2010年7月7日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Bin Laden's cook pleads guilty at Guantanamo (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 02:09 PM PDT

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. military, defendant Ibrahim al-Qosi (L) sits with a member of his defense team inside the courthouse for the U.S. war crimes commission, at the Camp Justice compound, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, July 15, 2009. REUTERS/Janet Hamlin/Pool/FilesReuters - A Sudanese prisoner accused of guarding Osama bin Laden and helping him escape U.S. forces in Afghanistan pleaded guilty at Guantanamo on Wednesday, giving the Obama administration its first conviction in the controversial war crimes court.


Monsoon boosts most crops, flood risk emerges (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 08:13 AM PDT

Monsoon clouds gather over the Howrah Bridge in Kolkata July 6, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - Monsoon rains in key grain-producing states in northern India have brightened the outlook for rice and cotton although heavy showers have flooded some pockets, officials said on Wednesday.


Oil minister seeks help to offset diesel hike (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 07:03 AM PDT

A worker holds a fuel nozzle at a petrol pump in Mumbai June 11, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - Minister of State for petroleum and natural gas Jitin Prasada said on Wednesday he had urged the farm ministry to raise the price at which government buys grains from local farmers to offset the hike in diesel prices.


Army posted in Kashmir capital as violence spirals (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:34 AM PDT

Kashmiris pull a barricade during a protest in Srinagar July 6, 2010. REUTERS/Danish IsmailReuters - SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) The government deployed the army in Srinagar for the first time in nearly two decades on Wednesday to quell huge anti-India protests that have killed 15 people and threaten to destabilise the region.


U.S.- Russia may seek spy swap to free agents (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:45 PM PDT

(From L to R) Russian spy suspects Vicky Pelaez, Richard Murphy, Cynthia Murphy and Juan Lazaro, are seen in this courtroom sketch in New York July 1, 2010. Russia wants to swap a scientist jailed on charges of spying for Britain for one of the suspected Russian agents a lawyer for the scientist told Reuters. REUTERS/Shirley Shepherd/FilesReuters - Russia and the United States appeared to be considering a spy swap on Wednesday to send home a ring of suspected Russian agents whose arrest cast an unwelcome Cold War chill over warming diplomatic ties.


Bigger role seen for new financial centres like Mumbai (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 12:50 AM PDT

People walk pass the Bombay Stock Exchange building  in Mumbai July 31, 2009. London and New York are not about to lose their spots as world's leading financial centres but they are being challenged by emerging market upstarts in a potentially lucrative area: the management of funds moving between developing economies. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - London and New York are not about to lose their spots as the world's leading financial centres but they are being challenged by emerging market upstarts in a potentially lucrative area: the management of


Two die in gunfire at India-Pakistan border (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 07:31 AM PDT

Reuters - An exchange of fire at the Indian-Pakistan border near Pakistan's Punjab province has killed two Indian troops and wounded a Pakistani soldier and several villagers, officials said on Wednesday.

Bharti Airtel plans to invest $600 mln in Nigeria (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 07:03 AM PDT

A policeman stands guard in front of a billboard of Bharti Airtel at a police checkpost in Jammu February 16, 2010. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - Bharti Airtel Ltd will invest $600 million in Nigeria over the next three years, half within the next 12 months, the mobile phone company said on Wednesday.


Telecoms min panel to review regulator plans (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:43 AM PDT

Sun rises over the telecommunication towers in New Delhi December 22, 2007. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - The telecoms ministry has set up a panel to look into mobile firms' concerns over the sector regulator's proposals, including levying a one-time fee on 2G radio spectrum, a government statement said on Wednesday.


A Bollywood debut for Osama bin Laden (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 02:18 AM PDT

A file photo of a video grab from an undated footage from the Internet shows Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden making statements from an unknown location in a video that CNN said on July 14, 2007 was intercepted before it was to appear on radical Islamist Web sites.  REUTERS/REUTERS TV/FilesReuters - Osama bin Laden is coming soon to a movie screen near you.


New fuel price norms likely next week - sources (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 02:43 AM PDT

An employee fills a car with petrol at a gas station in Jammu February 26, 2010. The state-run refiners hope to work out rules for setting market-driven prices of fuel across the country by mid-July, two sources directly involved in the process said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - The state-run refiners hope to work out rules for setting market-driven prices of fuel across the country by mid-July, two sources directly involved in the process said on Wednesday.


Emerging markets may slow further in their ascent - HSBC (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:18 AM PDT

Labourers pull a handcart loaded with iron rods to a road construction site in Kolkata April 26, 2010. Slowing manufacturing growth in emerging markets as a result of easing new orders probably means world trade will soften further, though prospects for developing economies are still bright, HSBC said in a report. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - Slowing manufacturing growth in emerging markets as a result of easing new orders probably means world trade will soften further, though prospects for developing economies are still bright, HSBC said in a report on Wednesday.


Germany and Spain in fight for final (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 11:11 PM PDT

Spain's national soccer players warm up during a training session in Durban July 6, 2010. Germany and Spain do battle on Wednesday for the right to meet the Netherlands in the World Cup final, in a semi widely expected to be one of the most exciting clashes of the tournament. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo/FilesReuters - Germany and Spain do battle on Wednesday for the right to meet the Netherlands in the World Cup final, in a semi widely expected to be one of the most exciting clashes of the tournament.


BSNL seeks franchisees for 3G services - chairman (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 10:55 PM PDT

Sun rises over the telecommunication towers in New Delhi December 22, 2007. State-run telecoms firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd  will shortly seek expressions of interest for franchisees for its third-generation (3G) wireless services, Chairman Kuldeep Goyal said on Wednesday. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - State-run telecoms firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd will shortly seek expressions of interest for franchisees for its third-generation (3G) wireless services, Chairman Kuldeep Goyal said on Wednesday.


Lavasa Corp to invest 22-23 bln rupees in FY11 (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 04:01 AM PDT

Reuters - Lavasa Corporation, a unit of Hindustan Construction Company Ltd, will spend 22-23 billion rupees as capital expenditure in its city project spread over 20,000 acres near Pune, a senior official said on Wednesday.

PM may reshuffle cabinet before parliament (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 07:45 PM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks during the inauguration ceremony of the newly constructed Terminal 3 at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi July 3, 2010. Singh may reshuffle his cabinet before the next parliament session, a minister said. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may reshuffle his cabinet before the next parliament session, a minister said on Tuesday, as the ruling coalition prepares for state elections amid protests against price rises.


Govt discusses lifting investment in foreign retail (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 07:19 PM PDT

A customer shops at a Best Price Modern Wholesale store, a joint venture of Wal-Mart Stores and Bharti Enterprises, at Zirakpur in the northern Indian state of Punjab in this May 12, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Ajay VermaReuters - The government on Tuesday took a tentative step towards opening up the organised retail sector to foreign companies but steered clear of suggesting a specific investment cap.


Troops fire on protesters in tense Kashmir, 3 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 07:45 PM PDT

The bodies of Muzaffar Ahmad Bhat and Fayaz Ahmad Wani (covered with white cloth) lie on the road as policemen chase away mourners in Srinagar July 6, 2010. REUTERS/Umar GanieReuters - Police fired at hundreds of stone-throwing protesters in Kashmir on Tuesday, killing three civilians, authorities said, the latest violence in a region at the core of a dispute between India and Pakistan.


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