2010年8月15日星期日

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


PM says working hard to curb inflation (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 11:01 PM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addresses the nation from a bullet-proof enclosure at the historic Red Fort during Independence Day celebrations in Delhi August 15, 2010. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Prime minister on Sunday defended his decision to raise fuel prices as a measure of fiscal prudence, saying his government was making every effort to tackle double-digit inflation that is hurting the poor.


Yuvraj suffering with dengue fever - reports (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2010 04:52 AM PDT

Yuvraj Singh leaves after practice session ahead of test series against Sri Lanka in Colombo in this July 11, 2010 file photo. Singh has been ruled out of India's one-day international against Sri Lanka on Monday after coming down with dengue fever, India media reported on Sunday. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/FilesReuters - Yuvraj Singh has been ruled out of India's one-day international against Sri Lanka on Monday after coming down with dengue fever, India media reported on Sunday.


Two killed as farmers, police clash over land (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2010 01:50 AM PDT

Reuters - At least two people were killed and several wounded in Aligarh on Saturday in clashes between police and farmers angry at what they say is low compensation for land taken to build a highway, officials said.

U.N. chief urges faster foreign aid for Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2010 05:09 AM PDT

A long-time Afghan refugee carries objects recovered from the ruins of his home in the destroyed village in Pabbi, located in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province August 14, 2010. REUTERS/Tim WimborneReuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged foreign donors on Sunday to speed up aid to Pakistan as the government warned of new waves of floods that have already disrupted lives of a tenth of its 170 million people.


Sri Lanka launches new port built with Chinese loan (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2010 05:09 AM PDT

Reuters - Sri Lanka flooded a new port on Sunday, built with Chinese assistance as part of a $6 billion drive to rebuild the island nation's infrastructure after a quarter century of war.

Kuwait's Zain cuts workforce by 70 pct - paper (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2010 03:03 AM PDT

A woman walks past a Zain customer care shop in Kenya's capital Nairobi February 15, 2010. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/FilesReuters - Kuwaiti telecoms firm Zain, which sold most of its African assets to Bharti Airtel, has lowered its workforce by 70 percent, its chief executive said in published remarks.


U.S. hopeful Pakistan can avert big cholera outbreak (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 09:25 PM PDT

A flood victim sits in a makeshift bed while taking refuge along a road median with others in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district in Punjab province on August 14, 2010. REUTERS/Adrees LatifReuters - A senior U.S. aid official said on Saturday he was optimistic a serious cholera outbreak could be averted in flood-hit Pakistan after emergency steps taken by international and Pakistani relief groups.


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