2010年2月3日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


China warns against Obama-Dalai Lama meeting (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 05:32 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama holds a town hall meeting at Nashua High School North in New Hampshire, February 2, 2010. China's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it was Reuters - China warned U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday that a meeting with the Dalai Lama would further erode ties between the two powers, already troubled by Washington's arms sales to Taiwan.


U.S., Haiti holding talks on detained missionaries (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 05:19 PM PST

Women, who are U.S. citizens arrested for their involvement in a suspected illegal adoption scheme, talk to a journalist at a holding cell at the judicial police station in Port-au-Prince February 1, 2010. REUTERS/St-Felix EvensReuters - The U.S. and Haitian governments are holding talks on the fate of 10 American missionaries accused of illegally trying to take children out of the quake-hit Caribbean country, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.


Bomb in Pakistan kills 3 U.S. soldiers, 3 children (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 02:50 PM PST

Police and rescue workers look into a destroyed vehicle at the site of a bombing which hit near a school in Timergara, the main town in Lower Dir district, located in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province on February 3, 2010. REUTERS/Ali ShahReuters - Pakistan's Taliban claimed responsibility for a bomb on Wednesday that killed three U.S. Special Operations soldiers near a girls' school in northwest Pakistan and threatened more attacks on Americans.


Govt to consider fuel price deregulation proposal (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 07:46 AM PST

An attendant holds a petrol nozzle at a petrol pump in Siliguri January 4, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) The government will shortly consider a proposal that it give up control of fuel prices, the oil minister said on Wednesday, a move which would ease pressure on government finances and improve earnings of oil retailers.


Indian charged with faking racist attack in Australia (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 02:15 AM PST

An activist from All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO), a social organisation, holds a placard during a protest against the attacks on Indians in Australia, in Hyderabad in this June 16, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - An Indian man who claimed he was set on fire in a racial attack in Australia was actually burnt while torching his car for an insurance claim, police said on Wednesday.


Official: call on stimulus exit may be delayed (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 03:10 AM PST

Reuters - India may defer taking a call on exiting stimulus measures and the finance minister could take appropriate steps later in the next fiscal year, the federal chief statistician said on Wednesday.

India confident Kirsten will stay on as coach (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 04:26 AM PST

Indian cricket team coach Gary Kirsten watches players during a practice session in Ahmedabad in this November 15, 2009 file photo. India is confident that Kirsten will stay on as coach for another year despite speculation that the former South African opener will succeed Mickey Arthur in the role in his native country. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - India is confident that Gary Kirsten will stay on as coach for another year despite speculation that the former South African opener will succeed Mickey Arthur in the role in his native country.


China, India boost defence as crisis takes toll on West (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 02:49 AM PST

Reuters - China and India sharply raised defence spending in 2009 despite the economic crisis but most European NATO members face a squeeze on defence budgets as they rein in gaping deficits, a report said on Wednesday.

Legal eagles fix Keshavan's broken luge dreams (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:27 AM PST

Flag bearer Shiva Keshavan carries his national flag as he leads his country's team during the opening ceremony of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games, in this February 8, 2002 file photo. REUTERS/Steve Wilson/FilesReuters - The legal community has helped fix luge competitor Shiva Keshavan's broken dreams ahead of this month's Winter Olympics in Vancouver.


Housing Haiti's homeless sparks debate as rains loom (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 07:19 AM PST

Haitian children rest on the bed at the general hospital in Port-au-Prince February 2, 2010. REUTERS/Eliana AponteReuters - Sitting at a table under billowing bed sheets, David Delva tries to compile a list of around 12,000 people who now live in an open field below a hillside slum that collapsed in Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake.


FOCUS - Cheap loans, commodities rally fire up farmers (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 01:57 AM PST

A farmer walks back after a day's work on the outskirts of Agartala, Tripura, in this April 7, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey/FilesReuters - Until a year ago, Subash Motke was against borrowing money for farming, but this year the 65-year old sugarcane farmer in the western Maharashtra state has cheerfully taken a loan of 50,000 rupees.


"Frontier Gandhi" brings Pashtun peace icon to life (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 01:22 AM PST

Reuters - Badshah Khan was so close to Mahatma Gandhi they shared reading glasses, inspiring jokes about their shared vision, but unlike his friend, the Pashtun champion of non-violent struggle has been almost forgotten by his people.

DEALTALK - Market strength tempts India back into M&A fray (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:59 AM PST

A woman looks at U.S. one dollars notes on display in Hong Kong in this November 1, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Herbert Tsang/FilesReuters - In 2007, Indian firms made $22.6 billion of overseas buys, not far behind China's haul. Outbound M&A last year was just $1.3 billion, while China spent $42.7 billion.


India rethinks policy to keep Afghan influence (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Feb 2010 09:04 PM PST

Foreign Affairs Minister Shri S. M. Krishna  in this September 1, 2009 file photo. An initiative by Western powers seeking peace with the Taliban in Afghanistan is forcing India to modify its policy toward the hardline Islamists to avoid being  marginalised in a country Delhi sees as key to the country's security. REUTERS/Roberto Jayme/FilesReuters - An initiative by Western powers seeking peace with the Taliban in Afghanistan is forcing India to modify its policy toward the hardline Islamists to avoid being marginalised in a country Delhi sees as key to the country's security.


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