Over 200 cultural heritage sites at risk - study (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 08:38 AM PDT Reuters - More than 200 of the world's most significant cultural heritage sites could be severely damaged or lost which would cost developing nations over $100 billion in lost revenue, a new report showed. |
INTERVIEW - Korea no easy ride for Red Bull (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 12:55 PM PDT Reuters - Red Bull's Formula One championship contenders, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, have been warned that a journey into the unknown in South Korea this weekend could be tougher than expected. |
Majority on environment panel want POSCO clearances scrapped (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 06:02 AM PDT Reuters - A majority of an Indian review panel recommended on Monday that environmental clearances given to South Korea's POSCO for a steel mill in the east of the country be cancelled because the project could violate forest laws. |
Bread was around 30,000 years ago -study (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 12:20 PM PDT Reuters - Starch grains found on 30,000-year-old grinding stones suggest that prehistoric man may have dined on an early form of flat bread, contrary to his popular image as primarily a meat-eater. |
Pranab Mukherjee hints at retirement, Rahul Gandhi as PM (Reuters) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 11:38 PM PDT Reuters - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has hinted at retirement, saying he was unlikely to join a new cabinet, and said Rahul Gandhi could become prime minister. |
FACTBOX - India's rules on foreign investment (Reuters) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 09:39 PM PDT Reuters - India is seeing a sharp rise in portfolio inflows as investors in slow-growing developed markets look for higher returns in buoyant Asia. |
Coal India $3.5 bln IPO opens, solid demand expected (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 03:08 AM PDT Reuters - Coal India launched its $3.5 billion share sale on Monday, with its lower-than-expected pricing and exposure to India's booming electricity demand expected to draw solid investor interest to the country's largest-ever IPO. |
INTERVIEW: Rising rupee may not help dampen inflation (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 03:16 AM PDT Reuters - India's currency appreciation is unlikely to serve as an effective anti-inflationary tool due to the country's limited dependence on food items and basic goods imports, which are pushing up the headline inflation, a top government official said. |
Pentagon braces for huge WikiLeaks dump on Iraq war (Reuters) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 07:31 PM PDT Reuters - The Pentagon said on Sunday it had a 120-member team prepared to review a massive leak of as many as 500,000 Iraq war documents, which are expected to be released by the WikiLeaks website sometime this month. |
China's Xi gets military post, succession boost (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 02:30 AM PDT Reuters - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping won a boost to his succession prospects on Monday, when the ruling Communist Party promoted him to the body that oversees the country's military, according to the official Xinhua news agency. |
Luxury sales back at record levels in 2011 - study (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 02:37 AM PDT Reuters - The global market for luxury goods is expected to return to pre-crisis levels in 2011 on the back of a 10 percent growth this year, helped by booming Asia and Chinese tourists shopping in Europe, a report said on Monday. |
Finnish firm finds hard-to-detect online attacks (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 01:51 AM PDT Reuters - All network security equipment, the strongest of which is used by the financial industry, is exposed to a new kind of online attack, Finnish data security vendor Stonesoft said on Monday. |
Super typhoon hits Philippines; rice crop at risk (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 06:28 AM PDT Reuters - The Philippines declared a state of calamity in a northern province after super typhoon Megi hit on Monday, cutting off power and communications, forcing flight cancellations and putting the region's rice crop at risk. |
Cracks appear in Chile miners' 'pact of silence' (Reuters) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 07:47 PM PDT Reuters - Most of Chile's 33 rescued miners are honoring a pact of silence about the worst of their ordeal, but one indicated on Sunday he would talk if paid and another set the record straight about what didn't happen. |
Actresses take centre stage on Oscar watch list (Reuters) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 08:14 PM PDT Reuters - Hollywood's Oscar race is only about six weeks old, but already one theme is emerging: unlike most years when men dominate the critical buzz for strong roles, this season women are the talk of the town. |
Gunmen kill 29 in Pakistan's Karachi as election held (Reuters) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 07:57 PM PDT Reuters - Gunmen shot to death at least 29 people in Pakistan's commercial hub Karachi over the weekend, deepening tensions as a by-election was held to replace a lawmaker who was murdered in August. |
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