2010年5月17日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


UK, Ireland set new flying zone, cut ash disruption (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 04:16 PM PDT

A fresh cloud of ash rises from the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland May 16, 2010. REUTERS/Ingolfur JuliussonReuters - Britain's air traffic control body said on Monday it had agreed the creation of a new flying zone with Irish officials and aircraft manufacturers to limit the disruption caused by ash emitted by an Icelandic volcano.


Rajaratnam seeks more detail on charges, delay (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam (L), indicted on fraud charges in a sprawling insider trading probe, departs from federal court after a hearing, in New York, February 17, 2010. REUTERS/Chip EastReuters - U.S. charges of illegal insider trading against Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam lack sufficient detail of trades, sources, tippers and co-conspirators for him to prepare a defence in time for trial in October, his lawyers said in court papers on Monday.


Govt sets new power addition goals; misses old targets (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 04:14 AM PDT

The sun sets behind electric pylons in Allahabad February 22, 2006. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash/FilesReuters - India plans to boost its power generation capacity by over 12 percent in the fiscal year that began in April, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Monday, even as the country yet again missed its targets for the previous year.


China avoids condemning India over telecoms ban (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 04:33 AM PDT

A general view shows the headquarters of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. in Shenzhen, Guangdong province June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - China's commerce ministry said on Monday New Delhi should not discriminate against Chinese firms, but did not directly condemn a bar on Indian operators buying telecoms equipment from two Chinese companies.


Maoist bus attack kills about 35 in Dantewada - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 11:13 AM PDT

ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY. The wreckage of a passenger bus is pictured after a landmine explosion near Dantewada in Chhattisgarh May 17, 2010. About 35 people, including policemen, were killed when Maoist rebels detonated a landmine under a bus.  REUTERS/StringerReuters - About 35 people, including policemen, were killed when Maoist rebels detonated a landmine under a bus in Chhattisgarh on Monday, a government official said, the second major attack in as many months.


U.N. picks Costa Rican Figueres as new climate chief (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 03:37 PM PDT

Reuters - The United Nations appointed Christiana Figueres of Costa Rica on Monday to be its climate chief to head stalled international talks on how to contain the world's greenhouse gas emissions.

Govt discusses lifting foreign defence investment (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 11:13 AM PDT

Cattle graze as an Indian Army T-90 tank moves across a field during a joint Indo-U.S. training exercise in Babina, Uttar Pradesh, October 26, 2009. The trade ministry has suggested almost tripling the foreign direct investment cap on defence equipment to 74 percent. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - The trade ministry has suggested almost tripling the foreign direct investment cap on defence equipment to 74 percent, a major policy change that would crowd many local companies out of the lucrative sector.


India tests nuclear-capable Agni II missile (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 11:13 AM PDT

Reuters - After two failures in a row last year, India successfully tested its nuclear-capable Agni II missile on Monday, officials said.

Bank for the poor hopes to teach Wall St a lesson (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 12:50 PM PDT

Grameen Bank founder and Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus speaks in Kenya's capital Nairobi April 6, 2010. Yunus opened a branch of his Grameen Bank in Manhattan on Monday, saying he hopes the big Wall Street banks just a subway ride away can learn from his success in granting small loans to the poor. REUTERS/Noor Khamis/FilesReuters - Nobel Peace Prize-winner Muhammad Yunus opened a branch of his Grameen Bank in Manhattan on Monday, saying he hopes the big Wall Street banks just a subway ride away can learn from his success in granting small loans to the poor.


India issues cyclone alert on east coast (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 07:23 AM PDT

Reuters - The government issued a cyclone alert at ports in Orissa on Monday after a depression formed in the Bay of Bengal started to intensify, officials said.

Ex-McKinsey exec settles with SEC in Galleon case (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 11:13 AM PDT

Anil Kumar, a former McKinsey & Co director accused of leaking information in the Galleon hedge fund insider trading case, leaves the U.S. Federal Court in Manhattan January 7, 2010. REUTERS/Mike Segar/FilesReuters - A former McKinsey & Co director who pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the Galleon hedge fund insider trading case reached a $2.8 million civil settlement with the U.S. market regulator, according to a court document on Monday.


Thai troops close in on protest encampment (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 11:12 AM PDT

A boy walks under an overpass in Ding Daeng, near Bangkok's Victory Monument, where anti-government Reuters - Thai protesters defied warnings to disperse on Monday as troops tightened a security cordon, putting the army on a collision course with thousands of demonstrators who say they are willing to fight to the death.


Bids for one all-India 3G licence hit $3.54 bln (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 07:16 AM PDT

Birds sit atop telecommunication towers in Hyderabad in this May 25, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - Bids for one set of nationwide third-generation (3G) mobile spectrum licences in India reached 161.64 billion rupees ($3.54 billion) on the 32nd day of an auction, an indication the government could earn revenue of about 653 billion rupees from the auction.


Monsoon reaches Andaman region early - Met office (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 04:09 AM PDT

Schoolgirls stand on a road divider as they huddle under an umbrella during monsoon rain in New Delhi September 10, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - Monsoon rains, vital for farm output in India's trillion-dollar economy, are running ahead of schedule and have reached the first landmark of its four-month journey across the subcontinent, a senior weather official said.


Reliance MediaWorks trains small army to meet 3D surge (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 06:55 AM PDT

Reliance Communications' Chairman Anil Ambani attends a news conference in Mumbai in this July 16, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - India's Reliance MediaWorks, part of the Reliance ADA group, is training a small army of artists to meet the rise in demand for 3D films following the huge success of James Cameron's "Avatar" and other films.


ANALYSIS - Twenty20 comes of age in Caribbean feast (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 08:09 AM PDT

The England team celebrate after they defeated Australia in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 tournament at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown May 16, 2010. Twenty20 cricket which began as a crowd-pleasing thrash really came of age over the past three weeks in the Caribbean. REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - Twenty20 cricket came home with England's impressive World Cup win on Sunday and the game which began as a crowd-pleasing thrash really came of age over the past three weeks in the Caribbean.


FY11 IIP growth seen in double-digits - official (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 06:52 AM PDT

The 'Polo', a small passenger car by German automaker Volkswagen, is displayed at their plant in Chakan, about 180 km from Mumbai December 12, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - India's industrial output is expected to be in double-digits in the current fiscal year that started in April, Industry Secretary R.P. Singh said on Monday.


HIV among gay, bisexual men at alarming highs in Asia (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 04:09 AM PDT

A social activist displays an anti-AIDS symbol on his face during an awareness campaign in Chandigarh in this February 14, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - HIV prevalence among gay and bisexual men has hit alarming levels in Asia and most of them do not have access to services and care due to punitive laws which drive them underground, a U.N.-backed report said on Monday.


Germany captain Ballack out of World Cup (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 06:46 AM PDT

Chelsea's Michael Ballack (L) is fouled by Portsmouth's Kevin-Prince Boateng during their FA Cup final soccer match at Wembley Stadium in London, May 15, 2010. REUTERS/ Jim KeoghReuters - Germany's World Cup hopes suffered a severe blow on Monday when captain Michael Ballack was ruled out of next month's finals in South Africa with an ankle injury.


BP says capturing some of oil leak, trying for more (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2010 06:46 AM PDT

Piece of boom used as protection against oil drifting towards land sits on a beach as members of the environmental group Greenpeace look for signs of oil in Southwest Pass, Louisiana May 15, 2010. REUTERS/Lee CelanoReuters - Energy giant BP said on Monday it was capturing about a fifth of the estimated oil gushing from its ruptured undersea Gulf of Mexico well and hoped to increase that amount before trying to fully stop the flow later in the week.


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