2010年11月16日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Government mired in giant graft scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 10:56 AM PST

File photo of A. Raja in New Delhi January 18, 2006. While the scandal over the granting of 2G licenses that prompted the telecoms minister's sacking is unlikely to threaten the government's survival, it underscored the fragility of a fickle coalition despite its overwhelming re-election in 2009. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - One of India's biggest corruption scandals in the Congress-led government's six years in power has damaged the prime minister's image, strained ties with a key coalition ally and disrupted the passage of reform bills.


Prince William to marry girlfriend Kate Middleton (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 05:07 PM PST

Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton (L) pose for a photograph in St. James's Palace, central London November 16, 2010. Britain's Prince William is to marry his long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton next year, after an on-off courtship lasting nearly a decade, bringing months of speculation about his intentions to an end.    REUTERReuters - Britain's Prince William will marry his long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton next year after an on-off courtship that has lasted nearly a decade.


Indian spirits tax holds up trade talks - EU industry (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 12:37 PM PST

Pierre Pringuet, Chief Executive Officer of Pernod Ricard, poses before the company's 2008 annual results presentation in Paris, near Paris, February 13, 2009. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/FilesReuters - European Union demands that India open its doors to European whisky and vodka are among the factors holding up a free-trade agreement between the two powerhouses, EU spirits producers said Tuesday.


McCullum double hundred secures draw for Kiwis (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:19 AM PST

New Zealand's Brendon McCullum celebrates after scoring 150 runs against India on the final day of the second test cricket match in Hyderabad November 16, 2010. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - Brendon McCullum stroked his first double century to dash India's hopes of forcing a victory against New Zealand on the final day of the second test on Tuesday.


Skills shortage, governance present hurdles to growth (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 04:45 AM PST

Woman labourers work at a road construction site in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Jayanta DeyReuters - India's surging growth over the next few years will be capped by inadequate infrastructure, a severe skills shortage and poor governance, several executives gathered in the country's capital said this week.


Reformed addict vs octogenarian in Costa Book awards (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 12:48 PM PST

Reuters - A reformed heroin addict is up against an octogenarian in the poetry category in one of the more intriguing tussles for the Costa Book Awards.

Reuters Summit - India, Russia may follow China in autos M&A (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 01:12 PM PST

Head of Global Automotive and Steel at Moelis & Company, Meyrick Cox, speaks during the Reuters Auto Summit in London November 16,  2010. REUTERS/Benjamin BeavanReuters - Indian and Russian companies may follow China's lead in doing overseas deals to help grow their automotive industries, Meyrick Cox of Moelis & Co told the Reuters Global Autos Summit on Tuesday.


Donated U.S. heart devices reused in India (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 03:17 PM PST

Reuters - Implanted cardiac defibrillators removed from American patients due to infection or upgrade are saving lives in India thanks to a U.S. doctor with a big heart.

Price stability high on govt's agenda - minister (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 10:54 PM PST

A worker prepares sacks of grain at a wholesale market at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh August 16, 2010.  REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma/FilesReuters - Price stability remains high on the government's agenda and the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy measures have helped moderate inflation, Junior Finance Minister Namo Narain Meena told parliament on Tuesday.


Building collapse kills at least 60 in New Delhi (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 09:21 PM PST

A rescue worker carries an injured girl at the site of a building collapse in New Delhi November 16, 2010.  REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Rescuers using shovels, digging machines and their bare hands searched for survivors on Tuesday after a five-storey residential building collapsed in New Delhi, crushing at least 60 people to death.


Q+A - What are the risks from a warming world? (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 09:13 PM PST

Smoke rise from chimneys at a steel and iron plant in Zhongyang county, Shanxi province November 10, 2009.  REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - Rising greenhouse gas levels mean the planet is very likely to become warmer, threatening more disasters such as Russia's record drought and Pakistan's deadly floods.


Better sanitation could save 2 mln lives a year - study (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 11:44 PM PST

A boy reacts as a municipal worker fumigates a residential colony near the Jamia Sports Complex in New Delhi August 30, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - Nearly 20 percent of the world's population still defecates in the open, and action to improve hygiene, sanitation and water supply could prevent more than 2 million child deaths a year, health experts said on Monday.


U.S. missile strike kills 20 militants in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 10:36 PM PST

Reuters - Unmanned U.S. drone aircraft on Tuesday fired four missiles into North Waziristan, a major sanctuary for al Qaeda and Taliban militants in Pakistan, killing at least 20 insurgents, local officials said.

Four detained after Shanghai apartment fire kills 53 (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 01:13 AM PST

Rescue workers carry a victim out of a burning building in Shanghai, November 15, 2010. REUTERS/Aly SongReuters - SHANGHAI (Reuters)- Chinese police held four suspects on Tuesday after a Shanghai apartment fire that killed at least 53 people was blamed on unlicensed welding, official media said.


Rolls-Royce to take back A380 engines from Airbus (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 09:40 PM PST

A statue of Henry Royce stands outside the Rolls-Royce plant in Derby October 19, 2001. REUTERS/Ian Hodgson/FilesReuters - Engine maker Rolls-Royce has asked Airbus EAD to return some Airbus A380 engines from production lines so it can use them to replace faulty ones on airplanes already in service.


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