2010年1月26日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Referrals systems looks certain to stay (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:38 PM PST

Umpires Daryl Harper (L) and Russell Tiffin (2nd L) wait for a referral verdict on England's Andrew Strauss (R), waiting with Alastair Cook, in the cricket test match against the West Indies at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain in this March 9, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Philip Brown/FilesReuters - Based on the precept that genies cannot be thrust back into their bottles, the technology now available to help review umpiring decisions cannot now be denied to the officials themselves.


Out of war's shadow, Sri Lankans vote for president (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 12:10 PM PST

A police officer stands near a polling booth as people arrive to vote during the presidential election in Medamulana, about 220km (137 miles) southeast of central Colombo January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Dinuka LiyanawatteReuters - Two former allies who led Sri Lanka to victory in a 25-year civil war duelled at the ballot box on Tuesday after a bitter campaign for the country's first peacetime presidential vote in nearly three decades.


INTERVIEW - Bin Laden son: No "love" among Qaeda-Taliban (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 09:32 AM PST

Omar Bin Laden, son of Osama Bin Laden, talks during an interview with Reuters in a Cairo suburb January 23, 2008. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih/FilesReuters - Al Qaeda and the Taliban are only allies of convenience and "do not love one another", according to a son of Osama bin Laden, who grew up partly in a group of al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan.


Zaheer puts India in command after Tamim ton (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 06:20 AM PST

Indian fielders celebrate the dismissal of Bangladesh's Imrul Kayes during the third day of their second test cricket match in Dhaka January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew BirajReuters - Tamim Iqbal smashed a blazing century before Zaheer Khan took two late wickets to help India reduce Bangladesh to 228 for three on the third day of the second test on Tuesday.


ICC to review procedure in referral system (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 07:03 AM PST

Reuters - Cricket's governing body will investigate the technological procedure used in the umpire referral system following a complaint from the England Cricket Board after the Johannesburg test this month.

FACTBOX - Does the Decision Review System work? (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:38 PM PST

England's Andrew Strauss (front R) and Alastair Cook wait for the third umpire's decision during the second cricket test match against South Africa at Kingsmead, Durban, Kwazulu-Natal in this December 27, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Philip Brown/FilesReuters - The International Cricket Council (ICC) will meet in Dubai in May to discuss the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS).


Tibetan envoys in Beijing as China revamps policy (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:48 AM PST

Khedroob Thondup, a member of Tibet's parliament-in-exile and President of the Tibetan Refugee Self Help Center, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Taipei August 7, 2007. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang/FilesReuters - Envoys from the Tibetan government in exile arrived in China on Tuesday for open-ended talks, a week after Chinese authorities laid out a new policy approach that for the first time includes all Tibetan regions.


Questions over Ethiopian jet's path before crash (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 09:46 AM PST

Red Cross ambulances carrying the bodies of victims of a crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane, arrive at a hospital in Beirut January 25, 2010. All 90 people aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane were feared dead. REUTERS/Wadih ShlinkReuters - The pilot of an Ethiopian airliner that crashed off the Lebanese coast did not respond to a request to change direction before contact was cut, the Lebanese transport minister said on Tuesday.


Chinese media scorn U.S. over Google dispute (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 01:41 AM PST

Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Hefei, Anhui province, January 25, 2010. Chinese state media stepped up their war of words with the United States over Internet control on Tuesday, with a top newspaper claiming a U.S. conspiracy and saying China can live without Google. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Chinese state media stepped up their war of words with the United States over Internet control on Tuesday, with a top newspaper claiming a U.S. conspiracy and saying China can live without Google.


Di Resta set for Force India, McLaren wait and see (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:48 AM PST

Reuters - Britain's Paul di Resta is set to become a grand prix regular as Force India's reserve driver while compatriot Gary Paffett will be McLaren's main tester, according to team principal Martin Whitmarsh.

Border skirmish as India marks Republic Day (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 11:51 PM PST

A security personnel stands in front of the illuminated Defence Ministry building on the eve of Republic Day in New Delhi January 25, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Tanks rolled and fighter jets roared above India's main ceremonial avenue in an annual Republic Day military parade on Tuesday, hours after Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged heavy fire in the disputed Kashmir region.


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