2010年4月12日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Sania Mirza weds Shoaib Malik after divorce row (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:10 AM PDT

Tennis player Sania Mirza smiles during her interaction with media outside her residence in Hyderabad in this March 30, 2010 file photo. Tennis star Sania Mirza married Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik on Monday. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - Tennis star Sania Mirza married Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik on Monday, after a romance that saw the groom forced to get a messy divorce from his first wife days before the wedding.


Microsoft launches Kin phones for youth market (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:40 PM PDT

Microsoft marketing manager Derek Snyder discusses a new smart phone called Reuters - Microsoft Corp launched two new phones aimed at young people on Monday, marking a fresh assault on the low end of the growing smartphone market, where BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd and Apple Inc now dominate.


MasterCard names ex-Citi exec Banga as CEO (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 02:33 PM PDT

Ajay Banga in New York in this March 14, 2006 file photo.  MasterCard Inc named Chief Operating Officer Ajay Banga as chief executive officer, signaling the increasing importance of emerging markets to the credit and debit card company. REUTERS/Keith Bedford/FilesReuters - MasterCard Inc named Chief Operating Officer Ajay Banga as chief executive, signaling the increasing importance of emerging markets to the credit and debit card processing company.


3G bids up 24 pct from base on auction third day (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:51 AM PDT

A man speaks on his mobile in Mumbai April 29, 2009. Bids rose further on the third day of the third-generation spectrum auction, with one provisional winning bid for national cover touching 43.24 billion rupees ($972 million), or about 24 percent higher than the base price. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Bids rose further on the third day of the third-generation (3G) spectrum auction, with one provisional winning bid for national cover touching 43.24 billion rupees ($972 million), or about 24 percent higher than the base price, government data showed on Monday.


Online sites win journalism firsts at Pulitzers (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:37 PM PDT

Reuters - ProPublica, in a historic first for online journalism, won a coveted Pulitzer Prize on Monday for investigative reporting about controversial deaths at a New Orleans medical centre following Hurricane Katrina.

ANALYSIS - Pakistan, Russia, U.S. need more nuclear security (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:41 PM PDT

Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security John Brennan (C) briefs the media as White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs (L) and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano look on at the White House briefing room in Washington, January 7, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed/FilesReuters - Rich and poor countries around the world -- including Pakistan, Russia and the United States -- need to boost security at their nuclear sites if they want to keep atomic bombs out of the hands of terrorists.


Mukherjee: SEBI, IRDA to maintain ULIP status quo ante (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:54 AM PDT

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee  in New Delhi in this July 7, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - The capital markets and insurance regulators have agreed to maintain current status on unit-linked insurance products, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday.


Parcel bomb in New Delhi wounds one - police (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:24 AM PDT

Reuters - At least one person was wounded by a parcel bomb in New Delhi but police said it did not appear to be a terrorist attack.

Studies show more evidence of water on moon, Mars (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 01:21 PM PDT

Reuters - Ice deposits at least 6 feet (2 metres) thick can be found in some small craters on the moon, researchers reported on Monday in one of two studies showing more evidence of water on the moon and Mars.

Yoga guru Ramdev eyes new political posture (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 01:16 AM PDT

Yoga guru Swami Ramdev gestures as he teaches breathing exercises during a open air yoga camp in Kolkata in this March 21, 2007 file photo.  REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/FilesReuters - From the Himalayan foothills he runs a $40 million-a-year health empire, owns a Scottish island and claims to cure cancer. Now, India's star yoga guru plans to enter politics to help the poor and punish the corrupt.


Pakistan seeks U.S. help to ease India tensions (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani speaks during his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at Blair House in Washington April 11, 2010. REUTERS/Richard ClementReuters - Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani urged Washington on Monday to help ease tensions with India but said there were no plans for the rivals to meet on the sidelines of a nuclear summit.


Lord's would welcome India v Pakistan test (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 07:17 AM PDT

Chief Executive of the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club), Keith Bradshaw, speaks to the media in the Long Room at Lord's Cricket Ground in London April 12, 2010. Bradshaw said on Monday he would welcome the opportunity to host a test between Asian powerhouses Pakistan and India at the headquarters of world cricket next year. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - Lord's chief executive Keith Bradshaw said on Monday he would welcome the opportunity to host a test between Asian powerhouses Pakistan and India at the headquarters of world cricket next year.


Pulitzer Prize winners for 2010 (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 02:01 PM PDT

Reuters - The following is a list of 2010 Pulitzer Prize winners, awarded annually by the Pulitzer Prize Board at Columbia University for outstanding works of journalism, letters, drama and music:

Reform bills may be delayed in parliament session (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 08:23 AM PDT

Congress party Chief Sonia Gandhi talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi May 28, 2009. The Congress party-led government may postpone key reform bills including a nuclear liability bill to ensure support for the budget as it faces an emboldened opposition when parliament reconvenes on Thursday.   REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - The Congress party-led government may postpone key reform bills including a nuclear liability bill to ensure support for the budget as it faces an emboldened opposition when parliament reconvenes on Thursday.


ANALYSIS - Tiger struggles to stay on the straight and narrow (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:59 AM PDT

Tiger Woods of the U.S. drops his driver after hitting his tee shot on the first hole to the ninth fairway during final round play in the 2010 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, April 11, 2010. REUTERS/Brian SnyderReuters - Tiger Woods returned to Augusta promising a cleaned-up act but delivered a mixture of the impossibly good and some rank bad golf plus a sprinkling of behaviour bordering on the ugly.


A Minute With: Swami Ramdev (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 01:55 AM PDT

Yoga guru Swami Ramdev (L) speaks during a yoga camp in Haridwar April 8, 2010. REUTERS/Jitendra PrakashReuters - Swami Ramdev, India's star yoga guru, is out to "cleanse" the world's largest democracy of 1.2 billion people of greed and foreign influences, drawing on the support of a television audience of millions and his claim to have a follower in every household in India.


Congo Republic says Zain-Bharti deal breaks law (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:22 AM PDT

Reuters - Congo Republic complained on Monday it had not been informed of Bharti Airtel's $9 billion deal to buy Kuwaiti telco Zain's African assets in what it said was a contravention of Zain's licence.

Feb industrial output eases; rate rise still seen (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:43 AM PDT

An employee inspects the new Reuters - The industrial output grew less than expected in February, suggesting that a recent surge in production was beginning to ebb, but rising inflation kept markets betting on another interest rate rise next week.


FACTBOX - Reform bills for parliament to consider (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:56 AM PDT

Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi (L)  next to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh  in New Delhi May 20, 2009. The Congress party-led government may postpone key reform bills including a nuclear liability bill to ensure support for the budget as it faces an emboldened opposition when parliament reconvenes on Thursday. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - The Congress party-led government may postpone key reform bills including a nuclear liability bill to ensure support for the budget as it faces an emboldened opposition when parliament reconvenes on Thursday.


March inflation seen "pretty high" - adviser (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Apr 2010 11:22 PM PDT

Vendors sell vegetables at a wholesale vegetable and fruit market at Karnal, in Haryana in this March 20, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - India's March inflation will be "pretty high," a top government adviser said on Monday.


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