2010年8月23日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Tiger Woods and wife divorce after sex scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 04:53 PM PDT

Tiger Woods gets a hug from his wife Elin Nordegren on the 18th green after his foursome match at the Presidents Cup in Gainesville, Virginia, in this September 24, 2005 file photo. The world's No. 1 golfer Tiger Woods and his Swedish wife Elin Nordegren have divorced following the sex scandal that embroiled Woods last year. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - The world's No. 1 golfer, Tiger Woods, and his Swedish wife, Elin Nordegren, divorced on Monday following the torrid sex scandal that engulfed Woods late last year.


Gunman, eight hostages killed in Manila bus siege (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 11:28 AM PDT

Police commandos surround a bus with tourists being held hostage at Quirino Grandstand in Manila August 23, 2010. REUTERS/ Cheryl RaveloReuters - Philippine police shot dead a sacked former policeman as they stormed a bus on which he was holding 15 Hong Kong tourists hostage in central Manila on Monday, and the government said eight hostages were killed.


BJP raises fresh objection to nuclear bill (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 10:40 PM PDT

A view of the Indian parliament building is seen on its opening day in New Delhi June 1, 2009. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), India's main opposition party, has reneged on a promise to support a bill that seeks to open up the country's nuclear power market, saying current provisions make it difficult to get compensation in case of accidents.


PROFILE - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 12:33 PM PDT

File photo of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as he speaks during a news conference in Washington November November 25, 2009.  REUTERS/Molly Riley/FilesReuters - Position: Prime Minister of India


Atwal success fuels India's major ambitions (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 02:10 AM PDT

Arjun Atwal of India drives off the second tee during the third round of the Sony Open golf tournament in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 17, 2009. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry/FilesReuters - Arjun Atwal's PGA Tour triumph shone as a beacon on an otherwise dark Sunday for Indian sports, fuelling the world's second most populous country's hopes of celebrating a maiden major victory in the not too distant future.


PROFILE - Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 12:23 PM PDT

File photo of India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as he speaks during a business meeting in New Delhi July 7, 2009. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - Position: Finance Minister of India


FACTBOX - What is the status of India's reform proposals? (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 11:50 PM PDT

A worker transports oil in a bullock cart to retail outlets in Mumbai June 9, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - With India's main opposition party continuing to object to bills on tax reform and opening up the $150 billion nuclear power market, several reforms proposed by the coalition government may be delayed.


PROFILE - RBI governor Duvvuri Subbarao (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 12:34 PM PDT

Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) File photo of Governor Duvvuri Subbarao as he speaks during a meeting with bankers in Mumbai January 29, 2010. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - Position: Reserve Bank of India Governor


Arjun Atwal becomes first Indian to win on PGA Tour (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 07:32 PM PDT

Reuters - Arjun Atwal became the first Indian and just the sixth Asian-born player to win on the PGA Tour when he secured a one-stroke victory at the Wyndham Championship on Sunday.

Mahindra signs MoU to buy stake in Ssangyong (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 10:26 PM PDT

Pawan Kumar Goenka, Mahindra & Mahindra's president of Automotive & Farm Equipment Sectors, attends a news conference in Seoul August 23, 2010. REUTERS/Truth LeemReuters - Indian utility vehicles maker Mahindra & Mahindra said on Monday it had signed a memorandum of understanding to buy a majority stake in troubled South Korean automaker Ssangyong.


ONGC, others may counter Vedanta's Cairn India bid - PTI (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 07:09 AM PDT

A bird flies by the Vedanta office building in Mumbai August 16, 2010. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp, Oil India and GAIL may make a joint bid to counter London-based Vedanta Resources' proposed offer to buy a majority stake in Cairn India, according to a media report citing unnamed sources.


Pakistan floods leave millions hungry - U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 11:44 PM PDT

A one-year-old child suffering from severe diarrhea lies on a mat outside his family's tent at a road-side camp for flood victims near Shabar Jangi on the outskirts of Peshawar in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province August 22, 2010. REUTERS/Tim WimborneReuters - Pakistan's worst floods in decades have left millions hungry, the United Nations said on Monday, while parts of the south were on high alert for rising waters that could further tax aid groups.


Two Indians among 11 militants killed preparing bombs in Somalia (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 10:18 PM PDT

Reuters - Eleven insurgent militiamen were killed by their own bombs when they went off prematurely in Somalia's capital, the government said on Saturday.

Sri Lanka hammer India to reach tri-series final (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Aug 2010 07:32 PM PDT

India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2nd L) shakes hands with Sri Lanka's Upul Tharanga as Virender Sehwag (2nd R) and Suresh Raina (R) smile after Sri Lanka won the fifth one-day international cricket match against India in the tri-series in Dambulla August 22, 2010.  REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - All-rounder Thisara Perera's maiden five-wicket haul helped hosts Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket victory over India on Sunday and a place in the final of the one-day tri-series.


Trade min announces some export incentives (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Aug 2010 12:19 AM PDT

Dock workers stand near containers stacked at the Container Terminal at the Cochin Port on Willingdon Island in Kerala July 27, 2009. REUTERS/Sivaram V/FilesReuters - India will offer export incentives to some labour-intensive sectors, Trade Minister Anand Sharma said on Monday.


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