2010年8月20日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Cabinet clears nuclear liability bill (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 04:00 PM PDT

A nearly 200 ton nuclear reactor safety vessel is erected at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research at Kalpakkam, about 80 km (48 miles) from the southern Indian city of Chennai, in this June 24, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/BabuReuters - The cabinet on Friday cleared changes to a bill aimed at opening up the country's $150 billion nuclear power market and it is likely to be placed in parliament on Saturday, a senior Congress party minister said.


Looking for true love? Take your time - study (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 04:00 PM PDT

A couple look at the sunset at a seafront in Mumbai December 31, 2008. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Couples who get to know each other before being intimate have a better chance of having a lasting relationship, but in some cases even a casual fling can lead to true love, according to a new research.


Israel, Palestinians agree to direct peace talks (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 03:52 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives to speak about the floods in Pakistan during a plenary meeting of the 64th General Assembly Session of the United Nations at the UN Headquarters in New York August 19, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - Israel and the Palestinians accepted on Friday an invitation by the United States and other powers to restart direct talks on Sept. 2 in a modest step toward forging a deal within 12 months to create a Palestinian state and peacefully end one of the world's most intractable conflicts.


Actual Pakistan flood death toll unknown - UN envoy (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Flood victims walk through mud while salvaging their belongings from their destroyed village in Pabbi, located in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province August 4, 2010. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/FilesReuters - The actual number of people killed by the massive flooding in Pakistan remains unknown because large areas of the country are inaccessible, Islamabad's U.N. envoy said on Friday.


Govt approves Chinese telco gear orders - sources (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:39 AM PDT

A Huawei plant is lit by a setting sun in the southern Chinese township of Longhau in Guangdong province August 18, 2010. REUTERS/Bobby YipReuters - India has allowed two telecoms firms to buy equipment from China's Huawei and ZTE after the Chinese firms agreed to New Delhi's tighter rules to address security concerns, sources said on Friday.


Bharti Airtel to sponsor home cricket series (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 12:58 AM PDT

A boy rides his bicycle past an advertisement of Bharti Airtel in Kochi in this March 31, 2010 file photo. Bharti Airtel has won the rights to sponsor all cricket series played in India until 2013. REUTERS/Sivaram VReuters - Top telecoms firm Bharti Airtel has won the rights to sponsor all cricket series played in India until 2013 and will pay $700,000 per match, a cricket board official said on Friday.


Govt sees solution on BlackBerry emails next week - source (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 06:25 AM PDT

A woman walks past a Blackberry advertisement billboard in Mumbai August 17, 2010. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) may provide some solution next week to help Indian security agencies access corporate email by obtaining encrypted data in readable format, a government source said on Friday.


Pakistan to clamp down on Islamist militant charities (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 08:28 AM PDT

Two girls look out from their family's tent at a road-side centre for flood victims on the outskirts of Peshawar, located in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province August 20, 2010. REUTERS/Tim WimborneReuters - Pakistan said on Friday it will clamp down on charities linked to Islamist militants amid fears their involvement in flood relief could exploit anger against the government and undermine the fight against groups like the Taliban.


Monsoon seen normal next wk, crop area grows (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 07:49 AM PDT

Commuters travel through a waterlogged road after heavy monsoon rains in New Delhi August 19, 2010. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Monsoon rains are likely to be normal next week in most parts of the country, boosting prospects for rice, cane, oilseeds and cotton crops, the weather office said on Friday.


Russian nuclear submarine leased to India - reports (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 03:09 AM PDT

Russian seamen line up on an unidentified submarine believed to be an Akula-class submarine during a military parade training in Vladivostok in this July 25, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev/FilesReuters - Russia has handed a new nuclear-powered submarine over to India for a 10-year lease, Russian news agencies reported on Friday, two years after an accident during testing killed 20 people.


Reliance Comm launches Nokia Life Tools services (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:00 AM PDT

A street vendor sells his goods beside a Reliance mobile phone store in Mumbai June 8, 2010. Reliance Communications on Friday launched Nokia's Ovi Life Tools services for its customers, the companies said in a joint statement. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause/FilesReuters - India's second-largest mobile phone operator Reliance Communications on Friday launched Nokia's Ovi Life Tools services for its customers, the companies said in a joint statement.


Tata Tele gets OK to buy Chinese equipment - source (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 02:12 AM PDT

A general view shows the headquarters of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. in Shenzhen, Guangdong province June 29, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - Tata Teleservices has received the government's approval to buy telecoms equipment from China's Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday.


BlackBerry solution has to come from RIM: Bharti CEO (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 12:01 AM PDT

A man carries empty water containers as he walks past a Blackberry billboard in New Delhi August 12, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/Reuters - A solution to security concerns on BlackBerry has to come from Research in Motion, a top Bharti Airtel executive said on Friday, adding that operators like itself can only co-ordinate efforts.


Rice pulls out of Commonwealth Games to have surgery (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 06:10 PM PDT

Stephanie Rice of Australia shows her bronze medal after the women's 400m individual medley swimming final at the World Championships in Rome August 2, 2009.     REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/FilesReuters - Triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice has pulled out of this year's Commonwealth Games to have shoulder surgery in the hope of being fit enough to compete at the 2012 London Games.


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