2010年8月13日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Four killed in anti-India protests in Kashmir (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 06:44 AM PDT

An Indian policeman walks on a road covered with stones and pieces of bricks thrown by protesters in Srinagar August 13, 2010. REUTERS/Fayaz KabliReuters - Four people were killed and 10 wounded in Kashmir on Friday as police fired at thousands of demonstrators, the latest deaths in the two month-long protests against New Delhi's rule in the region.

Delhi will deliver a safe Commonwealth Games, federation says (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 08:37 AM PDT

A woman walks past the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, under construction for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi August 12, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Athletes should not be apprehensive about security at the Commonwealth Games in October despite concerns raised by Australia, the head of the games organising federation said on Friday.

Monsoon likely below normal next week - Met (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 08:07 AM PDT

A girl sits inside her flooded makeshift tent after heavy rains at Chandhkeda village on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad August 9, 2010. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - India's monsoon rains are likely to remain below normal for another week but are forecast to revive soon, particularly in the soybean-growing central region, the weather office said on Friday.

BlackBerry assures India on access to services (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 02:20 PM PDT

A boy stands in front of a Blackberry counter at a mobile showroom in New Delhi August 12, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Research In Motion has promised India a technical solution for decoding encrypted BlackBerry data, a senior official said on Friday, a step that could allay Indian security concerns about the smartphone and avert a shutdown.

Reclusive Myanmar sets date for elections (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 02:20 PM PDT

A solidarity activist from the Free Burma Coalition Philippines holds up a poster depicting a people's ballot during a protest to denounce Myanmar's elections, in front of the Myanmar embassy in Makati city, metro Manila May 27, 2010. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco/FilesReuters - Myanmar will hold its first parliamentary poll in two decades on Nov. 7, state media said on Friday, ending speculation over the timing of a vote rights groups see as a sham aimed at entrenching military power.

Obama signs $600 million border security bill (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 01:29 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama reaches for a pen to sign the Southwest Border Security Bill, as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano watches, in the Oval Office in Washington August 13, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed a $600 million bill to beef up security on the border with Mexico, and his aides pressed lawmakers to set aside election-year politics and work toward broader immigration reform.

Sri Lanka court martial convicts ex-army chief Fonseka (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 05:06 AM PDT

Retired Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka speaks to reporters in Colombo January 30, 2010. RETRES/Dinuka Liyanawatte/FilesReuters - A Sri Lankan court martial on Friday stripped the general who spearheaded the army's victory over Tamil separatists of his military ranks after finding him guilty of involvement in politics while in uniform.

Diseases intensify risks in Pakistan flood crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 10:03 AM PDT

Villager Ali Mardan leads his two donkeys through floodwaters in the flooded village of Karampur, 70 km (43 miles) from Sukkur in Pakistan's Sindh province August 12, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar SoomroReuters - Disease outbreaks pose grave risks to victims of Pakistan's worst floods in decades, aid agencies said on Friday, causing fresh concern about already complicated relief efforts.

Vedanta nears $8-8.5 bln Cairn India deal - source (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 06:44 AM PDT

A Cairn India employee works at a storage facility for crude oil at Mangala oil field at Barmer in Rajasthan August 29, 2009. Miner Vedanta Resources is close to finalising a deal to buy a majority stake in Cairn Energy's Indian unit, Cairn India, sources close to the matter said on Friday. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - India-focused miner Vedanta Resources is close to a deal to buy a 51 percent stake in Cairn India for $8 billion to $8.5 billion, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

No longer all in the family: Indian businesses step out (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 09:03 PM PDT

Chairman of Tata Group Ratan Tata attends the annual general meeting of Reuters - When it comes to Indian businesses, The Tata Group is the oldest and best-known: the conglomerate owns the luxury Jaguar car brand, it's made the world's cheapest car, and its chairman, 72-year-old Ratan Tata, oversees an empire that ranges from salt to software.

Reliance Comm Q1 net plunges on price war (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 08:47 AM PDT

A man walks past a logo of Reliance Communication in Mumbai September 22, 2009. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Reliance Communications, India's No. 2 mobile phone operator, reported a steep decline in quarterly profit as sharply lower call charges after a vicious price war hit margins.

Mudslides trap 500, kill five in southwest China (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 08:06 PM PDT

Residents eat lunch inside a destroyed building in the landslide-hit Zhouqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province August 12, 2010. REUTERS/Aly SongReuters - Mudslides after heavy rain have killed five people and trapped more than 500 in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, the Xinhua state news agency said on Friday, the latest natural disaster to strike China recently.

Govt: Google, Skype, RIM must meet security needs (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 04:37 AM PDT

A woman holds a Google T-Mobile G1 mobile telephone at a T-Mobile store on the day the new phone went on sale in New York City, in this October 22, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters - India will go after any company, including Google, after cracking down on BlackBerry in its bid to keep the world's fastest growing mobile phone market safe from militants and cyber spying, a government source said on Friday.

BlackBerry assures India on messenger access - official (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 05:45 AM PDT

A salesman is seen behind the box of a blackberry handset at a shop in Mumbai August 12, 2010. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - The maker of BlackBerry smartphones has assured India of giving access to its messenger service and is working to address the government's security worries, a senior security official said on Friday.

World Bank says about $1 bln of Pakistan crops lost (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 05:34 AM PDT

A family of flood victims travels on the back of a truck to shift their belongings in a relief camp at Sukkur in Pakistan's Sindh province August 12, 2010. Floods in Pakistan have destroyed about 500,000 tonnes of wheat, meaning a smaller surplus for the country this year, and also hit sugar and cotton supplies. REUTERS/Akhtar SoomroReuters - World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Friday that floods in Pakistan may have destroyed crops worth around $1 billion and that the organisation was considering redirecting aid to the country.

Optimistic on resolving India security concerns - RIM (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 03:49 AM PDT

A customer holds a BlackBerry handset inside a mobile selling shop in Kolkata August 12, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - Research In Motion is optimistic that it will be able to resolve the Indian government's security concerns, a senior company official said on Friday.

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