India, Pakistan officials meet to decide talks agenda (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 08:06 AM PST Reuters - Indian and Pakistani officials met on Friday to decide the agenda for high-level bilateral talks proposed by India over a year after the terror attacks on Mumbai. |
Twin blasts in Karachi kill 25 (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 08:24 AM PST Reuters - A suspected suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed 12 Shi'ites in Pakistan's commercial capital on Friday, followed hours later by a blast at a hospital where the wounded were being treated which killed 13 people. |
Court upholds death sentence in American Centre attack (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 08:30 AM PST Reuters - The Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld the death sentence of Aftab Ansari and Jamaluddin Naseer who were involved in an attack on the city's American Centre building in 2002. |
Shiv Sena threat casts shadow over 'My Name is Khan' (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 07:16 AM PST Reuters - Bollywood is jittery over the fate of "My Name Is Khan", one of its biggest films of the year, with lead actor Shah Rukh Khan facing the ire of the Shiv Sena. |
Chicken parts join menu of U.S.-China disputes (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 12:14 PM PST Reuters - China said on Friday it will slap heavy anti-dumping duties on U.S. chicken parts, a move likely to aggravate trade ties between two of the world's most important economies at a time of strained political relations. |
Apologetic Toyota looking to outside quality input (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 12:27 PM PST Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp's president apologized on Friday for safety problems and said the company would bring in outside experts to review quality controls, an unusual action for a company that has enjoyed a reputation for high standards. |
Ancient dialect extinct after last speaker dies (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 07:16 AM PST Reuters - One of the world's oldest dialects, which traces its origins to tens of thousands of years ago, has become extinct after the last person to speak it died on the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands. |
U.N. climate panel reviews Dutch sea level glitch (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 08:54 AM PST Reuters - The U.N.'s panel of climate experts said on Friday it was reviewing whether it wrongly said that more than half of the Netherlands is below sea level in a new glitch after exaggerating the thaw of Himalayan glaciers. |
Govt to up production to tackle food prices - Congress spokesman (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 03:36 AM PST Reuters - The government will try to control rising food prices by increasing production, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was quoted as saying by a spokesman of the ruling Congress party. |
Force India reject closure threat, ready to race (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 06:54 AM PST Reuters - Force India rejected a report on Friday that they were in danger of being forced out of business and said their new Formula One car would start testing as planned in Spain next week. |
Terry stripped of England captaincy (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 09:30 AM PST Reuters - John Terry was stripped of the England captaincy after a meeting with coach Fabio Capello on Friday, the Football Association (FA) said. |
Stimulus exit must be gradual - PM econ adviser (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 06:54 AM PST Reuters - India is in no hurry to roll back economic stimulus measures in one go but efforts will be made in the budget later this month to lower the fiscal deficit, a top government adviser said on Friday. |
S.Africa look to exploit injury-hit India batting order (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 03:22 AM PST Reuters - South Africa have targeted India's middle order as an area to exploit in the first test starting on Saturday, according to captain Graeme Smith. |
BSE Sensex falls 2.7 pct to 3-mth closing low (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 03:36 AM PST Reuters - The BSE Sensex fell 2.7 percent on Friday to their lowest close in three months, as global selloff over Europe's sovereign debt problems and U.S. jobs worries raised fresh concerns over world recovery and dented sentiment. |
AIRSHOW - Quiet Singapore Airshow ends with fewer deals (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 03:22 AM PST Reuters - The aviation industry's first major meeting of the year concluded business on Friday with only a few deals and no major sales by aerospace giants Boeing and Airbus, reflecting unease about the global economic outlook. |
Hollywood's Bollywood dreams go sour (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 02:14 AM PST Reuters - Stung by the global financial meltdown and the vagaries of the Indian film industry, major Hollywood studios are playing it safe for now -- sticking to distribution deals and not making new Bollywood movies. |
Toyota chief to address safety as Prius recall eyed (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2010 03:29 AM PST Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda will face the media on Friday for the first time over a string of safety issues rocking the company as it prepared to recall its iconic Prius hybrid over braking problems. |
ANALYSIS - Crowded skies squeeze Asia's budget carriers (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 10:05 PM PST Reuters - Asian airlines, particularly budget carriers, may be taking off on a high-risk strategy -- ordering hundreds of aircraft to offer new routes and more flights, just as growth in low-cost travel is seen slowing. |