2010年9月28日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Semenya out of Commonwealth Games with back injury (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:46 PM PDT

South Africa's Caster Semenya looks on before competing in the women's 800m race during the Palio della Quercia Games in Rovereto August 31, 2010. REUTERS/Alessandro GarofaloReuters - Caster Semenya, the women's 800 metres world champion, has withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games because of a back injury dealing the event another blow, South Africa's Olympic body announced on Tuesday.


High Court to rule on Ayodhya mosque row on Thursday (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 04:36 AM PDT

Rapid Action Forces personnel patrol a road in Ayodhya September 18, 2010. The Allahabad High court will rule on Thursday whether Hindus or Muslims own land around a demolished mosque in Ayodhya, a judgement haunted by memories of a 1992 riot, some of the country's worst violence since the partition. REUTERS/StringerReuters - The Allahabad High Court will rule on Thursday whether Hindus or Muslims own land around a demolished mosque in Ayodhya, a judgement haunted by memories of 1992 riots that killed some 2,000 people.


Commonwealth Games athletes arrive; new security threat looms (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 06:28 AM PDT

An artisan paints a model of the mascot of the Commonwealth Games inside a factory at Mohali in Punjab September 28, 2010. REUTERS/Ajay VermaReuters - Hundreds of athletes arrived in New Delhi for the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday as India scrambled to ensure a court ruling due this week over ownership of a disputed religious site did not spark Hindu-Muslim violence.


AIDS treatment up in 2009; 2010 targets in doubt: WHO (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 09:29 AM PDT

College students take part in a HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in Chandigarh November 27, 2008. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - A record 1.2 million people in low and middle income countries started antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDs in 2009, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday, but targets set for 2010 are unlikely to be met.


Six Sikh men sent to prison for Austria temple attack (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 02:10 AM PDT

Defendants stand in a courtroom before the start of their second trial in Vienna September 10, 2010. Six men have been sentenced to prison terms in Austria over an attack on a Sikh temple which killed a visiting preacher and triggered deadly riots in India.REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/FilesReuters - Six men have been sentenced to prison terms in Austria over an attack on a Sikh temple which killed a visiting preacher and triggered deadly riots in India.


Infrastructure firms scout for opportunity (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 09:12 AM PDT

A general view of the Gevra coalmines in Chhattisgarh, Asia's largest opencast coalmine, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - (For other news from the Reuters India Infrastructure Summit, click http://www.reuters.com/summit/IndiaInvestment10)


Q+A - India braces for politically charged mosque verdict (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 04:15 AM PDT

A Hindu holy man rides a motorcycle as policemen stand guard on a street in Ayodhya September 23, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Allahabad High Court will rule on Thursday whether Hindus or Muslims own land around a demolished mosque in northern India, a judgment haunted by memories of 1992 riots, some of the country's worst religious violence since the partition.


Reuters Summit - World Bank may invest in $11bln India fund (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 06:47 AM PDT

A labourer shovels stone chips off a truck at a road construction site in Kolkata April 26, 2010. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - (For other news from the Reuters India Infrastructure Summit, click http://www.reuters.com/summit/IndiaInvestment10)


RIM unveils PlayBook tablet to compete with iPad (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 06:44 PM PDT

Mike Lazaridis, president and co-chief executive officer of Research in Motion, holds the new Blackberry PlayBook with a screen projection of the device as he speaks at the RIM Blackberry developers conference in San Francisco, California September 27, 2010. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - Research In Motion unveiled a tablet computer aimed at its core business customers, as it tries to gain a foothold in a fast-growing market dominated by Apple's consumer-friendly iPad.


Games ambassador Mary Kom rues absence of women's boxing (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 02:10 AM PDT

Workers clean a billboard outside the Commonwealth Games athletes village in New Delhi September 22, 2010. M.C. Mary Kom's Commonwealth Games role will be confined to promoting the event as one of its six ambassadors and the five-time world champion boxer is not liking the idea of staying away from the ring.  REUTERS/Parivartan SharmaReuters - M.C. Mary Kom's Commonwealth Games role will be confined to promoting the event as one of its six ambassadors and the five-time world champion boxer is not liking the idea of staying away from the ring.


Games athletes eye medals as clean-up race nears end (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 01:19 AM PDT

Team members from Canada arrive for the Commonwealth Games at the airport in New Delhi September 28, 2010. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - Hundreds of athletes arrived in New Delhi for the scandal-hit Commonwealth Games on Tuesday, setting their sights on winning medals rather than concerns over filthy accommodation, a dengue fever epidemic and security.


Supreme Court clears way for Ayodhya verdict (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 02:10 AM PDT

Rapid Action Forces personnel patrol a road as a man cycles past in   Ayodhya September 22, 2010. The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for a lower court to decide on the ownership of a religious site where the razing of a mosque in 1992 sparked rioting between Hindus and Muslims that killed some 2,000 people. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for a lower court to decide on the ownership of a religious site where the razing of a mosque in 1992 sparked rioting between Hindus and Muslims that killed some 2,000 people.


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