2010年5月11日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Sri Lanka sink India with last-ball six (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 01:54 PM PDT

India's Yusuf Pathan watches the ball during the ICC Twenty20 World Cup cricket tournament against Sri Lanka in Gros Islet May 11, 2010. REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - India were knocked out of the Twenty20 World Cup when a last-ball six from Sri Lanka's Chamara Kapugedera condemned them to their third straight defeat in the Super Eight stage on Tuesday.


Conservative Cameron takes over as British PM (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 02:51 PM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown departs from the official Downing Street residence by a side door, London May 11, 2010. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughtonReuters - David Cameron led Britain's centre-right Conservative Party back to power after 13 years on Tuesday, but the new prime minister still needed to finalise a coalition with the smaller Liberal Democrat Party to govern.


Power sector helps drive jump in CO2 emissions in India (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 06:20 AM PDT

Heavy traffic, caused by monsoon rains, is seen on a flyover in Chennai in this June 27, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Babu/FilesReuters - India's greenhouse gas emissions grew 58 percent between 1994 and 2007, official figures released on Tuesday showed, helped up by a largely coal-reliant power sector that nearly doubled its share in emissions.


Somalis hijack Bulgarian ship bound for India (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 12:37 PM PDT

Reuters - Somali pirates hijacked a Bulgarian-flagged ship MV Panega in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday as it headed to India, the European Union's naval force said.

Bids for one all-India 3G licence reach $3.1 bln (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 09:06 AM PDT

Telecommunication towers are seen in Hyderabad in this May 25, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - Bids for one set of nationwide third-generation (3G) mobile spectrum licences in India reached 140.26 billion rupees ($3.1 billion) on the 27th day of an auction, a spokesman for Department of Telecommunications said on Tuesday.


Govt must protect farmers from cheap imports - Sharad Pawar (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 09:38 AM PDT

Farmers work inside a sugarcane field at Moynaguri village, about 66 km (41 miles) north of Siliguri in this August 19, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - The government, which allows tax-free imports of wheat and sugar, must protect its farmers from cheap overseas purchases as global prices tumble, Farm Minister Sharad Pawar said on Tuesday.


Chile nabs Pakistani with trace explosive at U.S. embassy (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 02:09 PM PDT

Reuters - A Chilean judge ordered a Pakistani man be held under an anti-terrorism law on Tuesday after he was arrested in the U.S. embassy in Chile with traces of explosive on him.

FBI sought secrecy in Shahzad pursuit - source (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 10:10 AM PDT

This undated image, obtained from orkut.com on May 4, 2010, shows Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American who is suspected as the driver of a bomb-laden SUV into New York's Time Square on May 1. REUTERS/Courtesy of Orkut.com/HandoutReuters - The FBI asked the Department of Homeland Security to limit urgent alerts to airlines about the suspected Times Square bomber to avoid more media leaks and risks of tipping him off, an Obama administration official said on Tuesday.


S.M. Krishna to visit Pakistan for talks (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 02:27 AM PDT

A Border Security Force (BSF) soldier opens a gate at the border with Pakistan near Jammu February 24, 2010. oreign Minister S.M. Krishna said on Tuesday he had accepted an invitation from his Pakistani counterpart to visit Islamabad for talks on July 15, a further sign of improving ties between the rival countries. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna said on Tuesday he will visit Islamabad on July 15 for talks on restarting stalled peace negotiations, raising hopes of an improvement in ties between the nuclear-armed rival countries.


INTERVIEW - Bharti Airtel sees recovery in usage, consolidation in India (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 06:53 AM PDT

A boy rides his bicycle past an advertisement of Bharti Airtel in Kochi in this March 31, 2010 file photo.  REUTERS/Sivaram V/FilesReuters - Mobile phone operator Bharti Airtel, the top carrier in the world's fastest-growing wireless market, expects to see a recovery in usage per user and stabilising call charges, the company's South Asia chief said on Tuesday.


Ronaldinho, Adriano out of Brazil Cup squad (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 11:47 AM PDT

Brazil's Ronaldinho (R) jokes with Adriano during a soccer training session in Porto Alegre in this March 31, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes/FilesReuters - Forward Adriano and former World Player of the Year Ronaldinho were left out of Brazil's World Cup squad on Tuesday as coach Dunga opted for a safety-first approach.


Q+A: What does the Ambani verdict mean for energy in India? (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 04:27 AM PDT

Reliance Industries KG-D6's facility located in Andhra Pradesh is pictured in this undated handout photo. IThe Supreme Court's Friday ruling in the dispute between the feuding Ambani brothers resolved a key uncertainty surrounding gas policy by affirming the government's right to set its price. REUTERS/Reliance Industries/Handout/FilesReuters - The Supreme Court's Friday ruling in the dispute between the feuding Ambani brothers resolved a key uncertainty surrounding gas policy by affirming the government's right to set its price.


Bharti Airtel wants unrestricted telecom gear imports - CEO (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 09:30 AM PDT

A boy rides his bicycle past an advertisement of Bharti Airtel in Kochi March 31, 2010. REUTERS/Sivaram VReuters - Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile operator, wants unrestricted import of telecoms equipment to India and is talking to the government on the issue, its South Asia chief said on Tuesday.


Germany backs euro package as market rally fades (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 08:19 AM PDT

Traders are pictured at their desks in front of the DAX board at the Frankfurt stock exchange May 11, 2010  REUTERS/Remote/Amanda AndersenReuters - Germany's cabinet approved the biggest national contribution to a $1 trillion emergency package intended to stabilise the euro, as global markets sobered up after Monday's euphoric rally.


Memo to boss: 11-hour days are bad for the heart (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 07:01 AM PDT

A commuter walks to work over Westminster Bridge in central London in this April 4, 2006 file photo.  REUTERS/Toby Melville/FilesReuters - People working 10 or 11 hours a day are more likely to suffer serious heart problems, including heart attacks, than those clocking off after seven hours, researchers said on Tuesday.


Myanmar's Suu Kyi appeals sentence again (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 04:27 AM PDT

Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi (C) meets United States Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell (R) and United States embassy charge d?affaires Larry Dinger in Yangon May 10, 2010.  REUTERS/US Embassy Rangoon/HandoutReuters - Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has lodged an appeal with Myanmar's top court, seeking to overturn a guilty verdict for her breach of a draconian security law last year, her lawyer said on Tuesday.


Carrefour to open 4-5 stores in India by end-2010 - sources (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 04:44 AM PDT

A shopping trolley is seen at the entrance of a Carrefour supermarket in Drogenbos near Brussels in this April 30, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/FilesReuters - Carrefour, the world's second largest retailer, has secured four properties in four cities across India and plans to set up 4 to 5 cash-and-carry stores by the end of 2010, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.


TRAI for lifting curbs on telecoms M&As (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:30 AM PDT

A man speaks on his mobile in front of an information board at a distribution centre in Mumbai April 29, 2009. The telecoms regulator on Tuesday recommended ending restrictions on companies selling out, a move that will help paving the way for consolidation in the world's fastest growing mobile services market. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - The telecoms regulator on Tuesday recommended ending restrictions on companies selling out, a move that will help paving the way for consolidation in the world's fastest growing mobile services market.


India's neglected tribes gain voice in mobile news service (Reuters)

Posted: 11 May 2010 12:12 AM PDT

A tribal girl is trained on how to use the CGNet Swara service, Chhattisgarh, India. CGNet Swara/HandoutReuters - A new initiative promoting citizen journalism through mobile phones in central India's remote forests is giving a voice to poor and marginalised tribes, whose plight has long been overlooked by the state and media.


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