2010年5月10日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Attacks kill over 100 in Iraq, al Qaeda blamed (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 04:57 PM PDT

Residents place the coffin of a victim who was killed in a bomb attack on Monday, on a minibus during a funeral in the town of al-Suwayra, 50 km (30 miles) southeast of Baghdad, May 10, 2010. REUTERS/HabibReuters - Bombers and gunmen with suspected links to a battered but still lethal al Qaeda killed more than 100 people on Monday in a wave of attacks on markets, a textile factory, checkpoints and other sites across Iraq.


BP tries a new U.S. Gulf spill fix, as slick spreads (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 05:52 PM PDT

Oil is seen on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico in an aerial view of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the coast of Mobile, Alabama, in this handout photograph taken from a U.S. Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft on May 6, 2010 and obtained on May 9, 2010. REUTERS/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael B. Watkins/U.S. Navy/HandoutReuters - BP Plc said on Monday it will again attempt to contain oil gushing deep in the Gulf of Mexico, this time with a far smaller funnel than it tried before, as a massive slick threatened Louisiana shores.


UK's Brown to quit in bid to keep Labour in power (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 03:16 PM 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 - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday he would step down this year, sacrificing himself to give his Labour Party a chance of forming a government with the smaller Liberal Democrats.


PM raps minister for China comments (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 08:11 AM PDT

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is seen at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, in this December 19, 2009 file photo. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh censured Ramesh for comments made in Beijing criticising the government's Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh censured Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh for comments made in Beijing criticising the government's "paranoid" attitude towards Chinese companies and investments, officials said on Monday.


Goldman trades big, but more probes loom (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 09:38 AM PDT

Traders work in the Goldman Sachs booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, September 30, 2008. Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Monday showed how its trading operations are stronger than ever, but warned that more litigation and investigations loom. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/FilesReuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Monday showed how its trading operations are stronger than ever, but warned that more litigation and investigations loom.


Wall Street jumps 4 pct on euro-zone rescue plan (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 10:08 AM PDT

Snow falls on a Wall St. street sign in front of the New York Stock Exchange, February 25, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/FilesReuters - U.S. stocks surged in a broad-based rally on Monday as an agreement on a $1 trillion emergency rescue package quelled fears that Greece's debt crisis would spread.


IMF chief postpones this week's India visit (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 07:26 AM PDT

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn attends a news conference in Berlin, in this April 28, 2010 file photo. Strauss-Kahn has postponed a planned visit to India this week, an IMF spokesperson in New Delhi said on Monday. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz/FilesReuters - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn has postponed a planned visit to India this week, an IMF spokesperson in New Delhi said on Monday.


BSE Sensex rises most in nearly 10 mths on global bounce (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 05:15 AM PDT

A road sign stands next to the Bombay Stock Exchange building (R), in this August 3, 2005 file photo. The BSE Sensex rose the most in nearly 10 months to close 3.4 percent higher on Monday, as global stocks cheered the bumper $1 trillion rescue package to keep Greece's debt crisis from spreading through the euro zone. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - The BSE Sensex rose the most in nearly 10 months to close 3.4 percent higher on Monday, as global stocks cheered the bumper $1 trillion rescue package to keep Greece's debt crisis from spreading through the euro zone.


India rest Tendulkar, Dhoni for Zimbabwe tour (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2010 10:52 PM PDT

Batsman Sachin Tendulkar (R) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni are seen during a practice session ahead of their test cricket match against South Africa in Kolkata in this February 12, 2010 file photo.  REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - India's top batsman Sachin Tendulkar and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and have been rested for a triangular one-day series in Zimbabwe in May and June.


April car sales rise 39.5 pct, best in decade (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 01:07 AM PDT

Cars are seen at a parking lot in New Delhi in this February 9, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - Car sales in India posted their strongest April in at least a decade, jumping an annual 39.5 percent, showing consumer demand in one of the world's fastest growing markets remained robust despite a rise in prices.


Sharma fined for dissent in India defeat (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 09:38 AM PDT

Reuters - Batsman Rohit Sharma has been fined 15 percent of his match fee by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for showing dissent at an umpire during Sunday's Twenty20 World Cup defeat by West Indies.

Q+A - Will India's slow pace of reform deter investors? (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 05:21 AM PDT

Customers leave a retail outlet of Marks and Spencer in Mumbai March 10, 2010.  A lack of progress on reforms during the just-ended parliamentary session may have disappointed investors, but accelerating growth and hopes for eventual liberalisation will keep foreign funds flowing in. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - A lack of progress on reforms during the just-ended parliamentary session may have disappointed investors, but accelerating growth and hopes for eventual liberalisation will keep foreign funds flowing in.


"Shock and awe" euro rescue lifts global markets (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 08:52 AM PDT

European Union Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn (L) and Spain's Economy Minister Elena Salgado (R), whose country currently holds the rotating Presidency of EU, address a news conference at the end of a European finance ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels May 10, 2010. REUTERS/Thierry RogeReuters - A $1 trillion global emergency package to stabilise the euro unleashed a spectacular rally in world stocks on Monday but analysts said EU leaders had only bought time to tackle deep-seated fiscal problems.


Man held at Pakistani airport with "therapy shoes" (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 02:34 AM PDT

Reuters - A Pakistani man arrested at Karachi airport with batteries and electrical circuits in his shoes was likely wearing "therapy shoes" and his detention could be a false alarm, officials said on Monday.

U.S. sees no quick fix in Doha trade round (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 07:41 AM PDT

Reuters - The new U.S. ambassador to the World Trade Organisation said on Monday there can be no quick fix to end deadlock in the long-running Doha Round talks on a global trade liberalisation treaty.

Rupee snaps 5-day fall as Greece fears recede (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 05:53 AM PDT

A man deposits his money in a bank in Amritsar April 19, 2010. REUTERS/Yasir Iqbal/FilesReuters - The rupee ended stronger on Monday as investors took comfort from the $1 trillion emergency rescue package aimed at preventing Greece's debt crisis from spreading through the euro zone.


Thai protesters refuse to leave, push new demands (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 05:38 AM PDT

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva smiles during a parliamentary session in Bangkok May 7, 2010. REUTERS/Sukree SukplangReuters - Thai anti-government demonstrators refused on Monday to end a two-month street protest until the government accepted responsibility for a clash with troops in April that killed 25 people and wounded more than 800.


SCENARIOS - Possible outcomes for fuel price reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 03:44 AM PDT

An attendant puts back a fuel nozzle after filling fuel in a vehicle at a gas station in Mumbai April 22, 2010. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - India has been looking for ways to slash costly fuel subsidies for its 1.2 billion citizens since the dismal failure of its 2002 bid to get state-owned refiners to fix prices every two weeks in step with global rates.


Gayle and West Indies push India towards exit (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 02:34 AM PDT

Reuters - West Indies captain Chris Gayle struck a powerful 98 to lead his team to a 14-run victory over India in the Twenty20 World Cup in front of a wildly celebrating home crowd on Sunday.

BSE Sensex provisionally closes up 3.5 pct (Reuters)

Posted: 10 May 2010 04:22 AM PDT

A labourer works outside the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai in this February 6, 2006 file photo. The BSE Sensex extended gains to 3 percent by afternoon on Monday, helped by strong global stocks after a $1 trillion rescue package to contain the Greek crisis from spreading elsewhere. REUTERS/Adeel Halim/FilesReuters - The BSE Sensex provisionally closed 3.5 percent higher on Monday, as world equities logged strong gains on a massive euro zone rescue package.


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