2010年1月14日星期四

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Bodies pile up after Haiti quake; aid jams airport (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 12:52 PM PST

A injured woman from the Montana hotel is evacuated after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. REUTERS/Kena BetancurReuters - Troops and planeloads of food and medicine streamed in to Haiti on Thursday to aid a traumatized nation still rattled by aftershocks from the catastrophic earthquake that flattened homes and government buildings and buried countless people.


Half a million bathe in Ganges; crush kills 7 (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 06:53 AM PST

Hindu devotees take holy dip in the waters of river Ganges during the Reuters - Hundreds of thousands of Hindus bathed in waters considered sacred across large parts of India to mark the start of the "Kumbh Mela" festival on Thursday, with at least seven people killed in a stampede in West Bengal.


Pakistan Taliban chief said targeted by U.S. drone (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 05:18 AM PST

Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud (C) sits with other millitants in South Waziristan October 4, 2009 in this video grab taken from footage released October 5, 2009. REUTERS/Reuters TV/FilesReuters - A U.S. drone fired two missiles on Thursday at a compound in northwest Pakistan where Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud was believed to have been, but his fate was not known, Pakistani officials said.


Reliance Infratel IPO gets SEBI nod - sources (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 08:18 AM PST

A shadow of Anil Ambani, chairman of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, is cast on the wall as he speaks during a news conference in Mumbai, March 6, 2006. Reliance Comm has got SEBI's nod for its planned IPO of its tower unit, two banking sources with direct knowledge of the development said on Thursday. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - Reliance Communications has got the market regulator's nod for its planned initial public offering of its tower unit, two banking sources with direct knowledge of the development said on Thursday.


Inflation jumps, RBI seen tightening (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 03:55 AM PST

A vendor arranges vegetables at a market in Siliguri in this December 20, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Indian inflation jumped to a one-year high in December, reinforcing views the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will start increasing reserve requirements later this month to contain price pressures as the economic recovery strengthens.


Govt to sell 10 pct stake in state-run EIL (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 07:46 AM PST

Labourers work at an under-construction bridge in Lucknow in this July 14, 2009 file photo. The government on Thursday approved the sale of a 10 percent stake in state-run Engineers India Ltd, the latest in a list of planned sell-offs aimed at raising funds to cut India's fiscal deficit. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar/FilesReuters - The government on Thursday approved the sale of a 10 percent stake in state-run Engineers India Ltd, the latest in a list of planned sell-offs aimed at raising funds to cut India's fiscal deficit.


Panel to look into fin reforms - finmin (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 04:24 AM PST

A bank employee counts bundles of Indian currency at a cash counter in Agartala, July 7, 2009. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey/FilesReuters - A panel of experts will review over the next three months how to encourage foreign investment in the financial sector such as the bonds and the stock markets, the government said on Thursday.


China defends censorship after Google threat (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 05:09 AM PST

The Google China logo is seen at its headquarters in Beijing January 14, 2010. China told companies to cooperate with state control of the Internet on Thursday, showing no sign of giving ground on censorship after U.S. Internet giant Google threatened to quit the country. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - China defended its extensive censorship and brushed aside hacking claims on Thursday, telling companies not to buck state control of the Internet after U.S. search giant Google threatened to quit the country.


Political Twitters flutter India's old guard (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:15 PM PST

Shashi Tharoor is seen at the HEC School of Management in Jouy-en-Josas, near Paris, in this August 29, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/FilesReuters - When deputy foreign minister Shashi Tharoor tweets to his half-a-million followers, whether criticising tough visa restrictions or joking about holy cows, the old guard of the ruling Congress party shudders.


Opposition wants beef ban at Commonwealth Games (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:29 PM PST

A commuter walks past the New Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010 mascot in New Delhi October 3, 2009. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - Bhartiya Janata Party wants to ban beef from the menu at this year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi to showcase the country's "cultural values and age-old traditions".


Plastic paving for eco-friendly Indian roads (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:06 PM PST

Traffic moves along a road in Bangalore December 14, 2005.  REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - A waste management company has found a novel use for the heaps of ecologically unsound plastic that litter Bangalore: it's turning it into roads.


Magazine identifies top over-exploited travel picks, Jaisalmer makes the list (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:00 PM PST

Passengers on the luxury train Reuters - Travellers yearning to explore prehistoric Stonehenge or Machu Piccu's Inca ruins better start packing, as both are on a list of endangered destinations, according to a British travel magazine.


Government taking steps to tame inflation - adviser (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:57 PM PST

A shopkeeper arranges signs with prices on bags of rice at a shop in Mumbai in this March 19, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - The government is taking a host of measures to tame inflation, Kaushik Basu, the chief economic adviser at the finance ministry said on Thursday.


FACTBOX - Penpix of foreign entrepreneurs setting up in Britain (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 12:12 AM PST

Labourers work at the Talkatora Stadium, one of the venues for the New Delhi Commonwealth Games, in this August 24, 2009 file photo. I-Can Nano, which has been used to paint the entire stadium and complex for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi 2010, is developed by Arup Chatterjee. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - Government data show Britain is countering the "brain drain" in science and innovation as entrepreneurial talent that might previously have gone elsewhere moves in.


WTO Doha round deal unlikely in 2010 - U.S. business (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:06 PM PST

Workers sit in front of containers at the port in Mumbai in this September 6, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - U.S. business groups said on Wednesday they expect slow progress in world trade talks in 2010 despite a goal set by President Barack Obama and other leaders to finish the long-running negotiations this year.


Food price index up 17.28 pct y/y on Jan 2 - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:22 PM PST

A retail trader scoops kidney beans at his shop in Jammu in this May 30, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Amit Gupta/FilesReuters - The food price index rose 17.28 percent in the 12 months to Jan. 2, while the fuel index was up 6.25 percent, the government said in a statement on Thursday.


FEATURE - Britain lures talent: sci-tech entrepreneurs move in (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:34 PM PST

A labourer works inside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in New Delhi, which is undergoing refurbishment as a venue for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in this October 26, 2009 file photo. The entire stadium and complex for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi 2010 has been painted with I-Can Nano paints developed by Arup Chatterjee. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - It took only a few weeks of research for Romanian entrepreneur Emi Gal to decide where to base his digital media firm, and his choice confounds a fairly enduring set of stereotypes about Britain's global appeal.


ADB says too early to end stimulus; no China bubble (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:37 PM PST

Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda attends a seminar in Singapore in this June 22, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Pablo Sanchez/FilesReuters - The head of the Asian Development Bank warned it was too early for Asian countries to end stimulus policies started during the financial crisis and said he saw no big risk of price bubbles in China.


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