One killed in Kashmir protests, Geelani detained (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 08:15 AM PDT Reuters - Violence flared in Kashmir on Friday, a day after the prime ministers of India and Pakistan signalled a thaw in relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. |
Pakistan, India still have much to do on ties (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 02:30 AM PDT Reuters - Prospects have brightened for an improvement of ties between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan after their prime ministers met, but distrust lingers and a big militant attack in India could swiftly shatter any progress. |
China, Russia top USTR piracy list; India being watched (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 11:24 AM PDT Reuters - The United States on Friday placed Russia on its list of countries with the worst records of preventing copyright theft for the 13th straight year, just days after the two nations agreed to intensify talks on Moscow's bid to join the World Trade Organization. |
Corruption concerns surface in Twenty20 game (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:19 AM PDT Reuters - A police investigation into suspected "match irregularities" at Essex county cricket club has stirred unwelcome memories of the match-fixing scandal which rocked the sport a decade ago. |
SCENARIOS - Prospects for India-Pakistan talks (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:10 AM PDT Reuters - India and Pakistan hailed the first meeting between their prime minsters in nine months as a good step towards renewing dialogue that India halted after a 2008 assault on Mumbai by Pakistan-based militants. |
Huawei seeking clarity on India security concerns (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 07:22 AM PDT Reuters - China's Huawei Technologies said on Friday it was seeking clarification from authorities after reports that India was blocking the purchase of telecoms gear from Chinese vendors in the booming market. |
From refugee camps to World Twenty20, Afghans are ready (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 10:47 AM PDT Reuters - Afghanistan's journey from dusty borderland refugee camps to cricket's global elite will be completed on Saturday when they face the game's millionaires, India, in the Twenty20 World Cup. |
Honda recalls 167,255 Acura TSX cars in the U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 07:04 AM PDT Reuters - Honda Motor Co Ltd said it would recall 167,255 Acura TSX sedans sold in the U.S. market to address the risk that power steering fluid could leak and cause an under-the-hood fire. |
India, China to produce most multinationals - report (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 03:45 AM PDT Reuters - Indian and Chinese firms, seeking resources and new overseas markets as they expand, will lead a host of new multinational firms from emerging economies over the next 15 years, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. |
Pakistan's Younus wants ban evidence made public (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:10 AM PDT Reuters - Former Pakistan captain Younus Khan has told an appeals judge he wants the country's cricket board to make public the evidence that led to them to impose an indefinite ban on him last month. |
Q+A - Twenty20 format raises fixing temptations, officials fear (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 07:21 PM PDT Reuters - Only 10 months after Pakistan captain Younus Khan held the Twenty20 World Cup aloft at Lord's, a third edition of the global tournament opens in the West Indies on Friday. |
Thai protesters on defensive after storming hospital (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:27 AM PDT Reuters - Thai anti-government protesters were apologetic on Friday a day after a clumsy storming of a hospital that raised questions over whether the movement is losing direction in a two-month crisis that has killed 27 people. |
Eurozone finmins to confer over Greece rescue (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 03:28 AM PDT Reuters - Euro zone finance ministers will discuss Greece's debt crisis on Friday as Athens finalises details of deep budget cuts it has pledged in return for a multi-billion euro aid package from the European Union and IMF. |
A Minute With: Shahid Kapur (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 01:32 AM PDT Reuters - His angelic smile was replaced by a snarl and his college boy image took a beating when he did Vishal Bhardwaj's edgy thriller "Kaminey" last year, but Shahid Kapur is not too bothered. All the accolades seem to have made up for it. |
Visitors banned from Kashmir's "Jesus" shrine (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 03:03 AM PDT Reuters - Who is buried at a small shrine in Kashmir? Jesus or medieval Muslim scholars? |
India, Pakistan have 'very good talks,' signal thaw (Reuters) Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:19 AM PDT Reuters - The prime ministers of India and Pakistan held "very good talks" on Thursday and asked their officials to take steps as soon as possible to normalize relations, officials said, signaling an unexpected thaw. |