2010年6月3日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Clinton takes on doubts on India-U.S. partnership (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 09:43 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) welcomes India's External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna to the plenary session of the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue in Washington June 3, 2010. Clinton vowed on Thursday to confront doubts over the U.S.-India partnership. REUTERS/Molly RileyReuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed on Thursday to confront doubts over the U.S.-India partnership, saying the two giant democracies stand at a pivotal moment in their relations.


Monsoon 11 pct below normal in week to June 2 (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 07:57 AM PDT

A man rides a bicycle against the backdrop of monsoon clouds on the outskirts of Kochi June 2, 2010. REUTERS/Sivaram V.Reuters - Monsoon rains were 11 percent below normal in the week to June 2, the weather office said on Thursday.


ANALYSIS - Population, incomes tilt India towards food imports (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 03:16 AM PDT

A worker sifts wheat at a grain market in Chandigarh April 4, 2009. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - India's anxiety over erratic monsoon rains will become more acute as rising incomes and a growing population push up demand for farmed produce faster than supply, turning the nation into a major importer within 5 years.


S.Africa's MTN says not in talks with Reliance Comm (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 08:23 AM PDT

A general view of the headquarters of South Africa's MTN Group in Johannesburg May 27, 2008. MTN Group is not in talks with Reliance Communications about a tie-up, a spokeswoman for Africa's largest mobile phone operator said on Thursday. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/FilesReuters - South Africa's MTN Group said it was not in talks with India's Reliance Communications, following a newspaper report on Thursday that Reliance was mulling a merger with MTN.


Food, fuel inflation quicken in late-May (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 12:38 AM PDT

A woman walks to shop at a grocery store in Mumbai May 14, 2010. India's food and fuel price inflation quickened in late-May, putting upside pressure on the wholesale price index that could prompt further monetary tightening by the Reserve Bank of India. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - India's food and fuel price inflation quickened in late-May, putting upside pressure on the wholesale price index that could prompt further monetary tightening by the Reserve Bank of India.


Pakistan recall Shoaib Akhtar, Shoaib Malik for Asia Cup (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 06:22 AM PDT

Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar (R) fights for the ball with team mate Shoaib Malik during a training session in Peshawar in this February 5, 2006 file photo. Pakistan recalled fast bowler Akhtar and all-rounder Malik on Thursday for this month's Asia Cup one-day tournament. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - Pakistan recalled fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar and all-rounder Shoaib Malik on Thursday for this month's Asia Cup one-day tournament.


UK fines JPMorgan record $49 mln, warns other banks (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 05:48 AM PDT

People walk past the JPMorgan Chase & Co building in New York in this March 17, 2008 file photo. The U.S. investment bank has been fined a record 33.32 million pounds ($49.12 million) in Britain for failing to protect billions of dollars of client money over almost seven years. REUTERS/Chip East/FilesReuters - U.S. investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co has been fined a record 33.32 million pounds ($49.12 million) in Britain for failing to protect billions of dollars of client money over almost seven years.


EXCLUSIVE - World Cup soccer fans turning more to cellphones (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 05:30 AM PDT

A Venezuelan fan wears the national colours at a soccer match between Venezuela and Bolivia in San Cristobal in this June 26, 2007 file photo. Billions of soccer fans globally will increasingly turn to mobile phones to track the World Cup action. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno/FilesReuters - The billions of fans of soccer World Cup, globally the premiere sporting event, will increasingly turn to mobile phones to track the action, according to a Nielsen survey released on Thursday.


Services growth slows slightly in May - survey (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 12:46 AM PDT

Employees at a call centre provide service support to international customers, in Bangalore in this March 17, 2004 file photo. Business activity among services firms expanded for the 13th consecutive month in May, but at a slower pace than in April. REUTERS/Sherwin Crasto/FilesReuters - Business activity among Indian services firms expanded for the 13th consecutive month in May, but at a slower pace than in April, as growth in business expectations and prices charged ebbed, a survey showed.


Titanic film director says BP turned down help offer (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 12:18 AM PDT

Film director and Lightstorm Entertainment Chairman James Cameron answers a reporter's question during a news conference after he delivered a keynote address titled Reuters - Film director and deep-sea explorer James Cameron said on Wednesday that BP Plc turned down his offer to help combat the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.


Fish conservation an economic saviour for Uttarakhand villages (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:03 AM PDT

Reuters - Conserving an endangered fish in Uttarakhand's Ramganga river has proved to be not only environmentally rewarding but also an economic saviour to villages along the banks of the river.

Israel resists international probe into Gaza ship raid (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:20 AM PDT

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a televised address at his office in Jerusalem June 2, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/PoolReuters - Israel on Thursday resisted calls for an international inquiry to investigate its lethal seizure of a Turkish ship bound for blockaded Gaza.


BP inches ahead in latest bid to control oil spill (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jun 2010 03:37 AM PDT

Technicians use a robotic arm at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico in this video grab taken from a BP live video feed June 1, 2010. REUTERS/BP/HandoutReuters - Robot submarines plying the dark, frigid depths of the Gulf of Mexico made halting progress in BP's latest bid to siphon off oil belching from its ruptured wellhead, but tar balls and other debris from the spill posed new threats to the region's shoreline.


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