2010年6月19日星期六

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


India's win sets up Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 11:42 AM PDT

India's Harbhajan Singh celebrates the win over Pakistan in their Asia Cup one-day international cricket tournament in Dambulla June 19, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - India pulled off a thrilling three-wicket win over Pakistan with a ball to spare at the four-nation Asia Cup in Dambulla on Saturday.


Bolt will not compete at Commonwealth Games (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 10:56 AM PDT

Usain Bolt of Jamaica gestures as he prepares for the men's 300m race at the IAAF World Challenge Zlata Tretra (Golden Spike) in Ostrava May 27, 2010. REUTERS/David W Cerny/FilesReuters - Jamaican triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt will not compete in the New Delhi Commonwealth Games from Oct 3-14 because they are too late in the year, coach Glen Mills told Reuters on Saturday.


In season of optimism, Kashmir Hindus dream of return (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 05:14 AM PDT

A Kashmiri Pandit woman lights earthen lamps during an annual Hindu festival at a shrine in Khirbhawani, 30 km (19 miles) east of Srinagar June 19, 2010. REUTERS/Danish IsmailReuters - Two decades after they were forced to flee Kashmir, thousands of Hindu Pandits seek to return to their ancestral homeland, their hopes lifted by a fall in Islamist rebel attacks against New Delhi's rule.


Anelka kicked out of World Cup after row (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 11:32 AM PDT

France's Nicolas Anelka (L) fights for the ball against Mexico's Francisco Rodriguez during the 2010 World Cup Group A soccer match at Peter Mokaba stadium in Polokwane June 17, 2010. REUTERS/Radu SighetiReuters - Striker Nicolas Anelka departed the World Cup in disgrace on Saturday after insulting France coach Raymond Domenech and refusing to apologise.


U.S. Gulf Coast residents battle to clean up oil spill (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 12:06 PM PDT

Oil-tainted water from the Gulf of Mexico sits in jars placed before a group of business people and officials called Reuters - Residents of the U.S. Gulf Coast battled to save their beaches on Saturday as tar balls washed ashore at Panama City, the most easterly point in Florida where oil has been found from BP Plc's ruptured deep-sea well.


Milan menswear opens out, in anniversary mood (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 11:22 AM PDT

File photo of Italian designers Domenico Dolce (L) and Stefano Gabbana seen during Milan Fashion Week in this February 25, 2010 file photo. Reuters/Alessandro Garofalo/FilesReuters - Designers such as Italian duo Dolce & Gabbana and Belgian Dirk Bikkembergs are hoping to lure crisis-hit shoppers back by staging fashion events in Milan's most popular squares.


Finance ministry says SEBI nod not needed for ULIP sales (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 09:03 AM PDT

A man shows balloons in the colours of the Indian flag to his child at a market during Independence Day celebrations in Chandigarh August 15, 2008. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - The finance ministry said on Saturday life insurers could sell unit-linked insurance plans (ULIPs) without seeking a nod from the capital markets regulator, ending a spat between regulators over the hybrid products.


Dollar peg is dead as China vows yuan flexibility (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 12:06 PM PDT

An employee counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a branch of Huaxia Bank in Shenyang, Liaoning province March 18, 2010. REUTERS/Sheng Li/FilesReuters - China said on Saturday it would gradually make the yuan more flexible in a gesture that may deflect foreign criticism at next week's G20 summit but will not quickly yield a big move by its currency.


SWFs eye BRICs but rules, liquidity restrain-forum (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 11:32 AM PDT

Reuters - Euro zone woes have prodded Sovereign Wealth Funds' toward more investments in emerging markets, but a lack of liquidity and rules on risk limit how much they can invest, financiers told a forum on Saturday.

Quake off Andaman islands; no injuries (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 10:05 PM PDT

Reuters - A moderate earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck in the ocean near Andaman islands early on Saturday, but no casualties were reported, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and local officials said. No tsunami warning was issued. But residents fled their homes in panic, with the tremors shaking buildings and rattling furniture on the island of Diglipur, 340 km (210 miles) north of capital Port Blair.

India beat Pakistan by three wickets - Asia Cup - result (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 10:56 AM PDT

India's Gautam Gambhir (C, in blue) and Pakistan's wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal (wearing helmet) argue during the Asia Cup one-day international cricket tournament in Dambulla June 19, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - India beat Pakistan by three wickets with one ball remaining in an Asia Cup match in Dambulla on Saturday.


Radical Muslim preacher banned from entering UK (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 09:55 PM PDT

Fiel photo of Zakir Naik as he delivers a speech in Srinagar September 7, 2003. Britain on Friday banned from entering the country Naik who has expressed radical views about Islam, including some that appear to justify acts of terrorism. REUTERS/Danish Ismail/FilesReuters - Britain on Friday banned from entering the country an Indian preacher who has expressed radical views about Islam, including some that appear to justify acts of terrorism.


Supporters mark birthday of Myanmar's Suu Kyi (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 01:04 AM PDT

A graffiti artist finishes a mural of Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an event to mark her 65th birthday in Prague June 18, 2010.  REUTERS/David W CernyReuters - Supporters of Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, marked her 65th birthday on Saturday amid renewed calls in the West for her release.


Monsoon three days late in covering half of India (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 04:07 AM PDT

Commuters walk on a railway track during monsoon rains in Mumbai June 16, 2010. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - Monsoon rains, vital for the farm-dependent economy, have covered half of the country and are three days behind schedule, but the delay is not a cause for concern yet, weather officials said on Friday.


Partner puts blame on BP as spill costs grow (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 12:36 AM PDT

Work crews use booms and vacuums to clean marshland impacted by oil from the Deepwater Horizon Spill near Bay Jimmy, in the Barataria Bay of Louisiana June 17, 2010. REUTERS/Lee CelanoReuters - As BP Plc rushed to raise cash to pay for the Gulf of Mexico disaster, a partner in the out-of-control well said the British company was likely guilty of "willful misconduct" and should shoulder the financial burden for the worst U.S. oil spill.


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