2010年11月4日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Singapore Airlines clears A380 fleet for service (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 04:46 PM PDT

Damage on the left wing over the number two engine is seen from a window of the Qantas Airways A380 passenger plane flight QF32 November 4, 2010. REUTERS/Ulf M. WaschbuschReuters - Singapore Airlines has checked and cleared its entire fleet of Airbus A380 aircraft for service, a spokeswoman for the airline in Australia said on Friday.


Sehwag, Dravid make New Zealand toil (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 06:53 AM PDT

India's Virender Sehwag (R) plays a shot as New Zealand's wicketkeeper Gareth Hopkins watches during their first test cricket match in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad November 4, 2010. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid tormented New Zealand's bowlers with contrasting centuries to give India a flying start in the first test on Thursday.


Obama India's visit may be more style than substance (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 02:05 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, May 31, 2010. A weakened Obama visits India this week to counter perceptions he has relegated the Asian power behind rivals China and Pakistan, but he may struggle to seal deals to help usher in billions of dollars of business.      REUTERS/Larry Downing/FilesReuters - A weakened U.S. President Barack Obama visits India this week to counter perceptions he has relegated the Asian power behind rivals China and Pakistan, but he may struggle to seal deals to help usher in billions of dollars of business.


Food inflation eases third week in a row (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 11:59 PM PDT

Vendors wait for customers at a wholesale vegetable market in New Delhi June 10, 2010. The annual food inflation reported on Thursday eased for a third week in late October on improved supply and lower vegetable prices, providing some relief to policymakers in the fight against stubbornly high inflation. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - The annual food inflation reported on Thursday eased for a third week in late October on improved supply and lower vegetable prices, providing some relief to policymakers in the fight against stubbornly high inflation.


Two airlines ground A380s after emergency landing (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 10:16 AM PDT

Qantas Airways A-380 passenger plane QF32 with its partially damaged engine sits on the tarmac after making an emergency landing at Changi airport in Singapore November 4, 2010. T REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - Qantas Airways and Singapore Airlines suspended flights of Airbus A380 superjumbos on Thursday after an engine appeared to break apart in flight, forcing a Qantas jet to make an emergency landing in Singapore.


World's oldest person dies at 114 in St Barthelemy (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 11:06 AM PDT

Eugenie Blanchard sits in the Hospital Bruyn, in Gustavia on the Caribbean Island of Saint-Barthelemys February 19, 2010. REUTERS/Pere Pinya/FilesReuters - A French nun who held the Guinness Book of Records title for world's oldest person has died on the Caribbean island of Saint Barthelemy at the age of 114, the French government said on Thursday.


Coal India surges 40 pct in sparkling Diwali debut (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 04:47 AM PDT

Labourers unload coal from a truck at a roadside coal store on a highway on the outskirts of Kolkata in this December 4, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - Shares in Coal India surged 40 percent on debut after a record $3.4 billion IPO as investors snapped up a stock that is a proxy for surging growth and energy demand in Asia's third-largest economy.


Harry Potter fans, black magic decimating India's owls (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:04 AM PDT

Seized horned owls are displayed by Delhi wildlife department in New Delhi December 7, 2006. Die-hard fans of the best-selling Harry Potter stories are seriously threatening India's owl population, as demands for the ultimate wizarding accessory increase, a wildlife group says. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - Die-hard fans of the best-selling Harry Potter stories are seriously threatening India's owl population, as demands for the ultimate wizarding accessory increase, a wildlife group says.


U.S. names supporters of Pakistani terrorist groups (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 09:04 AM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Thursday against individuals and groups that it said support two Pakistan-based terrorist organizations.

Norway best, Zimbabwe worst places to live - U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 07:55 AM PDT

A man pushes a baby pram in a park in Reykjavik October 12, 2010. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/FilesReuters - Oil-rich Norway remains the best country in the world to live in, while Zimbabwe, afflicted by economic crisis and AIDS, is the least desirable, according to an annual U.N. rating released on Thursday.


India making "serious strides" on business reform (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 07:23 AM PDT

People stroll in Inorbit mall in Mumbai November 20, 2008. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - India has made "great strides" in implementing pro-business reforms despite its relatively low ranking compared to BRIC country peers, one of the authors of the World Bank's annual "Doing Business" report said on Thursday.


Tired of choking on growth, China launches green GDP (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 04:47 AM PDT

Turbines from China's largest wind farm dot a windswept plain in the remote northwest Xinjiang region September 14, 2006.      REUTERS/Emma Graham-Harrison/FilesReuters - Growing fast but choking on smog is just not good enough for a new "green development" index that China launched on Thursday.


Fed takes bold, risky step to bolster economy (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 08:44 PM PDT

Illuminated balloons, held by people walking, color the sky in this long exposure image in front of the U.S. Capitol during the Light The Night Walk benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, in Washington October 16, 2010.  REUTERS/Molly RileyReuters - The Federal Reserve launched a fresh effort to support a struggling U.S. economy on Wednesday, committing to buy $600 billion in government bonds despite concerns the program could do more harm than good.


Emerging market policymakers vow to combat Fed's QE2 (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 10:37 PM PDT

A man buy eggs using a U.S. one dollar bill at a market in Harare June 17, 2010. Policymakers from Brazil to South Korea and China on Thursday pledged to come up with fresh measures to curb capital inflows after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would print billions of dollars to rescue the economy. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/FilesReuters - Policymakers from Brazil to South Korea and China on Thursday pledged to come up with fresh measures to curb capital inflows after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would print billions of dollars to rescue the economy.


Sehwag ton gives India flying start (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 03:21 AM PDT

Virender Sehwag (R) plays a shot as New Zealand's wicketkeeper Gareth Hopkins watches during their first test cricket match in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad November 4, 2010. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - Virender Sehwag tormented New Zealand's bowlers as he raced to his 22nd century to give India a flying start in the first test on Thursday.


Coal India plans $1 bln capex for next fiscal:chairman (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 10:01 PM PDT

Chairman of state-run Coal India Limited, Partha Bhattacharyya, speaks during a news conference in Mumbai October 13, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - Coal India has earmarked 46 billion rupees ($1 billion) as capital expenditure for the next fiscal year beginning in April 2011, its chairman said on Thursday.


Putin to Bush: My dog bigger than yours (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 07:05 PM PDT

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and U.S. President George W. Bush walk out to speak to the media after their summit meeting outside the Bush family home on Walker's Point in Kennebunkport, Maine July 2, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Reed/FilesReuters - Russian leader Vladimir Putin once boasted to then-President George W. Bush about the size of his dog, in the ultimate of "mine-is-bigger-than-yours" stories.


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