2010年9月1日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Govt says Vedanta refinery breaches green laws (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 08:43 AM PDT

A man walks past the Vedanta office building in Mumbai August 16, 2010. India-focused miner Vedanta. The environment ministry has said it has found Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) The environment ministry said on Wednesday it has found "serious violations" of green laws in Vedanta's existing alumina refinery in eastern India, the latest in the London-based firm's mining troubles in India.


Police end hostage drama at U.S. Discovery Channel (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 03:08 PM PDT

Reuters - Police shot a gunman who had taken three people hostage at Discovery Channel's headquarters on Wednesday, ending a tense four-hour standoff near Washington.

Govt to target Google, Skype for data access (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:04 PM PDT

A photo of the Google Inc. logo is shown on a computer screen in San Francisco, California July 16, 2009. India will send notices to Google and Skype asking them to set up servers in the country and give access to its internet data, a top home ministry official said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/FilesReuters - India added Google and Skype to its electronic security crackdown on Wednesday and began accessing some of the traffic carried on its initial target, Research In Motion's BlackBerry.


Apple TV takes aim at Web-connected living room (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:01 PM PDT

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs speaks on stage about the iPhone at Apple's music-themed September media event in San Francisco, California September 1, 2010. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - Apple Inc unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of its Web-to-TV device on Wednesday, stepping up a battle with Google Inc and Microsoft Corp for control of the digital living room.


Blasts kill 20 in Pakistan's Lahore, 170 hurt (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 10:51 AM PDT

Volunteers carry an injured man to an ambulance following explosions during Shiite Muslims procession in Lahore September 1, 2010. REUTERS/Mohsin RazaReuters - Three bombs exploded at a Shi'ite procession in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding over 170, piling pressure on a government already overwhelmed by floods.


U.S. touts Iraq trade mission as war mission wanes (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:31 PM PDT

A line of Strykers convoy in the early hours of August 16, 2010 as part of the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, United States Division-Centre's last patrol through Iraq as they leave for Kuwait. REUTERS/U.S. Army/Sgt. Kimberly Johnson/Handout/FilesReuters - The U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday it will lead 15 U.S. companies, including Boeing, General Electric and Wamar International, on a trade mission in October to help rebuild Iraq.


Agassi nominated for International Tennis Hall of Fame (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 01:19 PM PDT

Tennis player Andre Agassi is seen in Los Angeles, California, in this July 24, 2010 file photo. Agassi headlined a list of nominees for the International Tennis Hall of Fame following a sparkling career highlighted by eight grand slam titles and an Olympic gold medal. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/FilesReuters - Andre Agassi headlined a list of nominees for the International Tennis Hall of Fame following a sparkling career highlighted by eight grand slam titles and an Olympic gold medal.


Sweden reopens WikiLeaks founder rape investigation (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:49 PM PDT

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks at a news conference at the Frontline Club in central London, July 26, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Winning/FilesReuters - Sweden reopened a probe on Wednesday into rape allegations against Julian Assange, the founder of whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, who has infuriated the U.S. military by publishing secret documents on Afghanistan.


No-ball drama set to cost Asif film role (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 01:00 AM PDT

Pakistan's Mohammad Asif fields the ball during the fourth cricket test match against England at Lord's cricket ground in London August 28, 2010. REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - Mohammad Asif may be dropped from an Indian film in which he was supposed to play a cricket coach after it emerged he was one of the three Pakistani players embroiled in a spot-fixing scandal.


Get your Blair book signed - and obey the rules (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 08:43 AM PDT

Copies of the political memoirs of Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair, Reuters - Former British prime minister Tony Blair will sign copies of his memoir in Dublin on Saturday but customers can forget about getting a personal dedication or even a photograph from the author.


Gunman takes hostages at U.S. Discovery Channel (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:03 PM PDT

Reuters - A man carrying a gun and possibly with explosives strapped to his body took a small number of hostages in the Discovery Channel headquarters building in suburban Washington on Wednesday.

Sweden reopens WikiLeaks founder rape probe (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 05:34 AM PDT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange attends a seminar at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation headquarters in Stockholm August 14, 2010. Sweden's Chief Prosecutor said on Wednesday she was reopening a preliminary investigation into rape charges against Assange. REUTERS/Scanpix/Bertil Ericson/FilesReuters - Sweden's Chief Prosecutor said on Wednesday she was reopening a preliminary investigation into rape charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.


Book Talk: Bangalore author Usha K.R. looks beyond IT (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 05:23 AM PDT

Handout photo of Bangalore based author Usha K R. REUTERS/Handout/FilesReuters - For many people, the city of Bangalore, also known as Bengaluru, conjures up an image of a metropolis that plays host to the headquarters of some of the world's biggest software companies.


U.S. Open women's singles second round results (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:27 PM PDT

Sania Mirza (L) of India congratulates match winner Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, September 1, 2010. REUTERS/Kena BetancurReuters - U.S. Open women's singles second round results from New York on Wednesday (prefix denotes seeding, *new result).


ANALYSIS - Singapore seeks to be Asia's Monte Carlo - and more (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 03:42 AM PDT

Boats carrying tourists pass in front of the newly-opened Marina Bay Sands resort and casino in Singapore July 27, 2010. A prime destination mainly for bankers and businessmen, Singapore has started drawing tourists with a slew of new attractions. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/FilesReuters - The M Hotel in Singapore's business district once struggled to fill its rooms on weekends as visiting executives tended to leave by Friday. Now it enjoys 90 percent-plus occupancy even on Saturdays and Sundays.


India to fall short of global maternal health goal (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 07:43 AM PDT

A mother carries her son to a health centre in Kushbari village, about 315 km (195 miles) north of Kolkata, November 11, 2008. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - India has halved the number of women who die during childbirth, but experts warned on Wednesday a lack of facilities is likely to stop the country from meeting global goals for improving maternal health before 2015.


Pakistan accepts India aid, but no real disaster diplomacy (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:14 PM PDT

An Army crewman drops relief supplies to flood victims, taking refuge on a levy, from a helicopter in Pakistan's Rajanpur district in Punjab province August 15, 2010.   REUTERS/Adrees LatifReuters - India said on Tuesday that arch-rival Pakistan had accepted its offer of flood aid, but analysts say this piecemeal attempt at disaster diplomacy will not help improve relations between the two sides.


PMI, exports point to slower growth (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 03:42 AM PDT

Workers make spare parts for oil pipelines at a workshop in Mumbai September 1, 2010. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - India's manufacturing growth eased in August as the pace of new orders cooled following a slowdown in exports, underlining expectations that economic expansion has peaked this year.


Nadal eases through after Djokovic struggles (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:52 PM PDT

Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a volley to Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia during their first round match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, August 31, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - Rafa Nadal made a smooth start to his bid to capture the one grand slam that has eluded him when he wore down Russia's Teymuraz Gabashvili 7-6 7-6 6-3 in the first round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday.


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