2010年4月14日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Cricket row lands Shashi Tharoor in trouble (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 07:53 AM PDT

A file photo of Shashi Tharoor in Singapore July 27, 2006. Tharoor, among the country's few younger, reformist politicians, faces calls to resign after opposition allegations of corruption in winning a $333 million bid for a cricket league franchise in India. REUTERS/Luis Enrique Ascui/FilesReuters - Junior Foreign Minister Shashi Tharoor, among the country's few younger, reformist politicians, faces calls to resign after opposition allegations of corruption in winning a $333 million bid for a cricket league franchise in India.


The day Lehman got a love note from a hedgie (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 05:41 PM PDT

People stand next to windows above an exterior sign at the Lehman Brothers headquarters in New York in this September 16, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Chip East/FilesReuters - In spring 2008, Lehman Brothers didn't have too many friends on Wall Street.


Western forecasts signal good monsoon in India (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 02:48 AM PDT

Schoolgirls stand on a road divider as they huddle under an umbrella during monsoon rain in New Delhi in this September 10, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Weather scientists from the United States and Britain expect normal monsoon rains in India this year, reinforcing the top local forecaster's view that chances of another drought in the country are remote.


Apple delays iPad's international launch (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 08:27 AM PDT

An Apple iPad is displayed during an iPad launch event at the Apple retail store in San Francisco, California April 3, 2010.  REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - Apple Inc said on Wednesday it would delay for one month the international roll-out of its iPad tablet computer, due to heavy demand and swift sales after its launch in the United States.


China steps up quake rescue effort as death toll hits 589 (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 04:03 PM PDT

People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers discuss rescue plans on their way to the epicentre of a magnitude 6.9 earthquake which hit Yushu County, at Hainan county of Qinghai province April 15, 2010. REUTERS/Alfred JinReuters - The death toll from a powerful earthquake in southwest China has risen to 589, Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday, with hundreds of homes and some schools toppled in the remote mountainous Tibetan Plateau.


Kuwait sets mimimum wage for first time (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 10:06 AM PDT

Workers apply a Jura Stone cover on a wall of the Hamra Tower in Kuwait City December 9, 2009. Kuwait on Wednesday introduced a minimum wage of 60 dinars ($208.9) a month, in a move that affects hundreds of thousands of Asian workers. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee/FilesReuters - Kuwait on Wednesday introduced a minimum wage of 60 dinars ($208.9) a month, in a move that affects hundreds of thousands of Asian workers.


POLL - India's growth prospects pick up (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 02:48 AM PDT

Labourers stand on a winch of a crane at a construction site on the outskirts of New Delhi in this September 8, 2009 file photo. TREUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - India's economy is seen growing at a faster pace in 2010/11 than earlier expected, supported by a global recovery, domestic demand and a double-digit expansion in factory output, a Reuters poll shows.


UK inquiry clears climate scientists in email row (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 09:07 AM PDT

Kashmiri horsemen walk over a glacier near Sheshnag, 130 km (81 miles) southeast of Srinagar in this June 12 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/FilesReuters - An inquiry cleared British climate researchers of wrongdoing on Wednesday after their emails were hacked, leaked and held up by sceptics as evidence they had exaggerated the case for man-made global warming.


Red shirts take over "richest part" of Bangkok (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 08:42 AM PDT

An anti-government Reuters - Thailand's "red shirts" congregated in their tens of thousands at an upmarket Bangkok shopping district on Wednesday, preparing a "final battleground" in their fight to oust army-backed Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.


SPECIAL REPORT - Are U.S. regulators dropping the ball on biocrops? (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 09:24 AM PDT

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Quake kills 400; destroys homes on Tibet plateau (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 07:24 AM PDT

A photo taken by a mobile phone shows destroyed houses after an earthquake hit the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, in northwest China's Qinghai province April 14, 2010 in this photo released by China's official Xinhua News Agency. REUTERS/Xinhua/Zhang HongshuanReuters - A strong earthquake toppled hundreds of homes and some schools in the remote mountainous Tibetan Plateau of southwest China on Wednesday, killing at least 400 people and injuring thousands.


PM tells Obama that Iran sanctions will hit poor (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 09:51 PM PDT

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addresses a news conference at the end of the nuclear security summit at a hotel in Washington April 13, 2010. REUTERS/Richard ClementReuters - Prime Minister Manhoman Singh said on Tuesday he told U.S. President Barack Obama that New Delhi opposed sanctions against Iran over its nuclear plans and such measures often only affected the poor.


Romance of books key in digital age, says Penguin CEO (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 09:27 PM PDT

The Apple  Reuters - With the excitement around the launch of Apple's iPad and the growing popularity of other digital devices, it is a challenge to retain the romance of the printed book, according to the head of publisher Penguin.


Obama's nuclear summit: Good plan, action needed (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 10:53 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a news conference at the end of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington April 13, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama's nuclear security summit took a step toward lowering the risk of a terrorist group getting an atomic weapon, but real progress depends on countries keeping the promises they made.


Erratic monsoon baffles forecasters (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 10:53 PM PDT

Boys play inside a water park to cool themselves on a hot day in Hyderabad April 13, 2010. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - Predicting monsoon rains, vital for India's farm output and economic growth, remains a challenge for the country as its forecasting skills are inadequate, scientists and weather officials said on Tuesday.


Jaswant Singh calls for talks with Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Apr 2010 08:56 PM PDT

Jaswant Singh speaks during an interview in New Delhi in this April 3, 2004 file photo. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan/FilesReuters - Former Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh on Tuesday called on Pakistan and India to relaunch a tentative peace process suspended after a 2008 militant attack on India's commercial capital Mumbai.


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