2010年6月24日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Record king Isner upstages Queen at Wimbledon (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:21 PM PDT

John Isner (FRONT) of the U.S. wins a point against France's Nicolas Mahut during the fifth set at the 2010 Wimbledon tennis championships in London, June 23, 2010.  REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettReuters - Wimbledon returned to something resembling normality at 4.48pm on Thursday when American John Isner punched away a backhand winner past Nicolas Mahut to win a match that had left the tournament in suspended animation.


India outplay Sri Lanka in Asia Cup final (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 11:39 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's Chamara Kapugedera hits the ball as India's captain and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (L) watches during the final match of the Asia Cup one-day international cricket tournament in Dambulla June 24, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - India outplayed Sri Lanka in all departments of the game on Thursday to win the Asia Cup final by 81 runs and record a fourth win in seven tournament finals under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.


Positive talks signal possible Pakistan, India thaw (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 07:56 AM PDT

India's Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao (C) speaks to her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir (unseen) during their meeting in Islamabad June 24, 2010. REUTERS/Adrees LatifReuters - The top diplomats of Pakistan and India met in Islamabad on Thursday, emerging from talks to signal a joint resolve against militant extremism and hinting that more comprehensive discussions may be renewed.


Rains 21 pct below normal; experts hopeful (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:25 AM PDT

Commuters walk on a railway track during monsoon rains in Mumbai June 16, 2010. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - Monsoon rains, vital to the trillion-dollar economy, were 21 percent below normal in the week to June 23, the India Meteorological Department said, reflecting slow progress since the season began in June.


Internet bosses set to approve .xxx for porn sites (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 11:16 AM PDT

A generic picture of a woman in an office using a computer mouse. REUTERS/Catherine Benson/FilesReuters - The company that oversees Web addresses is expected to give the go-ahead on Friday for the creation of a .xxx suffix for websites with pornographic content, company officials indicated on Thursday.


FACTBOX - What are the issues between India and Pakistan? (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:26 AM PDT

Pakistani Rangers and Indian Border Security Force personnel (obscured) lower the flags of the two countries during a daily flag lowering ceremony at the India-Pakistan joint border at Wagah some 20 km (12 miles) to the east of Lahore, December 14, 2006. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FilesReuters - The top diplomats of nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India hold their second meeting in three months on Thursday in Islamabad amid continuing efforts to normalise relations strained by the Mumbai attacks of 2008.


China firms join controversial Pakistan nuclear push (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 01:03 AM PDT

Reuters - Chinese companies this month quietly signed a contract to cooperate in building two nuclear reactors at Pakistan's Chashma atomic complex, advancing a controversial project that has worried Washington and India.

FACTBOX - Key U.S. shale natural gas and oil deals since 2009 (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 04:12 PM PDT

Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, speaks during a news conference in Mumbai September 21, 2008. India's largest listed company Reliance Industries will invest $1.36 billion in the U.S. shale gas assets of Pioneer Natural Resources. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - Companies eager to capitalize on the U.S. shale gas revolution are buying up firms which have deeds to land with access to reserves.


Food inflation rises; fuel price meeting eyed (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:08 AM PDT

Vendors arrange vegetables at a vegetable wholesale market in Chandigarh June 4, 2009. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - India's food inflation accelerated in mid-June, maintaining pressure on the Reserve Bank of India to tighten monetary policy at a faster pace.


Reliance buys 45 pct in U.S. shale gas JV for $1.36 bln (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 02:15 AM PDT

India's Reliance Industries KG-D6's facility located in Andhra Pradesh is pictured in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/Reliance Industries/Handout/FilesReuters - Reliance Industries will invest $1.36 billion in the U.S. shale gas assets of Pioneer Natural Resources, its second such investment in as many months as it builds business beyond the Indian energy sector.


Canada apologizes over 1985 Air India bombing (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 06:23 PM PDT

Officers, Irish sailors and rescue workers look on as bodies the 329 victims of the Air India jumbo jet which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean are lined up on the docks in Cork, Ireland June 24, 1985. Canada's government apologized to the families of the 329 victims of the 1985 Air India bombing on Wednesday. REUTERS/Rob Taggart/FilesReuters - Canada's government apologized to the families of the 329 victims of the 1985 Air India bombing on Wednesday, saying authorities failed in their duty to prevent the tragedy.


Sleep-deprived Apple fans brave rain for iPhone 4 (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 12:08 AM PDT

A customer tries out the new iPhone 4 at Apple Inc's store in the Ginza district of Tokyo June 24, 2010. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Hundreds of fans flocked to stores in Tokyo to be the first buyers of Apple's iPhone 4 and some lined up in San Francisco as the red-hot smartphone rolls out on Thursday in five of the world's six largest economies.


ANALYSIS - Tussle over forests shows India's growth dilemma (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 10:09 PM PDT

Jairam Ramesh, India's environment minister, speaks during a news conference in New Delhi July 31, 2009. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/FilesReuters - India's maverick environment minister is resisting pressure from some cabinet colleagues to clear forests for mining and roads in a tussle that underlines the country's struggle for sustainable growth.


ING raises $175 mln from Kotak stake sale - sources (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 11:57 PM PDT

Netherlands' ING banking and insurance group building is seen in Amsterdam, February 17, 2010. REUTERS/Toussaint Kluiters/United Photos/FilesReuters - Dutch financial services group ING raised $175 million by selling its entire 3.1 percent stake in India's Kotak Mahindra Bank, two sources with direct knowledge of the deal said on Thursday.


Rains 11.1 pct below normal - sources (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 11:38 PM PDT

Villagers fill their containers with drinking water supplied by a government-run water tanker in Barara village, about 225 km (140 miles) northwest of Ahmedabad May 4, 2010. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - India's annual monsoon rains, vital to the trillion-dollar economy's farm output and economic growth, were 11.1 percent below normal for June 1-23, sources at the weather office told Reuters on Thursday.


Reliance to invest $1.36 bln on U.S. shale gas venture (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2010 10:43 PM PDT

India's Reliance Industries KG-D6's floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is seen off the Bay of Bengal in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/Reliance Industries/Handout/FilesReuters - Reliance Industries will invest $1.36 billion in shale assets of Pioneer Natural Resources , as the Indian energy major looks to build its presence in the U.S. shale gas sector.


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