2010年8月19日星期四

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U.S., others pledge more funds to UN Pakistan appeal (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:50 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks about the floods in Pakistan during a plenary meeting of the 64th General Assembly Session of the United Nations at the UN Headquarters in New York August 19, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - The United States led a stream of new aid pledges for flood-stricken Pakistan on Thursday, promising a further $60 million to rectify a humanitarian response that has been criticized as too slow.


Commonwealth Games jolted by sponsor withdrawals (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 10:52 AM PDT

People walk past the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium constructed for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi August 16, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Two state-run firms, NTPC Ltd and Power Grid Corp of India, have withdrawn their sponsorship of the Delhi Commonwealth Games due to "negative publicity" of the event stemming from allegations of graft and mismanagement.


Flood-hit Pakistan dithers over India aid offer (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 10:41 AM PDT

People fleeing floodwaters queue as they wait to receive food handouts at a makeshift relief camp in Sukkur in Pakistan's Sindh province August 18, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar SoomroReuters - Pakistan said on Thursday it is still mulling over India's offer of aid for flood-affected communities, despite a serious shortage of funds hampering Islamabad's ability to provide relief to the eight million people in need.


Atwal matches course record to lead at Wyndham Championship (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 05:31 PM PDT

Reuters - Tiger Woods's regular practice partner Arjun Atwal showed form the American can only dream about of late when he fired a course record-equalling 61 for a first-round lead at the Wyndham Championship on Thursday.

Sonia Gandhi says fighting inflation top priority (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:55 AM PDT

India's ruling Congress party president Sonia Gandhi (C) reacts as she holds a sword during an election campaign rally, ahead of the Maharashtra state elections, in Mumbai in this October 10, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - India's high food and fuel inflation eased in early August and the head of the ruling Congress party said controlling prices must top the government's agenda.


Rain washes out Sri Lanka v New Zealand Tri-series clash (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 06:44 AM PDT

New Zealand's cricket team members wait on the pavilion dressing room as rain delayed the fourth one-day international cricket match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in the tri-series in Dambulla August 19, 2010.   REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - The one-day Tri-series match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand was abandoned without a ball being bowled because of heavy rain on Thursday.


Intel to buy McAfee for $7.68 bln (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 09:25 AM PDT

The Intel logo is advertised on the side of a computer box as a customer pushes a shopping cart at an electronic store in Phoenix, Arizona November 4, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/FilesReuters - Intel Corp said it would buy security software maker McAfee Inc for $7.7 billion to capitalize on rising demand from consumers for better protection of their laptops, smartphones and tablets.


Cameron Diaz ranked most dangerous web celeb: study (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 11:21 AM PDT

U.S. actress Cameron Diaz smiles after arriving for the world premiere of her film Reuters - She may be known for her playful giggles and killer looks, but now movie star Cameron Diaz has become the most dangerous celebrity on the Internet.


BSE Sensex scales 30-mth high, financials climb (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:43 AM PDT

Commuters walk past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai May 21, 2010. The BSE Sensex climbed 1.1 percent to their highest in two-and-a-half years on Thursday, supported by the outlook for robust domestic growth and firm global markets. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - The BSE Sensex climbed 1.1 percent to its highest in two-and-a-half years on Thursday, supported by the outlook for robust domestic growth and firm global markets.


India testing ways to access BlackBerry emails - source (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:47 AM PDT

A Blackberry smartphone is displayed in this August 12, 2010 illustrative photo taken in Hong Kong. The telecoms ministry has suggested a formula by which security agencies can get access to corporate email on Research In Motion's Blackberry devices. REUTERS/Bobby YipReuters - India's security agencies are testing ways to access corporate email on Blackberry devices by obtaining encrypted data in a readable format, a government source said on Thursday.


Q+A - Govt confronts land grabs in industrialisation push (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 06:22 AM PDT

Police try to disperse protesting farmers who were demanding higher compensation for land acquired by the government for a highway in Agra August 17, 2010. REUTERS/Brijesh SinghReuters - The government is trying to strike a balance between farm interests and industry as it faces a series of violent protests against attempts to take over land, a debate that has consequences for investment and internal security.


INTERVIEW - ADB chief economist sees robust Asian recovery (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 07:10 AM PDT

Jong-Wha Lee, the chief economist of the Asian Development Bank, attends the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong January 21, 2010. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/FilesReuters - Asian economies are likely to show robust growth this year supported by China and India, though growth could slow in the second half, the Asian Development Bank chief economist said on Thursday.


BSNL now free to buy Chinese telecoms gear (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 06:54 AM PDT

Two men speak on telephones at a roadside telephone booth in New Delhi May 18, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - The government has lifted restrictions on state-run telecom Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) buying telecoms gear from Chinese vendors, having addressed security concerns, junior telecoms minister Sachin Pilot said on Thursday.


Pakistan flood homeless toll put at over 4 million (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 07:20 AM PDT

A girl gets caught in a crush as flood victims struggle to receive an evening food handout from a charity at a roadside tent camp near Nowshera in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province August 18, 2010. REUTERS/Tim WimborneReuters - More than four million Pakistanis have been made homeless by nearly three weeks of floods, the United Nations said on Thursday, making the critical task of securing greater amounts of aid more urgent.


Vuvuzelas make it into the Oxford dictionary (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 06:03 AM PDT

A Japan fan lblows a vuvuzela before the 2010 World Cup Group E soccer match between Japan and Cameroon at Free State stadium in Bloemfontein in this June 14, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - The ever-present hum of the vuvuzela during this year's soccer World Cup catapulted the plastic trumpet to prominence and now it has earned a place in the Oxford Dictionary of English.


Rainfall 6 pct below normal in past week (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:24 AM PDT

A girl sits inside her flooded makeshift tent after heavy rains at Chandhkeda village on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad August 9, 2010. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - India's vital monsoon rains were 6 percent below normal in the past week, recovering from a 26 percent deficit in the previous week as heavy rainfall ended a relatively dry spell in soybean and cane regions, the weather office said.


Facebook "Places" lets users track friends, services (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 01:22 AM PDT

The Facebook logo is displayed on a computer screen in Brussels April 21, 2010. REUTERS/Thierry Roge/FilesReuters - Facebook's 500 million-plus users will soon be able to track friends' whereabouts across the United States, as the world's largest Internet social network adds technology to increasingly tie its virtual world to everyday life.


Why is the world not responding as Pakistan drowns? (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 01:52 AM PDT

A view of flood-affected Jafarabad district in Pakistan's Baluchistan province, August 17, 2010. REUTERS/Rizwan SaeedReuters - Scant international donations to flooded Pakistan are being driven by a multitude of factors ranging from the financial crisis, donor fatigue, a low death toll and scepticism that the government can translate the contributions into effective aid, say relief workers and analysts.


Eight million Pakistanis now need flood help - U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:15 AM PDT

A flood victim holds bottles of water which she filled from a hand pump while taking refuge at makeshift relief camp in Sukkur in Pakistan's Sindh province August 18, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar SoomroReuters - The number of Pakistani flood victims in need urgent humanitarian relief has risen from six million to eight million, the United Nations said on Thursday.


Developing nations to bear cancer brunt, unprepared (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 04:34 AM PDT

Reuters - Developing countries will bear 60 percent of the world's cancer burden by 2020 and 70 percent by 2030, but are not prepared for the looming crisis, cancer experts warned in a report on Thursday.

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