2010年11月23日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Graft row threatens PM legacy, exposes weakness (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 04:28 AM PST

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attends the Indian labour conference in New Delhi November 23, 2010. Singh will face questions in the Supreme Court on Tuesday over his handling of an alleged telecoms scam as parliament remains paralysed over demands by the opposition for a full probe. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - A widening corruption scandal has exposed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an honest but ineffectual leader whose failure to dominate has underlined India's weak political system, hampering strong policymaking.

RIM sees no ban on India BlackBerry services (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 10:09 AM PST

A man tries to hold on to his umbrella as he walks past a Blackberry advertisement billboard in Mumbai August 30, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is confident there will be no ban in India on its services, a senior RIM executive said on Tuesday.

Dalai Lama may give up ceremonial duties by 2011 - aide (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 11:25 AM PST

The Dalai Lama looks on during a news conference at a Sino-Tibetan Conference entitled Reuters - The Dalai Lama is considering plans to retire from his role as the figurehead of the Tibetan parliament next year, but will remain the Tibetans' spiritual leader, an aide said.

Prince William to marry April 29 at Westminster (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 06:18 AM PST

Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton (L) pose for a photograph in St. James's Palace, central London in a November 16, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettReuters - Britain's Prince William is to marry his fiancee Kate Middleton on Friday April 29 next year at London's Westminster Abbey, the 1,000-year-old church where the funeral was held for his mother Princess Diana.

Directorate of Enforcement sends notices to telcos over licence scam - TV (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 11:25 AM PST

Reuters - The Directorate of Enforcement has sent notices to nine telecoms firms including the Indian ventures of Telenor and Etisalat over investigations related to an alleged multi-billion dollar telecoms licence scam, two TV channels reported on Tuesday.

S.Korea talks tough after N.Korea shelling attack (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 05:38 PM PST

South Koreans watch the news on television showing smoke rising from Yeonpyeong Island after it was hit by dozens of artillery shells fired by North Korea, at Seoul railway station November 23, 2010. REUTERS/Truth LeemReuters - South Korea warned North Korea of "enormous retaliation" if it took more aggressive steps after Pyongyang fired scores of artillery shells at a South Korean island in one of the heaviest attacks on its neighbour since the Korean War ended in 1953.

NZ mine with trapped men still too risky to enter (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 05:28 PM PST

A New Zealand soldier gives a thumbs up as he assists in the loading of a robot from Australia onto a truck at Hokitika airport on New Zealand's west coast November 24, 2010. REUTERS/Tim WimborneReuters - New Zealand police cast doubt on Wednesday over whether rescuers will be able to enter a coal mine where 29 men have been trapped, as a bore hole drilled into the shaft indicated high levels of toxic gas.

Russia, China pledge to save the tiger (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:30 PM PST

Raja, an eight-year-old rescued Royal Bengal Tiger, rests inside South Kahayar Bari tiger rescue centre at Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, about 160 km (99 miles) north of Siliguri February 21, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday agreed with other Asian nations to try to double the world's wild tiger population by 2022 and save it from extinction.

India bag series with an innings victory (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 04:28 AM PST

Indian players celebrate after the dismissal of New Zealand's Brendon McCullum on the fourth day of their third and final test cricket match in Nagpur November 23, 2010. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - New Zealand's batsmen surrendered meekly to the Indian bowlers in the second innings on a turning day-four pitch at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium to give the hosts a 1-0 series win on Tuesday.

Q+A - What is telcoms scam all about? (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 09:03 PM PST

Two men speak on telephones at a roadside telephone booth in New Delhi May 18, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - Government has been jolted by controversy over licences and radio airwaves that a state auditor says were given out too cheaply, depriving the government of up to $39 billion in revenues.

PM faces Supreme Court questions over telecoms scam (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 04:28 AM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks in New Delhi July 3, 2010. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh faced questions in the Supreme Court on Tuesday over his handling of an alleged multi-billion dollar telecoms scam as parliament remained paralysed over demands by the opposition for a full probe.

North Korea shells South in fiercest attack in decades (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 05:57 AM PST

South Koreans watch the news on television showing smoke rising from Yeonpyeong Island after it was hit by dozens of artillery shells fired by North Korea, at Seoul railway station November 23, 2010. REUTERS/Truth LeemReuters - North Korea fired scores of artillery shells at a South Korean island on Tuesday, killing two soldiers, in one of the heaviest attacks on its neighbour since the Korean War ended in 1953.

BSE Sensex falls as Korea tensions add to woes (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 04:28 AM PST

Commuters walk past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai May 21, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - The BSE Sensex fell 1.3 percent on Tuesday, as military tensions in Korea, a local corruption scandal and Ireland's financials troubles spooked investors.

ANALYSIS - Reforms draw foreign funds to India's power sector (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 11:18 PM PST

A worker from Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) fixes new power lines on a pole in the southern Indian city of Kochi October 20, 2009. REUTERS/Sivaram V/REUTERSReuters - India's power sector may see a rise in foreign inflows as government reforms bear fruit and domestic players look overseas to bolster borrowing in a sector key to sustaining the Asian giant's rapid economic growth.

FACTBOX - World leaders meet to try to save the tiger (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 04:38 AM PST

Raja, an eight-year-old rescued Royal Bengal Tiger, rests inside South Kahayar Bari tiger rescue centre at Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, about 160 km (99 miles) north of Siliguri February 21, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - With just 3,200 left in the wild, tigers could become extinct within a decade unless countries step up efforts to halt poaching and deforestation, wildlife experts told a "tiger summit" in Russia this week.

U.N. sees global AIDS epidemic starting to turn (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 04:28 AM PST

College students take part in a HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in Chandigarh November 27, 2008. An estimated 33.3 million people worldwide have the HIV virus that causes AIDS, but the global health community is starting to slow down and even turn the epidemic around, a United Nations report said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - An estimated 33.3 million people worldwide have the HIV virus that causes AIDS, but the global health community is starting to slow down and even turn the epidemic around, a United Nations report said on Tuesday.

FACTBOX - PM dragged into telecoms scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 04:28 AM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks during a news conference in Washington November 25, 2009. REUTERS/Molly Riley/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been dragged into a growing telecoms scandal that has prompted the opposition to keep parliament deadlocked for two weeks over demands for a full probe.

Ericsson, NSN, Huawei to get Bharti Africa contracts - paper (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 11:53 PM PST

Women and a child stand next to a shop painted with an advertisement of Bharti Airtel in the southern Indian city of Kochi November 10, 2010. REUTERS/Sivaram VReuters - Bharti Airtel is set to award telecoms infrastructure contracts for its African operations to Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei, the Economic Times reported on Tuesday.

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