2010年10月19日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Bangladesh, India most at risk from climate change (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:28 PM PDT

Kashmiri nomads assist Hindu pilgrims as they walk over a glacier during their trek for an annual pilgrimage in Panitarani, southeast of Srinagar, June 12, 2006.  Bangladesh and India are the countries most vulnerable to climate change, according to an index on Wednesday that rates the Nordic region least at risk. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/FilesReuters - Bangladesh and India are the countries most vulnerable to climate change, according to an index on Wednesday that rates the Nordic region least at risk.


Drug companies influence prescribing, study finds (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 06:21 PM PDT

A pharmacy employee looks for medication as she works to fill a prescription while working at a pharmacy in New York December 23, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/FilesReuters - Doctors tend to prescribe drugs that pharmaceutical companies promote to them and patients end up paying more but not always getting the most suitable medicines, researchers reported on Wednesday.


Japan, India to set up economic talk platform: Nikkei (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 01:55 PM PDT

Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan speaks at a news conference in Tokyo April 30, 2010. REUTERS/Issei Kato/FilesReuters - Japan and India will agree to create by next summer a bilateral ministerial-level venue for discussing economic cooperation, when the prime ministers of the countries meet next week, he Nikkei business daily reported.


Rebels stage suicide attack on Chechen parliament (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 11:18 AM PDT

A special security unit officer talks to a woman as he guards the area neighbouring the site of a suicide bomb attack near the parliament in Grozny, October 19, 2010.  REUTERS/Alkhan GargayevReuters - Islamist rebels killed at least three people on Tuesday as they tried to seize Chechnya's parliament in a brazen suicide attack that showed Russia is failing to quell the insurgency on its southern flank.


U.S. confirms contacts with Mumbai plotter Headley's wives (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 07:33 PM PDT

The Taj Mahal hotel is seen engulfed in smoke during a gun battle in Mumbai November 29, 2008. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Two wives of an American man who helped plot the 2008 Mumbai attacks warned U.S. officials about him but did not have enough specific information for the officials to act on, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.


Delhi Games corruption charge stirs politics (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:50 AM PDT

Fireworks explode over the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium during the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in New Delhi October 14, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday accused the government of corruption surrounding the just-finished Commonwealth Games, saying it would stall parliament next month unless an impartial probe was ordered.


Shots fired at Pentagon, no injuries (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 10:31 AM PDT

A commercial plane flies past the Pentagon as security watch from the roof in this September 11, 2008 file photo. A gunman fired shots at the Pentagon early on Tuesday but there were no injuries or significant damage, a Pentagon spokesman said. REUTERS/Jason Reed/FilesReuters - A gunman using what investigators believe was a high-velocity rifle fired up to seven shots at the Pentagon early on Tuesday, shattering two windows but injuring no one.


Ferguson shocked as Rooney says he wants to go (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 10:31 AM PDT

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney (L) smiles as manager Alex Ferguson (R) watches during a training session at their Carrington training complex in Manchester, northern England, October 1, 2007. REUTERS/Phil Noble/FilesReuters - Wayne Rooney has told Manchester United he wants to quit the club, leaving manager Alex Ferguson "shocked and bemused" and paving the way for a bidding war to start for the England striker.


Q+A - Will RBI intervene again to curb rising rupee? (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 08:25 AM PDT

A man talks on his mobile phone as he walks past the logo of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) inside its head office in Mumbai June 14, 2010.  Expectations are growing that RBI will continue to intervene in currency markets after its suspected dollar-buying last week to ease upward pressure on the rupee. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Expectations are growing that Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will continue to intervene in currency markets after its suspected dollar-buying last week to ease upward pressure on the rupee.


Microlenders move court against Andhra govt move (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 03:50 AM PDT

Reuters - Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN), a body of microfinance institutions in India, on Tuesday filed a petition in the Andhra Pradesh High Court against the new state government ordinance, its chief said.

Coal India $3.5 bln IPO fully subscribed (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 05:52 AM PDT

A general view of the Gevra coalmines in Chhattisgarh, Asia's largest opencast coalmine, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Coal India's initial public offering was oversubscribed on Tuesday, the second day of a four-day offering, driven by strong investor demand and lower-than-expected pricing for the country's largest-ever IPO.


Internet users to exceed 2 bln this year - U.N. agency (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 04:48 AM PDT

A Facebook page is displayed on a computer screen in Brussels April 21, 2010. The number of Internet users will surpass two billion this year, approaching a third of the world population, but developing countries need to step up access to the vital tool for economic growth, a United Nations agency said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Thierry Roge/FilesReuters - The number of Internet users will surpass two billion this year, approaching a third of the world population, but developing countries need to step up access to the vital tool for economic growth, a United Nations agency said on Tuesday.


Microsoft launches 'cloud' version of Office (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 09:08 AM PDT

General view of Microsoft Corporation new headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris October 6, 2009. Microsoft Corp launched a fully online version of its popular Office suite of applications on Tuesday as it looks to extend its customer base and beat back rival Google Inc. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/FilesReuters - Microsoft Corp launched a fully online version of its popular Office suite of applications on Tuesday as it looks to extend its customer base and beat back rival Google Inc.


Violence continues in Pakistan's Karachi; 16 killed (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 08:07 AM PDT

Reuters - Violence continued in Pakistan's troubled southern city of Karachi on Tuesday, with at least 16 people killed in different attacks, including eight in one incident, police and officials said.

2G spectrum proposals likely by end-Oct: TRAI (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 11:16 PM PDT

Birds sit atop telecommunication towers in Hyderabad May 25, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - India's telecoms regulator is working on new proposals for 2G spectrum pricing and is hopeful of releasing the recommendations by the end of this month, its chairman said on Tuesday.


Bill Gates' successor at Microsoft to retire (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 11:43 PM PDT

Chief Software Architect at Microsoft Ray Ozzie speaks at the 2008 Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles October 27, 2008.  REUTERS/Fred Prouser/FilesReuters - The Microsoft Corp executive who took over the role of chief software architect from Bill Gates is to step down, following a tenure in which the Windows-maker lost ground to Google and Apple.


U.S. convicts Singapore man in Tamil Tigers arms plot (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 09:53 PM PDT

Reuters - A federal jury in Baltimore has convicted a Singapore national of conspiring to provide weapons to Tamil Tiger rebels operating in Sri Lanka, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.

IOC eyes $4.3 bln follow-on share sale - report (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 10:50 PM PDT

A worker transporting kerosene in a bullock cart travels past Indian Oil Corporation's fuel depot in Mumbai July 8, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - State-run Indian Oil Corp is planning a follow-on public share offer to raise about 190 billion rupees ($4.3 billion), the Economic Times reported on Tuesday.


Pentagon cautions news media on WikiLeaks documents (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 07:44 PM PDT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange attends a seminar at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation headquarters in Stockholm August 14, 2010. REUTERS/Scanpix/Bertil Ericson/FilesReuters - The Pentagon urged news organizations on Monday not to publish classified U.S. documents due to be released by WikiLeaks as U.S. officials brace for a mass disclosure of leaked Iraq war files by the whistle-blower website.


Coal India IPO institutional book fully covered (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Oct 2010 02:02 AM PDT

A labourer works at a wholesale coal shop in Kolkata October 18, 2010.     REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - State-run Coal India's $3.5 billion initial public offer received bids for the entire institutional book midway through the second day, driven by strong investor demand and lower-than-expected pricing for the country's largest-ever IPO.


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