2010年6月29日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Three killed as anti-India protests spread in Kashmir (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 08:49 AM PDT

Kashmiri protesters throw pieces of bricks towards Indian police during a protest in Srinagar June 29, 2010. REUTERS/Fayaz KabliReuters - Indian troops fired at anti-India protesters, killing at least three people in troubled Kashmir, police said, as tensions rose in a region at the core of Delhi's dispute with nuclear-armed neighbour Pakistan.


Maoists kill 26 police as attacks multiply (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 10:11 AM PDT

Reuters - Dozens of Maoist rebels ambushed a security patrol in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, killing at least 26 police, the latest attack in a growing insurgency that the government is struggling to control.

Govt to lift diesel subsidies despite protests (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 09:45 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks during a news conference in New Delhi May 24, 2010. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - The government will allow market pricing of diesel, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday, signalling his resolve to push bold reforms despite strong protests from political allies and opposition parties.


Spain and Paraguay in quarters, FIFA sorry (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 02:44 PM PDT

Spain's David Villa celebrates his goal  during the 2010 World Cup second round soccer match against Portugal at Green Point stadium in Cape Town June 29, 2010.  REUTERS/Marcelo Del PozoReuters - Spain and Paraguay squeezed into the World Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday while FIFA boss Sepp Blatter apologised for two colossal refereeing blunders that have created the tournament's biggest controversy.


Russia angry as U.S. seeks to limit spy fallout (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 02:35 PM PDT

(From L to R) Russian spy suspects, Anna Chapman, Vicky Pelaez, Richard Murphy, Cynthia Murphy and Juan Lazaro, are seen in this courtroom sketch during an appearance at the Manhattan Federal Court in New York June 28, 2010. REUTERS/Jane RosenburgReuters - Moscow on Tuesday angrily rejected allegations by Washington that it had cracked an undercover Russian spy ring but U.S. officials said the Cold War-style cloak and dagger saga would not undermine a thaw in relations.


Google tweaks China site in bid to keep license (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 11:31 AM PDT

A person poses with a magnifying glass in front of a Google search page in this illustrative photograph taken in Shanghai March 23, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - Google Inc is tweaking its China website in a last-ditch effort to save its search business in the world's largest Internet market after butting heads with Beijing over Web censorship.


Mexico denies refinery project with Reliance (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 12:15 PM PDT

Mukesh D. Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries, attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 29, 2009. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/FilesReuters - Mexico's energy ministry has denied a media report saying it was planning to construct a new oil refinery in partnership with Indian energy company Reliance Industries.


Monsoon lags, may yet cover country on time (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 06:42 AM PDT

A man rides a bicycle in front of graffiti during monsoon rains in Mumbai June 29, 2010. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - India's vital monsoon rains, running late in the main sugar- and rice-producing regions, are not likely to revive in the next few days, the weather office said, raising concerns about rising inflation.


PM to ask U.S. to extradite ex-CEO in Bhopal case (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:57 AM PDT

File photo of Mahmuda Bee, a 105-year-old survivor of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster, sitting in front of a poster showing Warren Anderson, former chairman of U.S. firm Union Carbide, during a demonstration in Bhopal December 3, 2003. REUTERS/Raj Patidar/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday India would try to convince the United States to extradite the former chairman of Union Carbide, wanted in connection with the world's deadliest industrial accident.


China says can guarantee grip on Tibet "forever" (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 07:27 AM PDT

A Tibetan woman walks home with her donkey as she transports straw, on a road leading to Tsedang some 120 km west of the Lhasa Tibet Autonomous Region November 26, 2009. REUTERS/Nir Elias/FilesReuters - China can maintain its grip on Tibet "forever", a senior official said on Tuesday, but conceded that a heavy security presence was still needed to ensure order in Lhasa two years after deadly riots.


Blatter forced to reconsider technology (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 07:00 AM PDT

FIFA president Sepp Blatter speaks during a news conference in Doha April 24, 2010. REUTERS/ Mohammed Dabbous/FilesReuters - The furore over refereeing mistakes at the World Cup forced FIFA president Sepp Blatter into an about-turn on Tuesday, reopening the debate on the use of goalline technology.


Venus, Clijsters suffer shock Wimbledon exits (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 09:35 AM PDT

Belgium's Kim Clijsters hits a return to Russia's Vera Zvonareva at the 2010 Wimbledon tennis championships in London, June 29, 2010. Zvonareva stormed back to win 3-6 6-4 6-2 as former number one Clijsters, back at the All England Club for the first time since quitting the sport in 2006, crumbled on Centre Court.  REUTERS/Phil NobleReuters - Wimbledon is guaranteed a new grand slam finalist in the women's singles after Tsvetana Pironkova and Vera Zvonareva caused huge upsets on Tuesday to set up an unlikely last-four clash.


Normal monsoon season forecast for India - attache (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 08:12 AM PDT

People walk on the seafront during a rainfall in Mumbai June 25, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - Following are selected highlights from a report issued by a U.S. Department of Agriculture attache in New Delhi:


Diesel subsidy removal may aggravate future price rises (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 05:31 AM PDT

An employee fills diesel into an oil drum at a fuel station in New Delhi June 25, 2010. REUTERS/Mukesh GuptaReuters - India's complete deregulation of diesel prices may add to inflationary pressures given that it is the main fuel for goods movement in India, economists said.


Policy tools not enough to tackle food prices - RBI deputy (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 05:31 AM PDT

A man walks past the entrance of the Reserve Bank of India headquarters in Mumbai January 27, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor said on Tuesday the increase in food prices was a structural issue beyond tackling only with monetary policy tools.


Court finds Indian origin surgeon killed Australian patients (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 02:54 AM PDT

Booking mug of Dr. Jayant Patel taken March 11, 2008 released by the Multnomah County Sheriffs Office. REUTERS/Multnomah County Sheriffs Office/HandoutReuters - An Australian court found a U.S. surgeon guilty of manslaughter charges on Tuesday over the deaths of three patients he operated on in an Australian hospital between 2003 and 2005, Australian media said.


SBI sets base rate at 7.5 percent (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 12:15 AM PDT

People walk in front of a signboard displayed at the head office of State Bank of India in Mumbai in this November 9, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - State Bank of India, India's largest lender, on Tuesday set its base rate for loans at 7.5 percent, as part of a new rule that requires banks to set their minimum lending rates.


U.S. missile strike kills 6 militants in NW Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 12:23 AM PDT

Reuters - A U.S. drone fired two missiles into Pakistan's northwestern South Waziristan region on Tuesday, killing six insurgents, including a foreigner, Pakistani intelligence officials and residents said.
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