2010年5月15日星期六

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Gavaskar says Indian batsmen must go back to school (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2010 03:03 AM 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.


Nine injured in clash over Posco India project (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2010 09:32 AM PDT

An employee of steelmaker POSCO walks at the company's headquarters in Seoul April 10, 2009. At least nine people, including six policemen, were injured in a clash on Saturday as violence flared over a planned steel plant of South Korea's POSCO in Orissa.  REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/FilesReuters - At least nine people, including six policemen, were injured in a clash on Saturday as violence flared over a planned steel plant of South Korea's POSCO in Orissa.


Sole Libya crash survivor returns home to Netherlands (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2010 06:39 AM PDT

Survivor 9-year-old Ruben van Assouw lies in bed at El Khadra hospital in Tripoli May 12, 2010. The nine-year-old sole survivor of a Libyan plane crash flew back home to the Netherlands on Saturday, after he was told his parents and his brother were among the 103 people killed in the disaster. REUTERS/STRINGER/FilesReuters - The nine-year-old sole survivor of a Libyan plane crash flew back home to the Netherlands on Saturday, after he was told his parents and his brother were among the 103 people killed in the disaster.


Bids for one all-India 3G licence hit $3.5 bln (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2010 09:32 AM PDT

An Indian reads a book as he learns the Chinese language at Zhong Wen Xue Xiao, the school of Chinese language in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata February 7, 2009. Bids for one set of nationwide third-generation (3G) mobile spectrum licences reached 158.14 billion rupees ($3.5 billion) on the 31st day of an auction.  REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - Bids for one set of nationwide third-generation (3G) mobile spectrum licences in India reached 158.14 billion rupees ($3.5 billion) on the 31st day of an auction, an indication the government could earn revenue of about 639 billion rupees from the auction.


BP struggles in latest bid to contain U.S. oil spill (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2010 10:37 AM PDT

Scientists from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries survey the beach at Port Fourchon, Louisiana May 13, 2010. REUTERS/Lee CelanoReuters - British energy giant BP's latest effort to contain the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill has run into problems, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said on Saturday, while the company's chief executive appeared to dismiss the disaster as "tiny."


Thai violence spirals, both sides seek reinforcements (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2010 01:12 PM PDT

Soldiers escort an anti-government protester after clashes at the entrance of the business district in Bangkok May 15, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva vowed on Saturday to stop protesters from toppling his government as fighting in Bangkok spiralled into chaotic urban warfare, with both sides calling for reinforcements.


Australian teenager finishes round-world solo sail (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2010 12:08 AM PDT

Australian yachtswoman Jessica Watson, 16, crosses the finish line of her unassisted solo voyage around the world in her yacht Ella's Pink Lady at Sydney Harbour May 15, 2010.   REUTERS/Daniel MunozReuters - An Australian teenager sailed into Sydney Harbour to a rapturous welcome on Saturday to complete a solo circumnavigation of the globe that will take her into the history books.


Reliance Comm Q4 net falls but less than forecast (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2010 10:28 AM PDT

An electrician speaks on his mobile phone in Mumbai October 11, 2006. REUTERS/Sima Dubey/FilesReuters - Reliance Communications, the country's No. 2 mobile phone operator, reported a 16 percent fall in quarterly profit, as a call price war in the world's fastest-growing mobile market took its toll, but the profit fall was smaller than expected.


Author shows yoga owes debt to forgotten Iowa man (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2010 01:43 AM PDT

Participants take part in the Reuters - Yoga owes its American popularity not to some mystic Indian swami but rather to the toil a century ago of a forgotten white man from Iowa once infamous in the tabloids for his insatiable sexual appetite.


Alonso crashes Ferrari in final Monaco practice (Reuters)

Posted: 15 May 2010 04:44 AM PDT

Reuters - Fernando Alonso crashed his Ferrari in final practice for the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday after dominating the two previous sessions on the unforgiving street circuit.

Google says mistakenly got wireless data (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 06:57 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 -- which a security expert said could include email messages and passwords -- sent by consumers over wireless networks.


Fighting spreads in Thai capital, 16 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 10:28 PM PDT

Thai Army troops charge toward anti-government 'red shirt' protestors in Bangkok May 14, 2010. REUTERS/Adrees LatifReuters - Thai troops fired at protesters on Saturday in a third day of fighting on Bangkok's streets that has killed 16 people as soldiers struggle to isolate a sprawling encampment of demonstrators seeking to topple the government.


BP scrambles to install device to contain oil spill (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 10:36 PM PDT

Protesters rally at the BP Green Curve ARCO gas station during a national day of action against BP for its catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf Coast May 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.  REUTERS/David McNewReuters - Energy giant BP scrambled on Saturday to make good on its latest attempt to contain oil from a gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico as the region's suffering workers braced for environmental disaster.


Australian teenager completes round-world solo sail (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 10:11 PM PDT

Australian yachtswoman Jessica Watson, 16, crosses the finish line of her unassisted solo voyage around the world in her yacht Ella's Pink Lady at Sydney Harbour May 15, 2010.   REUTERS/Daniel MunozReuters - An Australian teenager sailed into Sydney Harbour to a rapturous welcome on Saturday to complete a solo circumnavigation of the globe that will take her into the history books.


Obama slams oil companies for spill blame game (Reuters)

Posted: 14 May 2010 06:57 PM 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 - U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday slammed the companies involved in a massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill as BP Plc readied a siphoning system to contain a growing environmental disaster.


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