a mobile phone as he walks past a billboard of Bharti Airtel in Amritsar in this January 18, 2010 file photo. Bharti Airtel said on Sunday it had tied up the entire financing requirement of $8.3 billion for its planned acquisition of Zain's African assets. REUTERS/Munish Sharma/FilesReuters - Top telecoms firm Bharti Airtel said it had tied up the entire financing requirement of $8.3 billion for its planned buy of Kuwaiti telecom Zain's African assets, in a sign of progress as the deadline for the firms' talks expire next week.


Flying Sikh takes one rupee to inspire youth (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 09:29 PM PDT

A file photo of Milkha Singh (C) in New Delhi, September 14, 2005. Singh has sold his life story to a film maker for a cut price one rupee (two cents) in the hope that the biopic might inspire the youth of his country to excel in the sport.  REUTERS/Kamal Kishore/FilesReuters - Milkha Singh, one of India's greatest track athletes, has sold his life story to a film maker for a cut price one rupee (two cents) in the hope that the biopic might inspire the youth of his country to excel in the sport. Nicknamed "the Flying Sikh", Milkha Singh was twice Asian Games champion in the 400 metres, Commonwealth champion in 1958 and narrowly missed out on a medal at his second Olympics in Tokyo in 1960.


Qatar to up LNG supply to India to 11.5 mln tonnes (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Mar 2010 10:36 AM PDT

Reuters - Qatar plans to raise its supply of Liquefied Natural Gas to India to 11.5 million tonnes from 2014, against the current 7.5 million tonnes a year, its oil minister Abdullah al-Attiyah said in New Delhi on Sunday.

Pope's shame and remorse over Irish child sex abuse (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:20 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful during a weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 17, 2010. Pope Benedict apologised on Saturday to victims of child sex abuse by Irish clergy, saying he felt Reuters - Pope Benedict apologised on Saturday to victims of child sex abuse by clergy in Ireland and ordered an official inquiry there to try to stem a scandal gripping the Catholic Church which has swept across Europe.


Nepal's Maoists say Koirala's death a blow to peace (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:47 PM PDT

A file photo shows Nepal's former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala in Colombo August 3, 2008. Koirala, who helped broker peace with the former Maoist rebels to end a decade-long civil war, died on Saturday after an illness, officials said. REUTERS/Buddhika Weerasinghe/FilesReuters - Former Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, a leading figure in Nepal's transition from monarchy to republic, died on Saturday in what the Maoists called a loss for the fragile peace process.


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