2010年5月8日星期六

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Bids for one all-India 3G licence reach $2.82 bln (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2010 08:56 AM PDT

Birds sit atop telecommunication towers in Hyderabad May 25, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - Bids for one set of nationwide third-generation (3G) mobile spectrum licences in India reached 128.51 billion rupees ($2.82 billion) on the 25th day of an auction, government data showed on Saturday.


Pakistan says nuclear safety concerns addressed (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2010 01:06 AM PDT

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani waits for the start of the first plenary session at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, April 13, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/FilesReuters - Pakistan reiterated a call on Saturday for the international community to recognise it as a nuclear power, saying it had addressed the world's concerns over the safety and security of its nuclear weapons.


INTERVIEW - 'King' Chandhok happy to leave his throne (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2010 04:43 AM PDT

HRT Formula One driver Karun Chandhok speaks during a news conference at the Sepang F1 circuit outside Kuala Lumpur in this April 1, 2010 file photo. Chandhok had a spring in his step at the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday after recovering from a bout of food poisoning that laid him low earlier in the week. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/FilesReuters - Formula One driver Karun Chandhok had a spring in his step at the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday after recovering from a bout of food poisoning that laid him low earlier in the week.


Qatar investor buys UK department store Harrods (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2010 11:21 AM PDT

A bus passes the Harrods retail store in London October 29, 2009. REUTERS/Toby Melville/FilesReuters - The investment vehicle of Qatar's royal family has bought famous London department store Harrods from Egyptian-born businessman Mohamed al-Fayed in a deal reported to be worth around 1.5 billion pounds ($2.3 billion).


Containment dome positioned over U.S. Gulf leak (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2010 11:30 AM PDT

Two fishing vessels drag an oil boom after trapped oil is set ablaze in the Gulf of Mexico May 6, 2010. REUTERS/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jeffery Tilghman Williams-US Navy/HandoutReuters - BP Plc engineers positioned a four-story metal chamber above a gushing, ruptured oil well on the seabed of the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday in an unprecedented effort to contain a possibly catastrophic spill.


EU works on mechanism to stop Greek crisis spreading (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2010 09:42 AM PDT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) meets with Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) during a Euro Zone leaders summit in Brussels May 7, 2010. REUTERS/Michel Euler/PoolReuters - European Union officials were working out the details of a financial support mechanism on Saturday to prevent Greece's debt turmoil spreading to Portugal and Spain, ready for approval by EU finance ministers on Sunday.


UK parties to meet on Sunday to discuss gov't deal (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2010 11:30 AM PDT

Britain's Conservative Party leader David Cameron (R) and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg stand during a Victory in Europe (VE) day ceremony in central London May 8, 2010. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - Britain's Conservatives and Liberal Democrats will hold talks on Sunday after an inconclusive election, but are unlikely to agree on a new government before markets open on Monday, the Conservatives said.


Pakistan investigates NY bomb plot Taliban link (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2010 04:34 AM PDT

A NYPD officer in an bomb suit examines a Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle parked in New York's Times Square May 1, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Pakistan is investigating whether a Pakistani-American arrested over a botched plot to bomb New York's Times Square met Pakistani Taliban leaders in their stronghold in the northwest, a minister said on Saturday.


Nepal's Maoists suspend general strike (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2010 03:42 AM PDT

Maoist activists throw back a teargas shell at the police in Kathmandu May 7, 2010. REUTERS/Navesh ChitrakarReuters - Nepal's former Maoist rebels have suspended a general strike that had choked daily life in the impoverished Himalayan nation for the past week, but are maintaining pressure on the prime minister to resign.


UK Lib Dems consider Conservative government offer (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2010 05:09 AM PDT

Leader of Britain's Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, gestures for a question during a town hall meeting at the Woodside Community Centre in Glasgow, Scotland May 4, 2010. REUTERS/David Moir/FilesReuters - Britain's Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg sought backing from senior party members on Saturday for a possible deal with the Conservatives after an election in which no party won an outright majority.


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