2010年5月14日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Gavaskar says Indians must go back to school (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 01:01 PM PDT

Former cricketer Sunil Gavaskar gestures during a cricket match between teams featuring expatriate cricket players from India and Pakistan at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium March 25, 2008. REUTERS/Regi Varghese/FilesReuters - India's batsmen should be sent back to the national academy to learn how to deal with short-pitched bowling, former great Sunil Gavaskar said in St Lucia on Friday.


Hussey gives Aussies breathtaking last-over win (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 01:55 PM PDT

Australia's Cameron White hits out watched by Pakistan's Kamran Akmal (R) during the second semi final in the ICC World Twenty20 tournament at Beausejour Cricket Ground in Gros Islet May 14, 2010. REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - Magical Michael Hussey smashed three sixes in four balls to inspire Australia to a remarkable three-wicket win over holders Pakistan in the last over of Friday's Twenty20 World Cup semi-final in St Lucia.


Whoops! Google says mistakenly got wireless data (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 02:08 PM PDT

An internet surfer views the Google home page at a cafe in London in this August 13, 2004 file photo. REUTERS/Stephen Hird/FilesReuters - Google Inc said its fleet of cars responsible for photographing streets around the world have for several years accidentally collected personal information that consumers send over wireless networks.


Investigators in Libya comb site of crashed Airbus (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 01:46 PM PDT

Libyans gather near debris from Afriqiyah Airways flight 8U771 at Tripoli airport May 12, 2010. REUTERS/Ismail ZitounyReuters - 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.


Suspected militants kill policeman in Hyderabad (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 09:46 AM PDT

Police secure a shootout site in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad May 14, 2010. Suspected militants shot dead a policeman in a drive-by attack in Hyderabad on Friday and wounded two others, the police chief said. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - Suspected militants shot dead a policeman in a drive-by attack in Hyderabad on Friday and wounded two others, the police chief said.


Monsoon to arrive on May 30 - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 09:46 AM PDT

A schoolgirl crosses a dry pond on the outskirts of Jammu April 23, 2010. Monsoon rains, critical to farm output in India's trillion-dollar economy, will arrive on May 30, Earth Sciences Minister Prithviraj Chavan said on Friday. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - Monsoon rains, critical to farm output in India's trillion-dollar economy, will arrive on May 30, two days before normal, Earth Sciences Minister Prithviraj Chavan said on Friday.


Govt to consult mobile operators on new fees (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 02:17 AM PDT

Birds sit atop telecommunication towers in Hyderabad May 25, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - The government will listen to mobile phone operators' concerns before finalising plans to slap new fees on second-generation spectrum, Telecoms Minister Andimuthu Raja said on Friday.


Under fire, BP pushes latest oil spill control bid (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 11:16 AM PDT

Scientists from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries survey the beach at Port Fourchon, Louisiana May 13, 2010. Political pressure mounted on Friday for BP to show progress plugging a massive oil leak. REUTERS/Lee CelanoReuters - Energy giant BP on Friday stuck by its lower estimate of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico and geared up for its latest effort to contain its offshore well leak as some scientists said the true amount of crude escaping could be much higher.


April inflation eases, rate hike seen in July (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 06:10 AM PDT

A customer shops at a grocery store in Chandigarh November 12, 2009. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - The annual headline inflation in April eased in line with expectations, providing further evidence that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will hold off from raising interest rates at least until its next scheduled meeting in July.


Festival gold demand slack as prices hit record (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 06:29 AM PDT

A woman wears a gold bangle at a jewellery shop in Siliguri October 1, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Gold traders turned their backs on the market on Friday and refrained from taking fresh positions as prices touched a new record high, while flow of scrap increased, dealers and traders said.


Q+A - What's behind the China-India security dispute? (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 09:46 AM PDT

A man walks past a ZTE banner at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 17, 2010. India's concerns that Chinese telecoms network equipment will compromise national security risks hurting ties between the world's two fastest growing economies. REUTERS/Albert Gea/FilesReuters - India's concerns that Chinese telecoms network equipment will compromise national security risks hurting ties between the world's two fastest growing economies.


Libya crash boy's family blog becomes a memorial (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 11:16 AM PDT

A frame grab shows a Dutch boy, the lone survivor of the Afriqiyah airline flight 8U771 crash at Tripoli airport, at a hospital in Tripoli May 12, 2010. The family travel blog of the Dutch boy has turned into a condolence register, with dozens offering sympathy to the nine-year-old survivor orphaned by the crash. REUTERS/Libyan TV via Reuters TVReuters - The family travel blog of the sole survivor of a Libyan plane crash that killed 103 people has turned into a condolence register, with dozens offering sympathy to the nine-year-old Dutch boy orphaned by the crash.


Bus accident electrocutes 28 wedding guests in Madhya Pradesh (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 11:16 AM PDT

Bodies of passengers are pictured after a bus they were travelling in hit a high-tension electricity line near Gopalpura village, in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh, May 14, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - A bus carrying wedding guests hit a high-tension electricity line in Madhya Pradesh on Friday, killing 28 people on board, mostly women and children, who were on their way back from the ceremony.


DLF Q4 net surges, sees more growth (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 11:16 AM PDT

A man cycles past the construction site of a residential apartment building by property developer DLF Ltd. in Gurgaon January 27, 2010. DLF Ltd on Friday reported its quarterly net profit more than doubled, as demand for homes revived in the country's property market after being hit hard by an economic downturn. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - DLF Ltd on Friday reported its quarterly net profit more than doubled, as demand for homes revived in the country's property market after being hit hard by an economic downturn.


Monaco does glamour like nowhere else (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 06:49 AM PDT

Ferrari Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain drives during the second practice session of the Monaco F1 Grand Prix May 13, 2010.   REUTERS/Robert PrattaReuters - David Coulthard, sunglasses perched rakishly on his head, leaned over the guardrail of the $20 million yacht and shouted at the figure sprawled on cushions on the next door deck.


ANALYSIS - India security jitters rattle growing China ties (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 09:46 AM PDT

A general view shows the headquarters of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. in Shenzhen, Guangdong province June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - India's ban on imports of Chinese telecommunications equipment over spying fears underscores deep mistrust of its neighbour but is unlikely to derail cooperation between the world's two fastest growing economies.


Gold hits record high as investors flock to safety (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 06:39 AM PDT

Gold bars are displayed to be photographed at bullion house in Mumbai December 3, 2009. Gold hit record highs near $1,250 an ounce in Europe on Friday as investors bought the metal to protect against sovereign risk in the euro zone and instability in the foreign exchange markets. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Gold hit record highs near $1,250 an ounce in Europe on Friday as investors bought the metal to protect against sovereign risk in the euro zone and instability in the foreign exchange markets.


SBI Q4 profit drops, sees credit pickup (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 09:46 AM PDT

People walk in front of a signboard displayed at the head office of State Bank of India in Mumbai November 9, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - State Bank of India posted an unexpected 32 percent drop in quarterly profit, hit by a jump in bad loan provisions, but the country's largest lender saw a strong pickup in credit demand this fiscal year in a fast-expanding economy.


INTERVIEW - India plans $11 bn infra fund this yr - adviser (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 05:50 AM PDT

A labourer works on an overhead road flyover construction site amid heavy fog in New Delhi January 8, 2010. India will set up a $11 billion dollar fund to upgrade its creaking infrastructure, refinance high cost debt and develop the debt market by issuing more long-term paper, a planning commission adviser said. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - India will set up a $11 billion dollar fund to upgrade its creaking infrastructure, refinance high cost debt and develop the debt market by issuing more long-term paper, a planning commission adviser said.


Tata Motors April global sales rise 53 pct (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 12:37 AM PDT

A worker cleans a Tata Motors logo outside its showroom in Hyderabad October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - Tata Motors, India's largest vehicles maker, said on Friday its global vehicles sales rose 53 percent in April to 77,732 units.


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