2010年5月13日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Investigators in Libya comb site of crashed Airbus (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2010 11:47 AM PDT

A frame grab shows a Dutch boy, the lone survivor of the Afriqiyah Airways flight 8U771 crash at Tripoli airport, at a hospital in Tripoli May 12, 2010. REUTERS/Libyan TV via Reuters TVReuters - Aviation experts combed debris for more clues on Thursday after finding the two black boxes from an Airbus jet that crashed at Libya's Tripoli airport, killing all but one of the 104 people on board.


U.S. bank probes expanding with new investigation (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2010 06:29 AM PDT

Traders work in the Goldman Sachs booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, in this September 30, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/FilesReuters - U.S. authorities are expanding their probes of past mortgage securities deals, with New York's attorney general opening an investigation into whether eight banks misled rating agencies, a source familiar with the matter said.


Internet running out of addresses - Web group chief (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2010 10:44 AM PDT

The homepages of Baidu and Google are seen on a computer screen in this illustration photo April 29, 2010. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/FilesReuters - The world will soon run out of Internet addresses as the number of devices connected to the Web explodes unless organisations move to a new Internet Protocol version, the head of the body that allocates IP addresses said.


Rogue general wounded, 1 killed in Bangkok fighting (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2010 03:53 PM PDT

Major General Khattiya Sawasdipol is carried to an ambulance after being shot in the head behind the barricades at a fortified camp in Bangkok's shopping district May 13, 2010. REUTERS/Steve PaceReuters - A rogue Thai general leading a militant wing of anti-government protesters was shot in the head and critically wounded on Thursday, and a man was killed when the army used force to blockade a five-week street rally.


BP says will deploy small dome in next few days (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2010 03:06 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 on Thursday weighed a quick fix to contain a gusher of oil from its blown-out undersea well as a giant oil slick crept west across the Louisiana coast.


RBI: Greek crisis not impacting policy (Reuters)

Posted: 12 May 2010 11:20 PM PDT

A man walks past the entrance of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) headquarters in Mumbai January 27, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - The Greek crisis is not having any impact on the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) policy approach at present, Subir Gokarn, a deputy governor at the RBI, said on Thursday.


India seeks more security information from ZTE (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2010 10:26 AM PDT

The logo of ZTE is seen inside a showroom in Shenzhen, China's southern Guangdong province in this April 16, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/FilesReuters - Home Secretary G.K Pillai on Thursday asked China's ZTE Corp for more information on security, giving the telecoms gear firm an opportunity to make its case for why it should be able to provide equipment in India.


New austerity for Portugal; markets calmer (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2010 09:11 AM PDT

Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates holds a news conference at the end of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels March 26, 2010. REUTERS/Eric Vidal/FilesReuters - Portuguese leaders agreed tough austerity measures on Thursday, joining a coordinated euro zone push that has calmed market fears of a spreading Greek-style crisis but provoked talk by Spanish unions of a general strike.


ANALYSIS - Peace moves may come to nothing in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2010 07:39 AM PDT

U.S. Army soldiers with the 1st platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 82nd Airborne Division, patrol in a village in Arghandab valley, May 12, 2010. REUTERS/Yannis BehrakisReuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's two-pronged initiative to offer Taliban combatants jobs and cash while enticing insurgent leaders to the political mainstream may be a first, tentative step towards peace. It is also a minefield.


Food inflation snaps easing trend (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2010 12:01 AM PDT

A vendor arranges vegetables at a market in Lucknow, May 6, 2010.  REUTERS/Pawan KumarReuters - Food inflation snapped a two-week declining trend in late April, but the Reserve Bank is seen awaiting more cues on prices and on demand before deciding on further policy action.


Nepal Maoist chief says ready to break ties with fighters (Reuters)

Posted: 12 May 2010 11:44 PM PDT

Maoist chief Prachanda listens during a meeting working professionals in Kathmandu May 12, 2010. REUTERS/Gopal ChitrakarReuters - Nepal's Maoist chief said his party is willing to give up control of thousands of its former fighters now lodged in U.N.-monitored camps, a step that could help cement peace in the Himalayan nation.


StanChart eyes rapid India growth through listing (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2010 06:41 AM PDT

A company logo of Standard Chartered bank is displayed during a news conference in Hong Kong April 29, 2010. Standard Chartered hopes its upcoming India share sale to raise up to $750 million will boost growth in one of the British bank's fastest growing markets, its chief executive said on Monday. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/FilesReuters - Standard Chartered hopes its upcoming India share sale to raise up to $750 million will boost growth in one of the British bank's fastest growing markets, its chief executive said on Monday.


Everest climbers to get free Nepal visas (Reuters)

Posted: 12 May 2010 07:19 PM PDT

Mount Everest or Sagarmatha (top), highest peak in the world with an altitude of 8.848 metres (29.028 ft) is seen in this aerial view April 22, 2007. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan/FilesReuters - Foreign mountaineers who have climbed Mount Everest and another peak will get free Nepali visas for two years, part of a scheme to boost tourism in the Himalayan nation, a senior government official said.


Q+A: Is India allowing the rupee to move more freely? (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2010 05:29 AM PDT

A man uses an electronic machine to check a currency note at a money exchange shop in Siliguri May 18, 2009. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - If not for the Reserve Bank of India's four-month absence from the rupee market, it would have been difficult to notice authorities have slowly allowed larger gyrations in the currency and minimised their interference.


SingTel, Bharti look to tie together Bangladesh units (Reuters)

Posted: 12 May 2010 08:58 PM PDT

A man speaks on a mobile phone in front of the Bharti Airtel office on the outskirts of New Delhi May 11, 2010. . REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Singapore Telecommunications said on Thursday it was looking at the possibility of tieing together its and Indian associate Bharti's units in Bangladesh.


China scientists find use for cigarette butts (Reuters)

Posted: 13 May 2010 01:04 AM PDT

Cigarette butts fill an ashtray outside a construction site in Central, a business district in Hong Kong in this October 18, 2006 file photo.  REUTERS/Paul Yeung/FilesReuters - Chemical extracts from cigarette butts -- so toxic they kill fish -- can be used to protect steel pipes from rusting, a study in China has found.


China telecoms gear firms seek to allay India fears (Reuters)

Posted: 12 May 2010 10:37 PM PDT

The logo of ZTE is seen inside a showroom in Shenzhen, China's southern Guangdong province April 16, 2010. China's ZTE Corp said on Wednesday it had been told by operators that it had failed Indian security tests necessary to be able to supply network gear to the world's fastest-growing mobile phone market. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/FilesReuters - China's two big telecoms gear makers, blocked from selling equipment in India, the world's fastest-growing mobile market, scrambled on Wednesday to allay New Delhi's security fears and said they may build factories in the country.


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