2010年2月9日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


India delays "BT Brinjal" start for further tests (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 10:14 AM PST

Customers purchase brinjals at a wholesale vegetable market in Mumbai July 14, 2008. India has put off allowing the launch of its first genetically modified (GM) vegetable, saying it would adopt a cautious approach and wait for more scientific studies on the impact of the new variety of eggplant. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - India has postponed the launch of its first genetically modified (GM) vegetable, saying it would adopt a cautious approach and wait for more scientific studies on the impact of the new variety of eggplant.


Google tweaks Gmail to challenge Facebook, Twitter (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 11:23 AM PST

A photo of the Google Inc. logo is shown on a computer screen in San Francisco, California July 16, 2009. Google Inc injected social networking features into its popular Web email product as the world's No. 1 search engine seeks to fend off competition from Facebook and Twitter. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/FilesReuters - Google Inc injected social networking features into its popular Web email product as the world's No. 1 search engine seeks to fend off competition from Facebook and Twitter.


Eurozone agreed in principle to aid Greece - source (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 01:22 PM PST

A woman walks alongside a lorry where the two sides of a Greek Euro coin are depicted in central Athens' Syntagma square October 18, 2001. Euro zone countries have decided in principle to help debt-stricken Greece, a senior German ruling coalition source said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis/FilesReuters - European governments have agreed in principle to help heavily indebted Greece, a senior German coalition source said on Tuesday, in what would be the first rescue of a euro zone member in the currency's 11-year history.


Sri Lanka parliament dissolved before April 8 poll (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 10:05 AM PST

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa gestures during a meeting with the international media in Colombo January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/FilesReuters - Sri Lanka's president has dissolved parliament before legislative elections on April 8, a senior government official said on Tuesday, a day after a leading opposition figure was arrested on military offences.


INTERVIEW - Google says very hard to operate in China (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 02:21 PM PST

Google co-founder Sergei Brin (L) and Sony Corporation of America's chairman and CEO Sir Howard Stringer (R, behind) talks to reporters after the second session of the Allen and Co. conference at Sun Valley Resort in Idaho July 12, 2007. Sergey Brin said on Tuesday it has become Reuters - Google Inc co-founder Sergey Brin said on Tuesday it has become "very hard to operate" in China, but he is optimistic that the Internet company can continue to "open up information for everyone everywhere, free of political censorship."


Vedanta's Orissa refinery "pollutes" air, water Amnesty (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 09:04 AM PST

A tribal woman sits with her child in the forest village of Phuldomer near the mining site of Vedanta's alumina refinery, about 362 km west of Bhubaneswar, March 16, 2007. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - An alumina refinery owned by mining group Vedanta Resources is causing air and water pollution that threatens the health of thousands of poor Indians, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.


Rajaratnam to provide SEC with wiretaps - U.S. judge (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 01:56 PM PST

Raj Rajaratnam in New York, December 21, 2009. Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and co-defendant Danielle Chiesi, indicted in a sweeping insider trading case, must hand over wiretap evidence to U.S. market regulators, a judge ruled on Tuesday. REUTERS/Mike Segar/FilesReuters - Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and co-defendant Danielle Chiesi, indicted in a sweeping insider trading case, must hand over wiretap evidence to U.S. market regulators, a judge ruled on Tuesday.


Q+A - GM food controversy in India (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 08:58 AM PST

A vegetable seller sorts vegetables at a market in New Delhi August 6, 2009.   REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/FilesReuters - The environment minister decided on Tuesday against allowing farmers to grow the first genetically modified (GM) vegetable in the country.


Smith hails team spirit after test win over India (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 08:58 AM PST

South Africa's captain Graeme Smith reacts during awards ceremony after winning their first test cricket match against India in Nagpur February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - South Africa captain Graeme Smith hailed the maturity shown by his team in adverse circumstances after they won the opening test against top-ranked India on Tuesday.


Force India eye progress after unveiling new car (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 02:45 AM PST

Force India team owner Vijay Mallya gives the thumb up at the end of the third practice session of the Italian F1 Grand Prix in Monza September 12, 2009. REUTERS/Max Rossi/FilesReuters - Force India unveiled their new car on Tuesday, saying greater stability than other Formula One teams would boost their chances this season.


Reliance says halted fuel sales to Iran last May (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 09:51 AM PST

A February 2003 file photo of the Reliance Industries Limited petrochemical plant at Jamnagar. REUTERS/Handout/FilesReuters - Reliance Industries Ltd, which operates the world's biggest oil refining complex in India, on Wednesday said it had halted fuel sales to Iran from May 2009.


Clinical South Africa thrash top-ranked India (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 08:58 AM PST

South Africa's Dale Steyn (C) celebrates with team mates after taking the wicket of Amit Mishra (R) on the fourth day of their first test cricket match in Nagpur February 9, 2010. South Africa beat India by an innings and six runs on the fourth day of the first test at the VCA Stadium on Tuesday. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - India found their number one ranking under threat after South Africa orchestrated their first defeat on home soil in almost two years on Tuesday.


Regional rivalry tests security in Mumbai (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 01:42 AM PST

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan (C), surrounded by security personnel, arrives at the international airport in Mumbai February 6, 2010. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - A verbal battle between Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan and radical Hindu group Shiv Sena has sparked worries the stature of Mumbai, India's financial hub, is being undermined by politics that are anti-migrant and polarising.


Mandela avoids the spotlight in retirement (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 02:00 AM PST

Nelson Mandela appears in a previously taped video during the Mandela Day concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York July 18, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/FilesReuters - Two decades after a walk to freedom that captivated South Africa and the world, Nelson Mandela remains revered the world over but is rarely seen in public.


Renault reviewing joint venture with Mahindra (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 03:31 AM PST

A worker walks past new Logan cars ready to roll out from the Mahindra & Mahindra's plant in Nashik, 200km northeast of Mumbai in this April 4, 2007 file photo. Renault is talking to Mahindra & Mahindra about restructuring their joint venture that makes the Logan sedan, and said a decision will be made in 30 to 45 days. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - French carmaker Renault is talking to its Indian partner, Mahindra & Mahindra, about restructuring their joint venture that makes the Logan sedan, and said a decision will be made in 30 to 45 days.


Arrested general Fonseka "hell-bent" on betrayal - Sri Lanka (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 02:39 AM PST

A man reads a newspaper report on the arrest of Sri Lanka's former army commander and losing presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka in Colombo February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Dinuka LiyanawatteReuters - Sri Lanka's government on Tuesday said defeated presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka was "hell-bent" on betrayal and would be court-martialled on charges of conspiring against the president.


After record Jan car sales, India seen steaming into Feb (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 01:20 AM PST

Onlookers stand next to Toyota's compact car 'Etios' at India's Auto Expo in New Delhi January 5, 2010. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - Indian monthly car sales touched a record high in January as customers bought vehicles ahead of possible tax hikes in the Feb. 26 federal budget and experts said the momentum would continue until then.


Jackson doctor pleads not guilty in singer's death (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Feb 2010 06:04 PM PST

Dr. Conrad Murray arrives at the Armstrong Medical Clinic in Houston November 23, 2009.  Los Angeles prosecutors on Monday charged Michael Jackson's personal doctor with involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death last year.  REUTERS/Richard Carson/FilesReuters - The doctor hired to care for Michael Jackson was charged on Monday with killing the pop star after a lengthy investigation that found a lethal cocktail of drugs in the singer's system when he died last year.


Dec industrial output seen up 12 pct y/y (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 02:51 AM PST

A worker walks beside newly built motorbikes at the Bajaj Auto Ltd. plant in Pune, August 9, 2007. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - REUTERS FORECAST: Industrial output to rise 12 percent in December from a year earlier, the median forecast in a poll of 21 economists shows.


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