2010年6月25日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Force India to launch young driver academy (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 09:20 AM PDT

Force India team owner Vijay Mallya speaks during a news conference in New Delhi May 7, 2007. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Force India will set up a young driver academy to bring 'an Indian Lewis Hamilton' from karting to Formula One, team owner Vijay Mallya said on Friday.


Govt raises monsoon f'cast; may ease food prices (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 03:30 PM PDT

People walk on the seafront during a rainfall in Mumbai June 25, 2010. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - India's annual monsoon rains, key to farm output and economic growth, are expected to be better than previously forecast, raising prospects of good harvests and possibly helping cool double-digit food inflation.


Fuel price rises stoke fears of inflation (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 08:06 AM PDT

A worker lifts a petrol nozzle in New Delhi September 1, 2005. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - The government freed up state-subsidised petrol prices and raised the prices of other fuels as pressure to trim a budget deficit outweighed concerns about the political impact.


Michael Jackson fans turn out in global tribute (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 04:17 PM PDT

Members of the Hanoi Michael Jackson fan club perform during a tribute performance to the late entertainer in Hanoi June 24, 2010. Friday marks the first anniversary of Jackson's death. REUTERS/KhamReuters - Michael Jackson fans worldwide paid tribute to the King of Pop on Friday, marking the one-year anniversary of his sudden death with candlelight vigils, music and dancing from Asia to the United States.


Pakistan, Indian ministers discuss militancy (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 10:45 AM PDT

Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office in Islamabad May 25, 2010. REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - The interior ministers of Pakistan and India agreed to hold further discussion on security issues after their meeting on Friday, which the Pakistani minister described as a "good beginning".


Groups over, Spain and Portugal in last 16 (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 03:30 PM PDT

Spain's Andres Iniesta (R) fights for the ball with Chile's Alexis Sanchez during a 2010 World Cup Group H match at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria June 25, 2010. REUTERS/Eddie KeoghReuters - Iberian neighbours Spain and Portugal avoided the humiliating fate of fellow European soccer powers Italy and France to reach the last 16 in Friday's final games of the World Cup group stage.


Japan to start nuclear power talks with India (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 05:12 AM PDT

Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks to journalists at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo June 3, 2010. REUTERS/Issei Kato/FilesReuters - Japan will start talks with India over a civil nuclear energy deal, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said on Friday, a move that would give Japanese firms access to the rapidly growing market amid rising global competition.


Exhausted Isner beaten in just 74 minutes (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 06:57 AM PDT

John Isner of the U.S. sits in his chair between games in his match against Thiemo De Bakker of the Netherlands at the 2010 Wimbledon tennis championships in London, June 25, 2010. REUTERS/Phil NobleReuters - Exhausted American John Isner, whose epic first-round match broke all tennis records at 11 hours and five minutes, was beaten in just 74 minutes by Dutchman Thiemo De Bakker at Wimbledon on Friday.


Fuel price rises add rate hike pressure (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 06:57 AM PDT

A vehicle is seen refueled with petrol at a fuel station in Mumbai June 25, 2010. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - India's move on Friday to raise fuel prices more than expected adds to bond market expectations that the central bank will raise interest rates by 50 basis points, not 25, when it reviews monetary policy next month.


Ambani brothers sign revised gas pact (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 05:12 AM PDT

Mukesh Ambani (L), chief of India's Reliance Industries, and Anil Ambani, chairman of Reliance Communications, are pictured in this combination image of file photos.  Reliance Natural Resources said on Friday it had signed a revised gas supply agreement with energy major Reliance Industries. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Adeel HalimReuters - Anil Ambani's Reliance Natural Resources signed a revised gas supply agreement with energy major Reliance Industries controlled by his brother Mukesh, resolving a dispute that had been at the heart of a feud between the two billionaires.


SCENARIOS - What will govt do with fuel prices? (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 12:20 AM PDT

Motorists wait at a petrol pump to fill petrol in Lucknow in this June 7, 2010 file photo. The government on Friday will once again grapple with the political hot potato of deregulating fuel prices, seeking a way to improve its financial health as it tries to shield its 1.2 billion citizens from high prices. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar/FilesReuters - The government decides on Friday whether to raise state-subsidised fuel prices, with high global prices and pressure to trim a budget deficit expected to outweigh concerns about the politically sensitive reforms.


EXCLUSIVE - The warrior-scholar versus the Taliban (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 11:52 PM PDT

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Brazil meet Portugal after Italy's shame (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 05:01 AM PDT

Italy's Fabio Cannavaro reacts during a news conference in Irene June 25, 2010. REUTERS/Stefano RellandiniReuters - Ousted champions Italy were torn by national grief on Friday after their stunning World Cup humiliation and fans in South Africa looked to an enticing Portugal v Brazil clash as an antidote to European woes.


Monsoon rains to be normal - junior farm min (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 01:11 AM PDT

Labourers rest against the backdrop of pre-monsoon clouds at a construction site in New Delhi June 17, 2010. ndia's June-September monsoon rainfall is likely to be 102 percent of long-term average, despite a week-long slow progress, Junior Farm Minister K.V. Thomas told reporters on Friday. REUTERS/Mukesh GuptaReuters - India's June-September monsoon rainfall is likely to be 102 percent of long-term average, despite a week-long slow progress, Junior Farm Minister K.V. Thomas told reporters on Friday.


Govt frees up petrol prices, hikes other fuels (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Jun 2010 02:58 AM PDT

An attendant lifts a petrol nozzle at a petrol pump in Siliguri January 4, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - The government on Friday freed up state-subsidised petrol prices and hiked other fuels as high global oil prices and pressure to trim the budget deficit outweighed concerns about the political impact of the measures.


Luxury resort opens at Disney World -- for pets (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 10:09 PM PDT

Reuters - A new luxury resort opening at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida boasts air-conditioned suites with televisions and a water park, but this resort is a bit different -- it's for dogs and cats.
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