2010年10月11日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Poonia breaks drought as Indians unite for Games (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 11:15 AM PDT

India's Krishna Poonia celebrates winning gold for the women's discus at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 11, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Krishna Poonia hurled a one-kilogram disc just over 61 metres on Monday to end India's half-century wait for a Commonwealth athletics gold, while women's sprint champion Osayemi Oludamola was suspended after failing a dope test.


Tendulkar, Vijay make it India's day (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 06:48 AM PDT

Sachin Tendulkar celebrates his century as Australia's Tim Paine looks on during the third day of their second test cricket match in Bangalore October 11, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - Milestone man Sachin Tendulkar struck an unbeaten 191 and starred in a marathon 308-run stand with Murali Vijay to fuel India's robust reply in the second test against Australia on Monday.


Americans, British-Cypriot win 2010 economics Nobel (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 11:14 AM PDT

Nobel prize winner Christopher Pissarides is seen in this undated handout photograph received in London on October 11, 2010. REUTERS/Nigel Stead/LSE/HandoutReuters - A British-Cypriot and two Americans, including one nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama to the Federal Reserve board, won the 2010 economics Nobel on Monday for work helping explain unemployment and job markets.


Microsoft new phones get favourable reaction (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 01:52 PM PDT

The new Windows Phone 7 is seen at the Windows Phone 7 launch news conference in New York, October 11, 2010. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - Microsoft Corp's last-ditch attempt to make an impact on the fast-growing market for multi-featured "smartphones" won favourable early reviews on Monday, but success will hinge on how well the phones are marketed against Apple Inc and Google Inc, analysts said.


Storm in ring as English TV celebrity beats Indian Beckham (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 10:13 AM PDT

Reuters - Angry home fans labelled English boxer Anthony Ogogo a cheat after he claimed a controversial victory in the battle of television celebrities with India's Vijender Singh at the Commonwealth Games on Monday.

INTERVIEW - Nuclear, renewables may limit India CO2 (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 02:17 AM PDT

Miners work at the Gevra coalmines in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, Asia's largest opencast coalmine, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - India could limit per-capita carbon emissions growth to peak at nearly a tenth of current U.S. levels by 2050 by boosting solar and nuclear use and cutting renewable costs to near par with coal-based electricity.


Vedanta chair stands by open offer price for Cairn India (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 12:06 AM PDT

A bird flies by the Vedanta office building in Mumbai August 16, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - Vedanta Resources stands by the open offer price of 355 rupees a share for Cairn India's minority shareholders, Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal said on Monday.


Mandela says in book he didn't want to be president (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 06:57 AM PDT

Former South African President Nelson Mandela waves to the crowd at Soccer City stadium during the closing ceremony for the 2010 World Cup in Johannesburg July 11, 2010.         REUTERS/Michael Kooren/FilesReuters - Nelson Mandela never wanted to become South African president and would have preferred a younger person to become the country's first black ruler, according to a new book.


Author Rushdie writing memoir of years in hiding (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 01:45 AM PDT

British author Salman Rushdie poses for photographers at Asia house in Barcelona April 1, 2009. Rushdie is working on a memoir of his years in hiding after Iran's then supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a death edict against him in 1989 for writing Reuters - Salman Rushdie is working on a memoir of his years in hiding after Iran's then supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a death edict against him in 1989 for writing "The Satanic Verses", deemed blasphemous to Islam.


UN climate panel head aims to lead "overdue" reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 04:20 AM PDT

Rajendra Pachauri, head of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in Copenhagen in this December 8, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Bob Strong/fILESReuters - The head of the U.N. panel of climate scientists said on Monday he aimed to stay on and lead "overdue" reforms after errors in a 2007 report, including an exaggeration of the thaw of the Himalayan glaciers.


Krishna Poonia leads India discus sweep to end gold drought (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 09:24 AM PDT

India's Krishna Poonia celebrates winning gold for the women's discus at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 11, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Krishna Poonia ended India's 52-year wait for a Commonwealth Games gold medal when she led the home nation in a clean sweep of the women's discus on Monday.


Saina Nehwal on easy street, gives opponent a chance (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 03:42 AM PDT

Reuters - Saina Nehwal is one of the favourites to land badminton gold at the Commonwealth Games but the world number three may have to rediscover her killer instinct if she wants to win the title.

Women's 100m champion fails doping test (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 05:02 AM PDT

Nigeria's Osayemi Oludamola celebrates after the women's 100 metres final during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 7, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Commonwealth Games women's 100 metres gold medallist Osayemi Oludamola has been suspended after testing positive for a banned stimulant, Games Federation chief Mike Fennell said on Monday.


NZ television host quits in row over mocking name Dikshit (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:29 PM PDT

Delhi's Chief Minister Sheila Dixit  in New Delhi in this January 5, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - A New Zealand television host has quit after sparking a diplomatic row when he ridiculed the name of Sheila Dikshit, the chief minister of New Delhi.


INTERVIEW - No break from homework for youngest competitor (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 06:28 AM PDT

Reuters - Twelve-year-old schoolgirl Khaaliqa Nimji, who beat her mother to qualify for the Kenyan squash team, can concentrate fully on her homework now that her Commonwealth Games adventure has ended.

China's Liu says Nobel for dead of 1989 (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 03:19 AM PDT

Demonstrators hold pictures of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo during a protest in Hong Kong October 23, 2009. Nobel Peace Prize-winning Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo dedicated the award to people killed in the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests, reports said. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/FilesReuters - Nobel Peace Prize-winning Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo dedicated the award to people killed in the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests, reports said on Monday, while Chinese media said the prize showed the West feared China.


FACTBOX - India's power production mix forecast (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 02:34 AM PDT

Labourers work at an electric pylon in New Delhi September 20, 2010.  REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma/FilesReuters - India aims to add about 100 gigawatts (GW) of power generation capacity by early 2017, despite conceding it would miss by 79 percent an earlier five-year target of adding 78.7 GW by March 2012.


Two teams try lining up Potash Corp bids - reports (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 09:02 AM PDT

A train car waits in line at the Potash Corp's Cory mine site near Saskatoon August 19, 2010. REUTERS/David Stobbe/FilesReuters - Reported fresh attempts to outdo BHP Billiton's $39 billion bid for Canadian group Potash Corp look unwieldy, analysts said, suggesting the world's biggest miner still has the field to itself.


Finance secretary: not prudent to raise diesel prices now - TV (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:40 PM PDT

Reuters - Finance secretary Ashok Chawla said it was not prudent to deregulate diesel prices when inflation is high, television channel CNBC TV-18 reported on Monday.

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