2010年10月4日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Steel-nerved McDowell clinches Cup for Europe (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 01:12 PM PDT

European Ryder Cup player Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland (L) shakes hands with  U.S. Ryder Cup player Hunter Mahan on the 17th green after the European team won the 2010 Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor in Newport, south Wales October 4, 2010. REUTERS/Stefan WermuthReuters - Graeme McDowell withstood the greatest pressure of his career to secure the winning point as Europe, led out by Ian Poulter and Luke Donald, regained the Ryder Cup after fending off a brilliant United States fightback on Monday.


India says is now third highest carbon emitter (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 06:08 AM PDT

A flower grows close to a thermal power plant on the outskirts of Nagpur December 9, 2009. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Monday the country could not have high economic growth and a rapid rise in carbon emissions now that the nation was the number three emitter after China and the United States. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Monday the country could not have high economic growth and a rapid rise in carbon emissions now that the nation was the number three emitter after China and the United States.


Aussies rule pool as athletes take centre stage (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 10:36 AM PDT

Gold medallist Australia's Kylie Palmer (C) poses with silver medallist Wales' Jazmin Carlin (L) and bronze medallist England's Rebecca Adlington, after winning the women's 200m freestyle swimming final, on the podium at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 4, 2010. REUTERS/Tim WimborneReuters - Australia won the opening skirmish in the Delhi pool on Monday by claiming three of the five gold medals up for grabs as the athletes finally took centre stage at the troubled Commonwealth Games.


Battling Napoleon comes up short after tough campaign (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 10:36 AM PDT

Ryan Napoleon of Australia competes in the men's 400m freestyle swimming heats during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 4, 2010.  REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettReuters - Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon was denied an unlikely Commonwealth Games 400 metres men's freestyle gold by a fraction of a second on Monday after he beat a drugs ban and a dodgy stomach to reach the final.


EU-Asia summit boosts calls for free trade pacts (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 11:03 AM PDT

Leaders and Foreign Ministers from Asia and the European Union pose for a family photo with Belgian King Albert (front row C) during the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Brussels October 4, 2010. REUTERS/Yves HermanReuters - EU leaders homed in on business opportunities with Asia's fast-growing economies on Monday, looking towards trade pacts with India, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand after a ground-breaking deal with South Korea.


Pakistan lifters in flap over 'flag-grabbing' team chief (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 10:36 AM PDT

Flag bearer Shujauddin Malik of Pakistan leads his team into the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium during the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 3, 2010. REUTERS/Tim WimborneReuters - Pakistan's weightlifters demanded an apology from their Chef de Mission and even thought of quitting the event after they said he hijacked the nation's flag at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.


IVF pioneer wins medicine Nobel prize (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 06:40 AM PDT

A picture of Robert Edwards of Britain is projected behind Christer Hoog of the Karolinska Institute as the winner of the  2010 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology is announced in Stockholm October 4, 2010. REUTERS/Jessica Gow/ScanpixReuters - British physiologist Robert Edwards, whose work led to the first "test-tube baby", won the 2010 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology, the prize-awarding institute said on Monday.


Hilfenhaus haul leaves first test in balance (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 06:40 AM PDT

India's Zaheer Khan celebrates taking the wicket of Australia's Ben Hilfenhaus on the fourth day of their first test cricket match in Mohali October 4, 2010.  REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - Ben Hilfenhaus took three wickets in the final session on the fourth day to leave India reeling at 55 for four in pursuit of 216 to win the first test against Australia on Monday.


Toyota acceleration complaints down 80 pct (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 09:28 AM PDT

A Toyota Logo is pictured on a Prius car at a Toyota dealership in west London February 9, 2010.  REUTERS/Toby Melville/FilesReuters - Toyota Motor Corp's North American manufacturing arm said on Monday that consumer complaints regarding unintended acceleration have dropped 80 percent since April, when it instituted a new method for handling those complaints.


Pranab Mukherjee: not yet time to cap FII inflows (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 01:42 AM PDT

File photo of India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as he attends World Economic Forum in New Delhi November 10, 2009. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India does not yet see the need to cap inflows from foreign institutional investors, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told ET Now television channel on Monday.


Big names sink in high-class swimming fields (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:29 AM PDT

Fran Halsall of England reacts after placing first in her 50 meters butterfly swimming heat during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 4, 2010.  REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettReuters - The strength of the swimming competition at the Commonwealth Games was evident on the first morning of action with defending champions and expected finalists exiting early in the opening heats.


Nigerian weightlifter claims first gold, dashes India hopes (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 06:40 AM PDT

Augustina Nkem Nwaokolo of Nigeria competes in the women's 48kg weightlifting competition at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 4, 2010. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - Nigerian schoolgirl weightlifter Augustina Nwakolo scooped the first gold medal at the Delhi Commonwealth Games on Monday, dashing hosts India's hopes of claiming it for themselves.


Delhi basks in ceremony afterglow, sport underway (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:14 AM PDT

Ryan Napoleon of Australia reacts after placing first in his men's 400m freestyle swimming heat during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi October 4, 2010.  REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettReuters - Swimming heats got the Commonwealth Games underway in earnest on Monday morning with Delhi still basking in the afterglow of a successful opening ceremony that bucked the trend of bad news surrounding the event.


Boxing weigh-in latest fiasco in troubled Games (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:29 AM PDT

A general view of the Talkatora Boxing Stadium, one of the venues for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, is pictured in New Delhi September 12, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - The official weigh-in for the Commonwealth Games boxing competition ran into complete chaos on Monday with teams complaining of faulty test scales at the Talkatora Indoor stadium.


Spectators boo Suresh Kalmadi at Games opening ceremony (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 08:46 PM PDT

President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and Commonwealth Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi is pictured inside the Commonwealth Games athletes village in New Delhi September 25, 2010. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Suresh Kalmadi, head of the troubled Commonwealth Games organising committee, was booed when he began his welcome speech to 60,000 spectators at the opening ceremony on Sunday.


Climate chief urges nations to show deal can be done (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 11:02 PM PDT

An activist  holds an umbrella during a demonstration outside the United Nations Building in Bangkok September 29, 2009. The U.N. climate change chief urged governments on Monday to make real steps towards a new treaty to fight global warming or risk throwing negotiations into doubt.REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang/FilesReuters - The U.N. climate change chief urged governments on Monday to make real steps towards a new treaty to fight global warming or risk throwing negotiations into doubt.


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