2010年11月18日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Poor nations say rich fail on climate aid pledge (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 11:54 AM PST

Steam and other emissions are seen coming from funnels at a chemical manufacturing facility in Melbourne June 24, 2009.  Poor nations accused donors on Thursday of failing to keep a promise of extra climate aid, which the U.N. says will be the Reuters - Poor nations accused donors on Thursday of failing to keep a promise of extra climate aid, which the U.N. says will be the "golden key" to successful global warming talks in Mexico this month.


PM to respond to Supreme Court over 2G scam (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 08:34 AM PST

File photo of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaking during the inauguration ceremony of the newly constructed Terminal 3 at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi July 3, 2010. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been forced to explain to the Supreme Court his failure to probe a huge telecoms scam, in a widening scandal that prompted telecom investors to ditch their shares on Thursday.


Germany says guarding against Mumbai-style attack (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 01:26 PM PST

A police officers patrol inside the main terminal of Frankfurt's airport, November 18, 2010. German authorities are on guard against threats of armed attack on civilians of the kind that killed 166 in the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Thursday. REUTERS/Alex DomanskiReuters - German authorities are on guard against threats of armed attack on civilians of the kind that killed 166 in the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Thursday.


Indian mobile sector hit by licence worries (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 09:43 AM PST

A boy talks on a mobile phone as he walks past a billboard of Bharti Airtel in the northern Indian city of Amritsar January 18, 2010. REUTERS/Munish Sharma/FilesReuters - A fresh wave of regulatory uncertainty over licences engulfed India's fiercely competitive mobile phone industry on Thursday and sent shares in some operators reeling.


Govt to pay extra $15.8 mln to Bhopal gas victims (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 09:21 AM PST

Victims of Bhopal gas disaster hold posters during a demonstration in New Delhi June 24, 2010. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - The Centre will pay an extra 713 million rupees ($15.8 million) in compensation to the victims of the world's worst industrial accident that killed thousands in 1984, the government said in a statement late on Thursday.


Food inflation eases for 5th straight week (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 11:34 PM PST

A vendor waits for customers as he sells rice at a market in Kolkata September 23, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - India's annual food inflation eased for the fifth consecutive week in early November, probably due to new crop arrivals in the market, lending support to expectations that the central bank would hold rates steady in the near term.


FIFA bans, fines two executive committee members (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 07:12 AM PST

FIFA Ethics Committee Chairman Claudio Sulser sits beside Secretary General Jerome Valcke (L) during news conference after the meeting of the Ethics Committee at the Home of FIFA in Zurich November 18, 2010. REUTERS/Christian HartmannReuters - Two FIFA executive committee members were banned and fined on Thursday, one for bribery, over allegations they had offered to sell their votes in the contest to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.


Regulator wants 38 telecoms licences cancelled - source (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 12:54 PM PST

Reuters - Telecoms regulator has recommended to the government that it cancel 38 telecoms licences because the operators did not meet rollout obligations, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

GM India to launch new vehicles, boost investment (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 03:55 AM PST

Employees work on the Chevrolet Cruze assembly line inside a plant of General Motors India Ltd. at Halol, east of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, September 22, 2010. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - General Motors' India unit will launch six new vehicles and invest $500 million over two years, its country head said on Thursday, as the firm looks to tap demand in one of the world's fastest growing car markets.


Bharti says on track with India 3G rollout (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 02:47 AM PST

A boy talks on a mobile phone as he walks past a billboard of Bharti Airtel in Amritsar January 18, 2010. REUTERS/Munish Sharma/FilesReuters - Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile phone operator, is on track to roll out 3G wireless services by the end of this year and its chairman was optimistic about the high-margin offering.


Bombs lobbed at Bangladesh Chief Justice's home (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 12:13 PM PST

Reuters - Two small bombs exploded near the residence of Bangladesh's chief justice on Thursday, police said, five days after violence triggered by the eviction of the country's opposition leader from her home on a court order.

SKS skids amid Andhra Pradesh crackdown on lenders to poor (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 01:39 AM PST

Tairabi Pathan, 40, who took a loan of rupees 10,000 ($220) from a micro finance company to start her own business, arranges her goods for sale at the side of a road in a slum area in Mumbai October 26, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - The crackdown by Andhra Pradesh on business practices of lenders to the poor threatens to squeeze revenue, profits and asset quality at SKS Microfinance, said the country's only listed microfinance firm, whose shares tumbled.


GM readies market return after blockbuster IPO (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 02:47 AM PST

The U.S. flag flies at the Burt GM auto dealer in Denver June 1, 2009.  RTEUTERS/Rick Wilking/FilesReuters - General Motors Co prepared for a dramatic return to the stock market on Thursday, a day after completing the largest U.S. share offering and less than a year and a half after emerging from a landmark bankruptcy.


Toyota lays out big green-car push with hybrids, Evs (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 08:26 PM PST

The Toyota RAV 4 EV Concept car is unveiled at the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles, California November 17, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy NicholsonReuters - Toyota Motor Corp on Thursday laid out big plans for launching greener vehicles, including 11 new conventional hybrids over the next two years and a Prius-based plug-in hybrid that may cost as little as 3 million yen ($36,050).


World farming to get $200 mln in climate aid (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2010 07:48 PM PST

A farmer works in a rice paddy field during the harvest season on the outskirts of Phnom Penh November 15, 2010. REUTERS/Chor SokuntheaReuters - LONDON (Reuters) -- Development agencies worldwide are joining forces to spend $200 million in a 10-year programme to help the agriculture sector prepare for climate change and cut greenhouse gas emissions, farm research groups said on Wednesday.


PM to respond to top court over telecoms (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 04:17 AM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks in New Delhi November 2, 2010. The Supreme Court will force Singh to reply to its criticism over his failure to probe a huge telecoms scandal, the court said on Thursday, putting more pressure on the Congress-led government in one of its biggest graft cases. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been forced to explain to the Supreme Court his failure to probe a huge telecoms scam, in a widening scandal that prompted telecom investors to ditch their shares on Thursday.


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