2010年9月22日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


U.N. chief Ban calls for calm, restraint in Kashmir (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 11:22 AM PDT

Kashmiri people shout anti-India slogans during a protest in Srinagar September 21, 2010. REUTERS/Danish IsmailReuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for restraint in disputed Kashmir, which is facing its biggest independence uprising in over 20 years, the United Nations said on Wednesday.


India battles to save scandal-hit Commonwealth Games (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 10:43 AM PDT

Onlookers stand beside a collapsed pedestrian bridge outside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi September 21, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - India scrambled against the clock to save the Commonwealth Games after big ticket athletes quit the showcase event and nations threatened to stay home unless authorities cleaned venues "unfit for human habitation".


More than 3 million affected by Indian floods (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:15 AM PDT

A bulldozer removes waste floating on a flooded street in Dehradun September 20, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - More than 3 million people in northern India have been affected by floods that have washed away homes, swept through holy sites and damaged crops as the authorities step up efforts to contain the damage.


India, U.S. finalising $5.8 bln Boeing aircraft deal (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 12:35 AM PDT

The flags of the U.S. and India fly near the White House in this November 21, 2009 file photo. ndia is aiming to finalise a $5.8 billion defence agreement with the United States before the November visit of President Barack Obama in a deal that would mark the biggest India-U.S. defence deal ever.  REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/FilesReuters - India is aiming to finalise a $5.8 billion defence agreement with the United States before the November visit of President Barack Obama in a deal that would mark the biggest India-U.S. defence deal ever.


Roof portion collapses at Commonwealth Games stadium complex (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 02:39 AM PDT

A file photo shows a paramilitary soldier stand guard inside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi July 27, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - A portion of false ceiling in the Commonwealth Games weightlifting venue in Delhi caved in on Wednesday, a day after 27 workers were injured when a footbridge collapsed near the same sports complex.


Admiral stirs questions on Israel's "nuclear" subs (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 09:26 AM PDT

Reuters - An apparently innocuous note from an official history of Israeli submarines has offered a glimpse into the murky depths of the country's nuclear secrecy.

Flood refugees threaten Pakistan's political stability (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 09:03 AM PDT

Villagers, displaced by flooding, take a bath at a hand pump while taking refuge on an embankment near the flooded village of Bello Patan, in Pakistan's Sindh province on September 21, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar SoomroReuters - Millions of people forced to flee their homes by Pakistan's worst ever floods may emerge as the most explosive issue for a feeble government in the wake of a disaster that will strain the economy for years to come.


Book Talk: Former financier writes of love in the new India (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:43 AM PDT

Clouds loom over Mumbai's skyline June 21, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Former investment banker Anish Trivedi portrays a changing India in his debut novel where coffee and croissants are on the breakfast menu and youngsters earn more than their fathers ever did.


FACTBOX - Commonwealth teams' reaction to setbacks (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 08:07 AM PDT

Men stand in front of a collapsed pedestrian bridge outside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi September 21, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Leading Commonwealth countries explain their positions following the latest setbacks in preparations for next month's Games in India.


Farm output rise to ease food inflation: Ahluwalia (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:07 AM PDT

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia speaks during a national conference with ministers of environment and forests in New Delhi August 18, 2009. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India's food inflation will ease on higher farm output, and headline inflation should also decelerate to around 6 percent by December under a revised data series, the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission said.


Kenya's Jepkosgei, Kibet out of Games (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 09:02 AM PDT

Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei of Kenya displays her medal during the awards ceremony for the women's 800 metres at the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin August 20, 2009. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/FilesReuters - Kenya's defending Commonwealth Games 800 metres champion Janeth Jepkosgei and 2007 world marathon champion Luke Kibet have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games in India because of injury, officials said on Wednesday.


Atom body should address China-Pakistan deal -- U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:15 AM PDT

Thomas D'Agostino (L), administrator of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration, talks to Teimuraz Kupatadze, head of the regional police, at the checkpoint on the Georgian-Azerbaijani border about 50 km (31 miles) south of Tbilisi in this June 14, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili/FilesReuters - A senior U.S. official suggested on Wednesday the 46-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) should address Chinese plans to build two new reactors in Pakistan, one of the few countries outside a global anti-nuclear weapons pact.


FACTBOX - Commonwealth Games pullouts (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 06:46 AM PDT

A woman carries pieces of cardboards in front of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi September 22, 2010. REUTERS/Parivartan SharmaReuters - The Delhi Commonwealth Games have been hit by a series of pullouts by high-profile athletes, taking much of the shine off next month's multi-sport gathering which is already besieged by a raft of other problems.


FACTBOX - U.N. draft plan to protect animals, plants by 2020 (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:12 AM PDT

Raja, an eight-year-old rescued Royal Bengal Tiger, rests inside South Kahayar Bari tiger rescue centre at Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, about 160 km (99 miles) north of Siliguri February 21, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - A U.N. summit on Wednesday will consider new 2020 targets for combating the increasing extinction of animals and plants caused by threats such as pollution, climate change and forest clearance.


Wales give Delhi Games organisers deadline over safety concerns (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:22 AM PDT

Workers clean a billboard outside the Commonwealth Games athletes village in New Delhi September 22, 2010. REUTERS/Parivartan SharmaReuters - Wales have given Delhi organisers until later on Wednesday to guarantee that the Commonwealth Games venues and athletes' village are safe for the country's 200 athletes.


Delhi police dismiss security "sting" report (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 02:39 AM PDT

A policeman stands guard at the 2010 Commonwealth Games main press centre in New Delhi September 20, 2010. An investigative news report on Australian television showing vendors selling explosives and a man breezing through security checks at the Commonwealth Games' main stadium has been dismissed by the Delhi police as bogus. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - An investigative news report on Australian television showing vendors selling explosives and a man breezing through security checks at the Commonwealth Games' main stadium has been dismissed by the Delhi police as bogus.


Titanic sunk by steering mistake, author says (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:53 AM PDT

Russian miniature submarines Mir-1 and Mir-2 are seen under water in the Atlantic Ocean during the search for the Titanic in this Reuters Television image taken from a television broadcast August 2, 2007. REUTERS/Reuters TV/FilesReuters - The Titanic hit an iceberg in 1912 because of a basic steering error, and only sank as fast as it did because an official persuaded the captain to continue sailing, an author said in an interview published on Wednesday.


Old, pressed flowers give climate clues: study (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 01:00 AM PDT

A Paeonia Lactiflora, commonly known as Reuters - Flowers picked up to 150 years ago in Victorian England show that old collections of pressed plants around the world can help the study of climate change, scientists said on Wednesday.


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