2010年12月10日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


TRAI wants 69 telco licences cancelled (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 07:43 AM PST

Sun rises over the telecommunication towers in New Delhi December 22, 2007. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended cancelling 69 telecom licences, the government said on Friday, confirming earlier media reports in a case running parallel to an investigation into one of the biggest corruption scandals to hit India this year.


Ramesh says India may accept binding CO2 cuts (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 12:52 AM PST

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh gives a speech during a plenary session at the Moon Palace, where climate talks are taking place, in Cancun, December 8, 2010. REUTERS/Henry RomeroReuters - India may eventually commit itself to legally-binding emissions reduction targets, the environment minister said in remarks broadcast on Friday, a shift that could bolster troubled U.N. climate talks in Mexico.


Jailed Chinese dissident awarded Nobel (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 08:43 AM PST

Norwegian Nobel committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland speaks during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at Oslo City Hall December 10, 2010. Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in an Oslo ceremony derided by Beijing as a farce. REUTERS/Heiko Junge/Scanpix Norway/PoolReuters - Jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in a ceremony where he was represented by an empty chair and he dedicated it from prison to the "lost souls" of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.


Mexico pushes for deal as climate talks near close (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 10:17 AM PST

India's Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh gives a speech during a plenary session at the Moon Palace, where climate talks are taking place, in Cancun, December 8, 2010. REUTERS/Henry RomeroReuters - Mexico scrambled to break an impasse between rich and poor nations over future cuts in greenhouse gas emissions on Friday as 190-nation climate talks went down to the wire.


India complete 5-0 whitewash over New Zealand (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 07:08 AM PST

India's Parthiv Patel (L) plays a shot as New Zealand's wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum watches during their fifth and last one-day international cricket match in Chennai December 10, 2010. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - India completed a 5-0 whitewash over New Zealand in their one-day series on Friday when they won the final match by eight wickets after bundling the Kiwis out for 103.


Trade imbalance to cast shadow on China-India talks (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 02:04 AM PST

A man walks inside a conference room used for meetings between military commanders of China and India, at the Indian side of the Indo-China border at Bumla, in Arunachal Pradesh, November 11, 2009.  REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao faces a tough task when he arrives in India next week to allay New Delhi's fears over China's rise as a global power, and to smooth tensions in an often fractious relationship.


China's rivals welcome Nobel for Liu; allies question (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 07:43 AM PST

A pro-democracy protester wearing a mask of jailed Chinese democracy activist Liu Xiaobo reacts during a protest urging for the release of Liu and political prisoners, outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong October 11, 2010. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/FilesReuters - Western nations hailed the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo as a reminder of the importance of human rights, while Beijing and some of its allies said the prize had been politicised.


Apple suppliers point to new camera-toting iPad in 2011 (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 11:54 PM PST

An Apple store is pictured in Los Angeles July 21, 2008. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/FilesReuters - Component suppliers for Apple Inc's iPad are gearing up for a new round of production in the first quarter, sources said on Friday, with one saying the product will be a revamp of the popular tablet computer including front- and back-mounted cameras.


Oct industrial output growth accelerates (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 11:24 PM PST

A labourer works in a ferrochrome factory at Bharibramna, 20 km (12 miles) west of Jammu, July 15, 2008. REUTERS/Amit Gupta/FilesReuters - India's annual industrial output growth accelerated in October, powered by festive season demand for consumer durable goods such as cars, although the data is unlikely to prompt the Reserve Bank to raise rates next week.


FACTBOX - Top issues in India, China ties (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 02:02 AM PST

Chinese paramilitary policemen walk past an Indian flag in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing January 13, 2008. REUTERS/Grace Liang/FilesReuters - India has seen China as a military threat since its defeat in a 1962 war, but with both emerging as uneven economic powers, New Delhi now fears Beijing will use its massive clout to block its global ambitions.


Beijing residents wonder: Liu Xiao-who? (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 09:59 PM PST

A security guard puts his hand over the front of a photographer's lens, outside the entrance of the residential compound where Liu Xia, the wife of Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, lives in Beijing December 10, 2010. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - Liu Xiaobo may be lauded by the international community for his tireless efforts to promote human rights and democracy in China, but the jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner's ideals remain a mystery to many in Beijing.


Kashmir makes its presence felt with "Curfewed Night" (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2010 01:22 AM PST

Policemen sit beside anti-India graffiti during a curfew in Srinagar August 9, 2010.  REUTERS/Reinhard Krause/FilesReuters - Two decades after a separatist rebellion broke out, a journalist's account of growing up in Kashmir is offering readers worldwide a rare glimpse into a region beset by months of recent street demonstrations.


West putting China "on trial" with Nobel award - media (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 08:39 PM PST

A protester holds a candle next to a portrait of jailed Chinese pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo in Hong Kong November 2, 2010.  REUTERS/Bobby Yip/FilesReuters - China stepped up rhetoric against Norway's Nobel Committee on Friday, hours ahead of the awarding of the peace prize to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, with media accusing it and the West of putting China "on trial".


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